Approach procedure suffixes (e.g., 'Z', 'Y') indicate multiple straight-in approaches of the same type to a single runway, primarily designed to accommodate more aircraft by offering different ...

The FAA is systematically decommissioning older ground-based navigation systems like NDBs and VORs, and is now targeting Instrument Landing System (ILS) approaches for "rationalization" (reduction).

Air Berlin’s Boeing 737 fleet chief and pilot Michail Tounas says a hybrid approach the German carrier is using at Innsbruck airport “combines the best of both worlds” between traditional radio-based ...

French investigation authority BEA believes the prevalence of ILS approaches has obscured an underlying vulnerability of aircraft to the risk of terrain collision arising from incorrect altimeter ...