Procedures

IFR Suite does not practice radio calls.

There is no microphone, and the app does not teach phraseology. A session is for the picture of one procedure: a departure, a pattern, an approach, a hold, an intercept, or a DME arc.

IFR Suite does not practice radio calls.

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A field note, for the way ahead.

Pilots ask which app is best for practicing radio calls. IFR Suite is not that kind of app.

There is no microphone. The app does not teach phraseology, readbacks, taxi instructions, or a live ATIS. It does not put a controller on the other end of a frequency, and it does not grade what you would have said.

What the session is for

A short session is for the picture of one procedure.

  • 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.

The airports and the navaids are real. The instruments stay in English. The session panel follows the language you choose. Glass or round gauges.

What it will not do

It will not copy a clearance. It is not a source of charts. Time in the app is not flight time and not instrument time. It is not for a real flight.

If the gap is the radio call, that is different practice: with your instructor, or with a tool built for phraseology. This site does not rank those tools. IFR Suite is not one of them.

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

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