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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

by Jim Timm The following are the reports of aviation accidents that have occurred in Arizona from mid-December through January. The Accident Report will be limited in size because of the unexpected and sudden passing of Craig Tompkins of the FAA SDL FSDO. Craig always provided the substantial FAA input to the Accident/Incident report, and all the information

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By Rod Kunkel The weekend of January 30 - February 1 was our first weekend getaway of 2026. Most of us flew into Bermuda Dunes airport (KUDD), about 10 miles SE of Palm Springs. A few of us drove … More on that later. Despite warnings from some APA members and the FBO that parking can be very limited during the winter months, there was plenty of

By Jim Hefner lake havasu apa lunch daytrip january 31 2026

It was a beautiful day to fly to Lake Havasu for the APA fly-in lunch at Hangar 24 on Saturday. It was very busy when I arrived around 10:30 am. There was a Cirrus formation flying training program and several other group events taking place. There were 4 flights of 2 and one flight of 4 Cirrus's coming into the pattern

Welcome to the February 2026 edition of the APA Approach! I wanted to start this month’s President’s Report with an update on the Falcon Field landing fee proposal. As you know, the city pushed out the original February 9, 2026, date for the city council vote by 45 – 60 days to “allow sufficient time to process and potentially incorporate public feedback into staff

The breakfast fights on Saturday morning have been rather good, except that some of those flights have been a bit cool at the start or at civil dawn, but in general, the temperature has been good for the entire day. We can revel in that we can enjoy being outside all day, so let’s take advantage of it and go flying. I’m certain you know that APA is spending

By Howard Deevers Have you ever done something wrong and wondered, “How did I make that mistake?” Another word to use here is “habit.” We get into a habit of doing the same things over and over. How many times have we driven out to the street and turned right? Then, on a day that we planned to go left, we turned right anyway. Oh, well, I will just have to make

Upcoming Events

Fri Feb 20
Grapevine Monthly Camping Weekend

Sat Feb 21 @ 9:00AM
Day Trip to Nogales

Tue Feb 24 @ 6:00PM
EAA 228 Chapter Meeting

Tue Mar 03 @ 6:30PM
VMC Club Monthly Meeting - EAA Chapter 1445 at Chandler - All Pilot Welcome - No Membership Required

Tue Mar 03 @ 7:30PM
EAA Chapter 1445 Monthly IMC Club Meeting at Chandler - All Pilot Welcome - No Membership Required

Tue Mar 10 @ 6:00PM
Monthly BOD Meeting

Wed Mar 11 @ 3:00PM
Phoenix TRACON/ATCT Operation Raincheck

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