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: 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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FBO of the Week: Raeco at Baytown Airport (KHPY, Baytown, TX)

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs AVweb reader Bud Beaty is a frequent visitor to Baytown Airport (KHPY) in Baytown, Texas – and to hear him tell it, there’s no better FBO in America to be our latest “FBO of the Week”: The manager (Charlie) is a corporate pilot (Citation V), and he […]

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FBO of the Week: Yadkin Valley Aviation (KZEF, Elkin, North Carolina)

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs Our latest “FBO of the Week” story may seem awfully familiar to readers coping with snowfall today. AVweb reader Anse Windham recently dealt with similar weather at Yadkin Valley Aviation, located at Elkin Municipal Airport (KZEF) in Elkin, North Carolina: [Manager] Sandy Shore called to inform me […]

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FBO of the Week: Leading Edge Aviation (KLGU, Logan, Utah)

Nominate an FBO |Rules |Tips |Questions |Winning FBOs Lately, we’ve featured FBOs that AVweb readers have discovered far from home – typically in the midst of dealing with a mechanical or weather crisis. But this week, Cathy Myers shines the spotlight on Logan, Utah’s Leading Edge Aviation, located at Logan-Cache Airport (KLGU), where “a cordial […]

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