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What is the FMS Bridge Visual 28R approach at SFO?

Source: stilllearningtofly.org The FMS bridge visual is an RNAV charted visual approach to 28R that keeps aircraft offset to the north of the 28R localizer until they’re near the San Mateo bridge. ...
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What are the meanings of those SFO Taxiway Marking?

For 1, what is slightly harder to see is that the line which runs parallel with the taxiway is a double line. This denotes the taxiway edge and the thicker lines running perpendicular to the double ...
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How to best navigate around and land at KPAO (Palo Alto, CA)?

If you’re coming in VFR from the south, I’d recommend skirting around the San Jose Class C and Moffet’s Class D by flying over the Lexington Reservoir, over Los Gatos and Saratoga and staying just ...
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What are the meanings of those SFO Taxiway Marking?

The white numbers in blue squares are reporting positions. When a plane leaves the gate it is to report to a blue square to hold if it does not have permission to enter onto the taxiway right away.
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Why is one of two parallel runways sometimes closed in foggy weather?

It's not. Precise enough, that is. There's a point in the ILS landing process called "Minimums". At that point the pilots must see the runway or throttle up and go-around. Assuming they have ...
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