How to Fly an Approach Plate | What IFR Pilots Need to Know

Flight Tales · Sep 17, 2026 · 35m

What do you actually do with an approach plate once you’re flying the approach?

In this episode of Flight Tales, we’re breaking down how to actually use an approach plate while flying IFR. Using the VOR/DME RWY 11 approach into Lafayette, Louisiana (KLFT), we walk through the approach from beginning to end and talk about what should be going through your head at each step.

We cover how to make sure you have the correct approach, verify that you and the airplane can actually fly it, check equipment and NOTAMs, determine how you’re getting onto the approach, understand when you’re authorized to…