Airspace Watch
Safety, regulation, and operations across contested skies.
Airspace briefing
Safety, regulation, and operations across contested skies.
The January 4 Athens FIR outage exposed aging voice and telecom infrastructure, highlighted the need for tested redundancy and telecom partnerships, and accelerated calls for...
On the 90th anniversary of American Airlines Flight 1 (Jan 14, 1936) this pilot-centric analysis traces how icing protocols and deicing technology evolved after decades...
A preliminary TSB record for the Saint-Mathias water aerodrome accident shows a Beaver lost roll control during takeoff, struck the water, overturned, and the ELT...
The FAA's Super Bowl LX TFR and No Drone Zone are necessary but insufficient to close the operational gaps posed by small unmanned aircraft. Detection,...
The FAA's Part 97 amendment (Amdt. No. 4199) published January 13, 2026 puts new and revised Standard Instrument Approach Procedures, takeoff minimums, and ODPs into...
The January 2026 Venezuela strikes and the resulting surge in military activity produced widespread NOTAMs, GNSS interference reports, and airline suspensions across the Caribbean, exposing...
In 2025 unauthorized and weaponized drone activity surged, producing more near-misses, a documented strike on a firefighting aircraft, and repeated airport disruptions; the year highlighted...
Marseille's July 8, 2025 closure was driven by wind-driven smoke and safety limits rather than a lack of detection. AI smoke detection, especially when fused...
Regional retaliation and persistent threats in the Middle East have forced airlines into structural route changes that increase fuel burn, complicate ETOPS planning, and burden...
The AAIB preliminary findings that a pair of fuel-control switches on the 787 moved to CUTOFF during the AI Ahmedabad accident underline the need to...
The EU added all air carriers certified in Suriname and Tanzania to its Air Safety List in June 2025, banning them from EU airspace. Operational...
Early NTSB data show the San Diego Citation descended below published approach altitudes in dense fog, struck power lines and impacted a neighborhood. Those facts...