Instrument Rating Lessons | Epic Flight Academy - Instrument Rating Course: 3.4.2 - Circling

Welcome back to Epic Flight Academy’s Instrument Rating Course! In this lesson, Mike Thompson breaks down circling approaches, explaining how instrument-rated pilots can safely transition to land on a runway that doesn’t align with the final approach course. You’ll learn what a circling approach is, how to recognize one on an approach chart, and the techniques and visibility requirements needed to execute it safely. Mike also covers circling minimums, how to determine if an airport has non-standard or expanded circling minimums, and how to maintain situational awareness when maneuvering visually under IFR conditions. By the end of this video, you’ll understand the procedures, challenges, and best practices for performing circling approaches safely and confidently during instrument flight operations. #InstrumentRating #IFRTraining #InstrumentPilot #EpicFlightAcademy #FlightTraining #LearnToFly #Aviation 📘 Video Chapters 0:00 – Introduction 1:30 – What Is a Circling Approach? 2:45 – When Circling 4:00 – Examples of Instrument Approaches 7:41 – What Are Circling Minimums? 10:00 – Non-Standard or Expanded Circling Minimums 11:37 – 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/