Flight Safety

AVweb’s Flight Safety section offers in-depth coverage of aviation safety topics, including accident analyses, risk management strategies, regulatory updates, and pilot training insights. Designed for pilots, instructors, and aviation professionals, this section provides timely information to enhance situational awareness and promote best practices in flight operations.

FBO of the Week: Gregg Flying Service (Animas Air Park, Durango, CO)

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Gregg Flying Service at Animas Air Park (00C) in Durango, Colorado. AVweb reader Paul Leadabrand discovered how great Gregg can be when, “flying a 100mph Kitfox after a considerably long day, [he found] mountain passes closed and strong headwinds.” […]

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FBO of the Week: Rider Jet Center (KHGR, Hagerstown, Maryland)

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Rider Jet Center at Hagerstown Regional Airport/Richard A. Henson Field (KHGR) in Hagerstown, Maryland. AVweb reader John Keller uses RJC on a regular basis and vouches for their dedication, year-in and year-out: We have been a frequent customer of […]

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FBO of the Week: Coos Aviation (KOTH, North Bend, Oregon)

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s latest “FBO of the Week” ribbon is bound for North Bend, Oregon, where Coos Aviation at Southwest Oregon Regional Airport (KOTH) has impressed a couple of different AVweb readers in recent months. Jerry Bialoetz sums their commitment to customers up nicely: Extemely friendy. Will go out […]

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FBO of the Week: Ms. Betty Easley at KHTH (Hawthorne, Nevada)

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs We’re about to give new meaning to the term “fixed base operator”! This week’s blue ribbon doesn’t go to a business, organization, or building, but to a single individual – a woman named Betty Easley at Hawthorne Industrial Airport (KHTH) in Hawthorne, Nevada. Brace yourself for what […]

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FBO of the Week: Island City Flying Service (EYW, Key West, FL)

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Island City Flying Service at Key West International Airport (EYW) in Key West, Florida. AVweb reader Neal Carbaugh told us how ICFS brought GA love to the airport last week: EYW hosted their first ever Southernmost Open House & […]

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FBO of the Week: Kenosha Jet Center (KENW, Kenosha, Wisconsin)

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs Our latest “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to Kenosha Jet Center at Kenosha Regional Airport (KENW) in Kenosha, Wisconsin – and while KJC was recemmended by a human reader, Warren Levin, we suspect the FBO is also popular with four-legged passers-through. Warren writes: Over the last […]

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FBO of the Week: TacAir (KAMA, Amarillo, TX)

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb‘s “FBO of the Week” ribbon goes to TacAir at Rick Husband Amarillo International Airport (KAMA) in Amarillo, Texas. AVweb reader Kenneth Oden tells us what happened when a short fuel stop turned into a potentially disastrous layover: Our passengers were flying back from a Christmas holiday […]

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FBO of the Week: Heritage Aviation (KBTV, Burlington, VT)

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs According to AVweb reader Ken Knopp, our latest “FBO of the Week” is a posh destination. Heritage Aviation at Burlington International Airport (KBTV) in Burlington, Vermont “is by far the nicest FBO I have ever visited,” writes Ken: Service was top-notch. Entire staff was very friendly and […]

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