Procedures

IFR Suite does not play the ATIS.

The ATIS is a radio broadcast from the airport: the runway, the weather, and the information letter. The app does not play it, and it does not copy it for you.

IFR Suite does not play the ATIS.

IFR Suite Editorial · IFR Suite · 5 min read

A field note, for the way ahead.

The ATIS is a broadcast from the airport: the runway in use, the weather, and the information letter. You listen to it on the radio, in the aircraft or on the ground, before you fly. IFR Suite does not play that broadcast.

There is no radio and no microphone. The app does not teach you to copy the information, and it does not decide the weather for you. It is not for a real flight.

What a session is

One procedure, so the picture is familiar before you spend airplane time.

  • A departure, until the runway and the first turns are familiar.
  • The traffic pattern, until you can describe the circuit.
  • An approach, from the initial segment through the missed approach.
  • A hold. The entry is direct, teardrop, or parallel, chosen from your heading and from where you are relative to the inbound course.
  • An intercept, and a DME arc.

There are more than 9,800 airports and navaids. That does not include the ATIS for those airports. Glass or round gauges. The instruments stay in English. The session panel follows the language you choose.

The app does not copy a clearance, and it is not a source of charts. Time in the app is not flight time and not instrument time.

Use a short session, then fly the same procedure with your instructor.

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