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Published: 16 June 2026

  Thanks to all of you who attended our Annual Meeting on May 16th in Scottsdale. We had a great turnout, and it was great to get together with our members to share all the work APA is doing to ensure you are represented at the legislative level, preserving our backcountry strips, and supporting the next generation of Arizona aviation professionals. In addition to

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Published: 15 June 2026

  The breakfast fights on Saturday morning have generally been pretty good. The temperatures have been reasonable, but things are heating up. This is a reminder that summer is rapidly approaching, and I’m still the last one home at about 11:00 am. Mesa Falcon Field has implemented their new fee schedule, and the landing fee part of the new schedule is on a temporary

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Published: 16 May 2026

  Welcome to the May 2026 Edition of the APA Approach! I wanted to start this month with a reminder that the APA Annual Meeting is coming up on Saturday, 16 May, 10:00AM – 12:00PM at Highlands Church, 9050 E. Pinnacle Peak Road, Scottsdale. We have a full agenda and will provide updates on Backcountry, FlyAZ Passport Program, Scholarships, and Day Trips and Weekend

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Published: 15 May 2026

  I have really enjoyed the breakfast fights on Saturday mornings, and the weather has been generally pretty good. The temperatures have been reasonable, even though I’m the last one home about 11:00 am. Falcon Field is scheduled to implement their new fee structure soon and start charging landing fees. It looks like Gateway Airport (IWA) is going to jump on the

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Published: 16 April 2026

  Welcome to the April 2026 edition of the APA Approach! Thanks to everyone who joined us for our first combined Day Trip and Camping Weekend at Grapevine Airstrip. Although the weather was unseasonably warm, even for Arizona, we had a great turnout. Leanne Tawoda and Mike McCann served a great breakfast for the Day Trip crew, and we enjoyed our usual potluck dinner and

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Published: 15 April 2026

  The breakfast fights on Saturday morning have been excellent with relatively good weather for flying. In general, the temperatures has been a bit warmer than normal, and let’s hope it doesn’t get much warmer too soon. We all know what’s to come as the months move closer to summer. Anyway, while the weather is still good, let’s get out and go flying. I suspect that

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Published: 16 March 2026

  Welcome to the March 2026 edition of the APA Approach! Thanks to everyone that stopped by the APA and RAF booth at the AOPA Buckeye Air Fair. It was great to be able to spend some time with our members and make some new friends. I wanted to pass on a special thank you to the RAF volunteers that helped man the booth over the weekend. It was especially encouraging to

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Published: 15 March 2026

  The breakfast fights on Saturday morning are good to have an excuse to go flying. These morning flights have been a bit cool at the start or at civil dawn, but in general the temperatures have been a bit warmer than normal. Let’s hope this isn’t a harbinger of what’s to come as the months move closer to summer. Anyway, in any event, let’s go flying. I strongly suspect

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Published: 16 February 2026

  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

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Published: 15 February 2026

    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