Uncontrolled IFR in Sweden

This is an article on uncontrolled IFR in Sweden that I wrote for the Instrument Pilot magazine. (Some details have been revised in November 2022.) Note added in October 2025. Sweden is about to change the airspace designations Traffic Information Zone/Area (TIZ/TIA) used in this article to the EASA standard Flight Information Zone (FIZ). Uncontrolled … Continue reading “Uncontrolled IFR in Sweden”

Do-it-yourself instrument approaches

(Updated in November 2022 due to revisions of part-NCO effective October 30, 2022.) With GPS it is easy to add an instrument approach to virtually any runway. (At least as long as the obstacle situation is reasonable). Still, we have not – at least not in Sweden – seen any such approaches to airports that … Continue reading “Do-it-yourself instrument approaches”