Instrument Rating Lessons | Epic Flight Academy - Instrument Rating Course: 3.1.1 - IAP Basics

Welcome back to Epic Flight Academy’s Instrument Rating Course! In this lesson, Mike Thompson introduces the Instrument Approach Procedure (IAP) — one of the most critical components of Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flying. Understanding IAPs is essential for every instrument-rated pilot to safely descend, navigate, and align with the runway during low visibility or adverse weather conditions. You’ll learn what an instrument approach is, how to interpret decision altitude (DA) and decision height (DH), and what the difference between the two means for your approach phase. Mike breaks down how pilots use these critical points to make safe go/no-go decisions while maintaining compliance with FAA regulations. By the end of this video, you’ll have a clear understanding of how to read, interpret, and apply IAP procedures during IFR operations — building the foundation for advanced approach techniques in upcoming lessons. #InstrumentRating #IFRTraining #InstrumentPilot #EpicFlightAcademy #FlightTraining #LearnToFly #Aviation 📘 Video Chapters 0:00 – Introduction 1:20 – Instrument Approach Procedure 1:47 – IAP Basics 2:30 – What Is an Instrument Approach? 4:08 – What Is the Decision Altitude/Decision Height? 4:55 – Difference Between DA and DH 7:20 – Summary ✈️ Start Your Instrument Rating Training: https://epicflightacademy.com/prequalification-enrollment 📚 Learn more about Epic Flight Academy’s Instrument Rating Course: https://epicflightacademy.com/instrument-rating/ This course is taught by Epic Flight Academy's own Mike Thompson. Mike Thompson is the author of "Telling Is Not Teaching", which promotes the idea that the “new school” of teaching that embraces electronic technology cannot sacrifice the “old school” of human relationships because the human brain stills learns in largely the same way that it has for millennia. "Telling Is Not Teaching" : https://www.amazon.com/Telling-Not-Teaching-Instructors-Handbook-ebook/dp/B0752BPPW7 Enjoying our content? Like this video and SUBSCRIBE to our YouTube channel so we can continue to produce more Epic content! Follow us on social media to stay up to date on EVERYTHING happening at Epic Flight Academy! Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/epicflightacademy Twitter: https://twitter.com/epicfltacademy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/epicflightacademy LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/epic-flight-academy Website: https://epicflightacademy.com/