Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge
Foundation of aviation knowledge for all pilots.
View PHAKHandbooks & Manuals
Core FAA publications
Airplane Flying Handbook
Flight maneuvers, procedures, and aircraft operations.
View AFHAviation Weather Handbook
Weather theory, products, and decision-making.
View HandbookInstrument Flying & Procedures
IFR training, departures, arrivals, and approaches.
FAA Handbook LibraryAviation Instructor's Handbook
Recommended for CFI applicants.
FAA Handbook LibraryRisk Management Handbook
Aeronautical decision-making and risk management.
FAA Handbook LibraryFAA Tools & References
Regulations, medical, charts, and testing
Aeronautical Information Manual
Official guide to flight information and ATC procedures.
View AIMMedXPress & AME Locator
Complete your FAA medical application and find an AME.
MedXPressFAASTeam & WINGS
Free safety seminars, webinars, and recurrent training.
FAA SafetyAirman Certification Standards
Knowledge, risk management, and flight proficiency standards for practical tests.
View ACSSectionals, NOTAMs, Weather
VFR charts, NOTAM search, and aviation weather.
FAA ChartsIACRA, PSI, PRD
Certificate applications, knowledge testing, and pilot records.
IACRAWeather & Flight Planning
Official products for go/no-go decisions
Review aviation weather early and often, and work with your instructor on go/no-go decisions. These are the official products ULA students use to build that habit.
Aviation Weather Center
METARs, TAFs, GFA, AIRMETs, SIGMETs, turbulence, icing, winds, and other aviation weather products.
Aviation Weather CenterGraphical Forecasts for Aviation
Ceiling, visibility, clouds, precipitation, thunderstorms, winds, turbulence, and icing.
View GFANational Weather Service
General forecasts, watches, warnings, radar, and local weather.
weather.govNWS Aviation Weather Services
Overview of National Weather Service aviation products and services.
NWS AviationFAA NOTAM Search
Official NOTAM search. Part of complete flight planning, not a substitute for a briefing.
NOTAM Search1800WXBRIEF / Leidos
Weather briefings, flight planning, and flight plan filing.
1800WXBRIEF- Check weather before every flight, including local training flights.
- Review METARs, TAFs, winds aloft, radar, ceilings, visibility, turbulence, icing, convective activity, and NOTAMs.
- Weather in the Salt Lake valley and surrounding mountains can change quickly. A flight that looks workable early may not be later.
- Come prepared. Difficult weather calls are made with your instructor.