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Scholarships

Scholarships are given each year to help fill the financial need of students pursuing aviation related educational opportunities at accredited colleges.

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Backcountry

Safety briefing pamphlets, map, and videos for the backcountry airstrips in Arizona that the APA and volunteers have worked to reopen and currently maintain.

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Airparks

Information regarding properties and contacts in a listing of the airparks located in Arizona, with special articles detailing the ins-and-outs of many of them.

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Passport App

Win awards and stay proficient by visiting Arizona’s public-use airstrips and airports, as well as many airport restaurants and aviation themed museums in our #FLYAZ Passport App.

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Safety

The APA provides safety seminars around the state, as well as articles on various safety topics each month. We also have available for download GAJSC safety presentations.

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Calendar

The APA maintains a comprehensive calendar of many aviation events around Arizona, as well as our monthly Grapevine BBQ and special getaways. Find out what's happening.

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Latest News Articles

Welcome to the January 2026 edition of the APA Approach! Happy New Year and I hope everyone had a safe and happy holiday season. It’s been a busy start to the New Year, and I wanted to provide you with a brief update on the proposal to implement landing fees at Falcon Field in Mesa. APA, AOPA and the Aviation Safety Advisory Group of Arizona (ASAG) will be asking the

The Saturday morning breakfast fights have been great with the cooler temperatures prevailing. In fact, generally it has been good for the entire day. At least it hasn’t gotten too cold in the early morning to be uncomfortable, and we are finally into that enjoyable part of the year when we can comfortably be outside all day, so let’s go flying. Well, it

By Howard Deevers If you look at the amount of flying from Tucson to Phoenix, and other airports in Arizona, you might think that there are a lot of flying clubs in Arizona. I get calls from pilots that are looking to join a flying club. Newly certificated pilots that just received their Private Pilots Certificate, but can’t afford to own an airplane, so they

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by Jim Timm These pilot deviations need to be examined to determine if a common thread exists that we should address to help reduce the number of deviations that continue to occur and thus enhance aviation safety. In the reporting period from November 15 through December 11 there were twenty-five deviations reported by the FAA SDL FSDO. These deviations

By Mike McCann APA Day Trip Coordinator KHII Arrival time: 10:30 – 11:00am Restaurant opens at 11:00am Greetings everyone! For our first day trip in 2026, we’ll be heading back to Lake Havasu. Last January, we kicked off our 2025 Day Trips with a lunch flight to Lake Havasu. It was a great success, with pilots coming from 3 states and over 30 people

by Jim Timm The following are the reports of aviation accidents, and incidents that have occurred in Arizona from mid-October through November. We hope to use the following detailed accident/incident information to develop safety programs, briefings, and posters/flyers that would help pilots learn from the mistakes being made by others and be able to take the

Upcoming Events

Sun Jan 18
Grapevine Monthly Camping Weekend

Tue Jan 20 @ 7:00PM
Arizona Balloon Club January Meeting 2026 at Phoenix

Sat Jan 24 @10:30AM
Day Trip to Lake Havasu

Tue Jan 27 @ 6:00PM
EAA 228 Chapter Meeting

Fri Jan 30
Weekend Getaway to Joshua Tree

Sat Feb 07 @ 7:00PM
52nd Annual AZ Aviation Safety Awards-Keynote Bob Mittelstaedt on Crew Resource Management Web Only

Tue Feb 10 @ 6:00PM
Monthly BOD Meeting

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