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Published: 20 January 2026

  By Mike McCann APA Day Trip Coordinator   Marana, AZ (KAVQ) Something new for 2026 will be the occasional “pop-up” day trip or breakfast flight for our APA members. What’s a pop-up day trip you ask? Well, normally we organize day trips 4-6 weeks in advance and send out invitations 2-3 weeks ahead of the event, but there are also occasions when a short notice

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Published: 20 January 2026

  by Jim Timm   The following are the reports of aviation accidents, and incidents that have occurred in Arizona from mid-November through December. 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

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Published: 16 January 2026

  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

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Published: 15 January 2026

    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

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Published: 15 January 2026

  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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Published: 14 January 2026

   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

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Published: 10 January 2026

  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

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Published: 20 December 2025

  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

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Published: 17 December 2025

   by Jim Timm   There was one Near Mid Air Collision incident reported during the reporting period from October 3 through November 14.   DATE: October 25, 2025 LOCATION: Phoenix Sky Harbor (PHX) While the American Airlines Boeing 737-800 was on approach to Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport, and as they were descending and passing through 6,700 feet they

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Published: 16 December 2025

  Welcome to the December 2025 APA Newsletter! You'll notice on this month's cover page that we have rebranded the newsletter as the "APA Approach". Our Executive Director, Jim Timm, suggested this change to recognize the long history of the APA and revert back to the original 1978 title of our monthly newsletter. As Jim tells the story, the newsletter was put