For instance, a small cloud forming over the airport at less than 1000 feet technically requires the airport to allow only IFR flights using instrument approaches / departures.
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However, there is a debate within the aviation community that an "'instrument approach "'is any approach that is available to an aircraft operating under an IFR flight plan.
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In aviation, a "'standard terminal arrival route "'or "'standard terminal arrival "'( "'STAR "') is a published procedure followed by aircraft on an IFR flight plan just before reaching a destination airport.
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After taking off from Maca? the crew of Flight 6865 stated their intention to cancel their IFR flight plan, and added that they wanted to continue the flight under visual flight rules ( VFR ).
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In order to make their decision for departure, the crew obtained the observed weather data and the weather forecast for the takeoff, landing and alternate aerodromes all of which met the requirements for IFR flights.
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The aircraft are certified for Day, Night, VFR and IFR flights, and are approved for reduced vertical separation minima ( RVSM ) airspace and flight into known icing conditions, extended flight over water, Category II approach operations.
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Charts used for IFR flights contain an abundance of information regarding locations of waypoints, known as " fixes ", which are defined by measurements from electronic beacons of various types, as well as the routes connecting these waypoints.
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In the United States, instruments required for IFR flight in addition to those that are required for VFR flight are : heading indicator, gyroscopic rate-of-turn indicator that is either a turn coordinator or the turn and bank indicator.
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On 3 October 1981, a private fight Partenavia P . 68 ( registration : EC-DHE ) on a flight from Cardiff Airport to Alicante Elche Airport Aircraft was on a night IFR flight when one of the engines failed.
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Flight 400 was to be an IFR flight to Newark International Airport ( EWR ) in Newark, NJ . On this particular flight, the first officer was in the left seat, as he was being line-checked by the captain.
