FAASteam Notice Number: NOTC3516 This is to advise that preliminary work has begun at Kahului (OGG) to resurface Runway 2-20. Full scale work is scheduled to begin 01 April, ending 18 June, contingent on weather and other factors. Work will be done at night, 23:00 through 06:30, seven nights a week and the expectation is that most daytime […]
Read moreT Routes finally on the way!
After 5 years of delays, the Final rule approving new T routes for Hawaii has been published, with an effective date of May 16th.The routes are described on this graphic: These routes will offer IFR aircraft with GPS capability in Hawaii the ability to file more direct routings without need to reference the VOR […]
Read moreZOOM Simulcast HNL Pilot-Controller Forum 17 JAN at Georges Aviation Services 6:00 PM
Pilot-Controller Forum Featuring Presentations and a Question-Answer Session On Wednesday, January 17, 2024 at 18:00 Hawaiian Standard Time Location: Georges Aviation Services 18 Lagoon Drive Upstairs classroom Honolulu, HI 96819 Select Number: WP13126152 Description: This will be an outstanding session, featuring active controllers from Hawaii Control Facility and the Honolulu Tower discussing emergent and chronic issues. Your chance […]
Read moreHCF Letter To Airmen: Changes to internal procedures for VFR operations, commencing December 2023
Honolulu Control Facility will be changing internal procedures reference VFR operations in December. They hope to address any questions or concerns regarding the LTA at the November 8 Forum offered at George’s Aviation. Excerpt from the attached letter: “Visual Flight Rule (VFR) aircraft requesting to operate within the Honolulu Class B Airspace during any period […]
Read moreNon-Compliance with HNL VFR ARRIVAL Procedures
Evidently, there has been a rash of adherence issues to published HNL approach procedures following the completion of the RWY 8L repairs. During the construction phase RWY 8L was closed at least for landing traffic and a certain complacency may have set in. I suspect that some aircraft arriving from the west did not maintain […]
Read moreNEW SOUTH RAMP AOA AND SECURITY IDENTIFICATION DISPLAY AREA (SIDA) BOUNDARY LINES
If you are a tenant of the PHNL South Ramp you will have received a memorandum from the DOTA concerning the imminent change of the Security Identification Display Area (SIDA), effective March 27, 2023. The South Ramp East of the T-Hangar area will remain AOA with no badge change necessary. Thefollowing badge rules apply: The […]
Read morePlain old Slip, Forward Slip, Side Slip – what’s going on?
By Ted Ralston The article below is a summary of the first “Aerodynamics Fireside Chat” held as part of a virtual FAASTeam Honolulu WINGS meeting on 10/27/2022. Thanks to Bob Becka for introducing this topic, and thanks to Scott Allen for providing the forum! I reflected on my own training, late 1950s into 1960s, with […]
Read moreVFR Arrivals during 8L Construction
Runway 8L will be under construction through March of 2023. During that time, the majority of jet arrivals will take place on runway 4R. This will result in delays for both departures and arrivals. VFR pilots are advised that offshore vectors will be limited during this period, and pilots are requested to use the Freeway […]
Read moreNorth and Freeway Arrivals diagram
The Honolulu Control Facility wants pilots to know where they are expected to enter a downwind entry for runway 4R. As shown in this graphic, it should be a 45° entry from the Navy Marine golf course for North arrivals, and a downwind entry from the H-1 for Freeway arrivals, establishing a left downwind west […]
Read moreWhat You Need To Fly A Drone In Hawaii, September 2021
[Disclaimer: the author is not a lawyer, and may have left something out, or gotten something wrong, or missed a change and reported something out-of-date. But compared to almost everything else in your search results, he’s really really close…] Prologue Last Thursday, shortly after sunrise, I stood in my front yard, watching my drone hovering […]
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