Example circling maneuver at Memphis IAP, Tennessee. Author graphic. I used to think of the circle-to-land maneuver following an instrument approach as a necessary evil. We had a lot of airports to go ...

Circling approaches are 25 times less safe than straight-in approches and thus should be conducted only as a last resort. Pilot, safety expert, consultant, and aviation journalist Stuart “Kipp” Lau ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio, February 05, 2026--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FlightSafety International Inc. (FSI), a global leader in aviation training and simulation technology, today announced the launch of the industry’s ...

The Airblue Airbus A321 that crashed yesterday, killing all 152 people on board, was doing a circling approach to runway 12 at Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto International Airport. The "aircraft was ...

The pilots flying a Learjet 35A (similar to this one) to Teterboro on a gusty day didn’t properly brief nor fly the circle-to-land approach and crashed turning toward Runway 1, according to the NTSB. ...

Teterboro is one of the busiest business aviation airports in the United States, handling 178,000 takeoffs and landings annually, many on IFR flight plans. Most runways offer a straight-in approach, ...

Example circling maneuver at Boire Field, New Hampshire. Author graphic In Part 1, we discussed the classic simulator circling check and the “Part 142” excuse. You might think the odds are stacked ...

FlightSafety International Inc. (FSI), a global leader in aviation training and simulation technology, today announced the launch of the industry's first Advanced Circling and Visual Approach course.