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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

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Published: 15 February 2026

  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

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Published: 14 February 2026

  We had another great turnout for the 2025 scholarship cycle with forty-three applications received. As was the case last year, the overall quality of the scholarship applications was impressive. In past years, the career objectives for many of the applicants focused on becoming professional aviators. However, we are seeing an increase in students pursuing careers in

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Published: 12 February 2026

  by Mike McCann   Day Trip: Nogales, AZ – KOLS February 21, 2026 KOLS Arrival time:                                        8:30 – 9:00am Group

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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