How to Brief an Approach Plate | Our Best IFR Briefing Tips | IFR Approaches Made Easy

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Published 2021-07-27
Are you ready to brief an IFR approach? I remember the anxiety I had when my CFII would say to me during a flight, "OK let's brief." With a little practice, you'll be briefing approaches like a pro in no time.

Just remember to keep the briefing simple and methodical, and make it an exercise in flying the approach in your head first, so that when you're actually doing it, it's a matter of just following your plan.

Here's an example of an instrument approach briefing, including some tips you won't see elsewhere about making the brief really work for you.

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All Comments (21)
  • @n176ldesperanza7
    I like to brief (and highlight) all the approaches for my airport of intended landing the day before the flight. Then they are like old friends when it is time to fly one.
  • @ksuen106
    Thank you for making this video, I wish I had this during my instrument stage.
  • @antonattard3678
    Ahhh the airport where I always pratice my approaches!! So cool to see this video!
  • @dactel2
    Great video. I also like to brief what kinds of “threats” are present for the arrival and approach BEFORE diving into briefing the approach plate. (e.g. terrain, weather, my fatigue level, any inop equipment that might require special procedures, any other unusual situations, etc., etc.) When you do this, the law of primacy tends to work in our favor in keeping better situational awareness.
  • @JH-in5oq
    I wish I had YouTube when I was learning to fly. There’s so much free information today it’s amazing.
  • @javacup912
    Great presentation and well explalin. Very good memtioning of the ODALS, and why. You'd be surprised how many pilots do poorly here (briefing). Just a couple of notes. Though somewhat obvious, flying outbound from the VOR , the No PT, should be noted. Also, as for chart currency and dates, for people that want to spend the extra money and buy the Jeppesen charts, Jeppesen only updates their dates, if changes have been made. Government charts (formerly NOAA, as shown), updates their dates with the current Nav Database cycle.
  • @tlhphotography8676
    I appreciate all of your wonderful IFR videos. Could you please list the order in which someone wishing to obtain their IFR should watch your videos? Thanks
  • @StevieWonder737
    As a pilot with over 38,000 hours I found this video informative. I will say that I brief generalities where specific numbers are likely only to be confusing and create mental data overload. Example: the MSA altitudes/radials. You are never going to remember lots of these numbers nor should. Generalize with something like "high terrain" NE or SW as appropriate. Ditto on the missed approach. Have the first couple of actions in mind but you can't memorize a complicateds MA procedure. You want the first couple of items since they often involve terrain avoidance in routing and altitudes. In other words ... KISS (keep it simple, stupid) ... is the best philosophy. Have a good grasp of the general structure of the approach but don't bog down in details that you likely won't remember anyway. And the missed approach, as noted in a comment below, is either the DA or if you were too high for the approach and elected to go around, the MA procedure would start at the MAP for localizer only be it DME or time. A premature missed approach might trigger issues if it calls for climb to an altitude that might create interference.
  • @fromunderplease
    Great video! Can you clarify the procedure notes section(2:13) “ Takeoff and alternate procedures” some Pilots say that you should included it in your brief, career pilots say if you’re not using it as an alternate airport this does not apply and not have to be briefed. Any thoughts?
  • @tangocharlie9291
    I brief mine in MSFS. In VR. In a full motion sim. With a GNS 530 & 430. (I pretty much have been there when I fly it irl.) MSFS is awesome.
  • @AlanTheBest97
    I have a question. You state that this plate has no defined point for the missed approach and you can go missed when you decide in the non precision approach... However, there IS a time table for the FAF to the MAP that shows the time to fly from the FAF to the MAP at a given ground speed... Is this table only aplied for the precision approach and not relevant to the non precision? Wouldnt it be a good practice to follow this table in both precision and non precision aproach? This is getting me very confused in my studies, could someone please help?
  • @Mcphaterson
    So why did the LOC approach have a lower visibility requirement in this example???
  • @JPLAviation
    Hello, at 7:00 when briefing the ILS or LOC RWY 23, you said "this approach doesn't have a defined missed approach point so we can go missed when we decide." Can you clarify the reasoning? I may be mistaken but I believe that when shooting the ILS your missed approach trigger (assuming stabilized approach) is the DA at which you arrive while tracking the glide slope and localizer. The localizer missed approach trigger is when you've descended to the MDA and have hit your time limit specified on the lower left of the chart based on indicated airspeed. Very valuable insight to students who use this videos to study as I'll send many of mine to your channel. Let me know your thoughts! Great vids!