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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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Read more: July-August Pilot Deviations

By Fred Gibbs We are now entering the 9th month of 2022. Fall is coming in all around us. The trees will be turning, monsoon season will end, and if all is normal, very nice flying weather will descend upon us. More of us will take to the skies, and therefore, more of us need to be careful. So please, don’t add to my fatal accident count! As of

Read more: September 2022 President’s Report

Greetings, The past couple of years brought lots of uncertainty and precautions to us. We're excited to announce that we'll be holding our Annual Membership Meeting on September 24th from 9-11am at the new EVIT aviation building hangar at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport (IWA). This is a fantastic new air-conditioned venue and we thank EVIT for hosting us. We have a

Well, the hot weather is still with us, and it’s even a tad warm at dawn. It also seems to warm up only too quickly. I sure got spoiled with the cool morning temperatures at AirVenture Oshkosh, even though the visit was short lived. It will be good when things start to cool down again. I guess that should start to happen in late September. So, until then, I guess I’ll

By Howard Deevers The opinions express here are the authors only, and may not reflect those of APA, or any other aviation organization. On our very first flying lesson, we were taught to do a “Pre Flight Inspection.” Or, at least we should have been taught that. I don't remember anything resembling a Pre-Flight on my first three flying lessons. Is it because

Upcoming Events

Sat Dec 03 @ 8:00AM
Coolidge Airport (P08) Monthly Fly-In Breakfast

Sat Dec 03 @ 9:00AM
AOPA Rusty Pilots Seminar hosted by Arizona Flight Training Center / Executive Aviation / AeroMech at Glendale

Sat Dec 10 @10:00AM
Winter Flying Refresher at Flagstaff

Tue Dec 13 @ 6:00PM
Monthly BOD Meeting

Fri Dec 16
Grapevine Monthly Camping Weekend

Fri Dec 16 @ 6:30PM
Falcon Field Movie Night

Sat Dec 17 @ 7:30AM
Falcon Field Pancake Breakfast

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