Each attendee must complete their own individual ticket registration.

NOW TRANSPORT CANADA APPROVED! Participation in any seminar fulfills the 2-year requirement for pilot recurrent training.

(FULL) Vancouver Island-Nanaimo @ Nanaimo Airport Combined Services Building
3238 Mustang Rd, Cassidy BC
Saturday April 25 @ 8:30 AM - 12:30 PM
Waitlist Available

FREE Registration is required. Seating and capacity is limited at all venues.

PrepAIR seminars are designed for general aviation pilots of all experience levels. Join us for these 4‑hour sessions as we discuss regional aviation safety and explore how we can work together to improve it. Hear directly from air traffic controllers and flight service specialists about best practices for operating in their airspace. By attending, you are helping make the skies of BC safer for everyone.

Is This Event Right For Me?

PrepAIR seminars are designed for every pilot - whether you're training, teaching or flying your own aircraft. If you are part of BC's aviation community, this event is for you.

Are you working on your PPL/CPL? Boost your confidence before cross-country season. Learn what to expect when flying into NAV CANADA-staffed aerodromes and pick up proven tips to make every departure and arrival smoother.

Are you a flight instructor? Hear the operating best practices we want you to know - and teach - at both controlled and uncontrolled aerodromes.

Are you an aircraft owner? Learn more about the future of the ADS-B mandate in Canadian domestic airspace and why we are modernizing our surveillance systems.

Presentation Topics

Airspace and the future of surveillance technology (ADS-B mandate)
- Airspace congestion awareness and how we can work together to reduce it
- The future of surveillance: ADS-B benefits for general aviation users
VFR Communications Best Practices
- A briefing on Transport Canada's new VFR readback requirements (Advisory Circular 602-008)
- Communications failure: what to do
General Aerodrome Operating Procedures
- Region-specific aerodrome procedures
  - Lower Mainland: ZBB, YPK, YXX, YNJ, YHC
  - Island: YYJ, YCD, YBL
- Best practices at aerodromes with a Flight Services Station (all sessions)
- Bring your questions - ATC/FSS will answer them live!
Runway safety awareness
- Runway incursion and mitigation strategies
Flight planning and the FIC
- Filing, amending, opening and closing flight plans
- Let us help! Pilot briefing services
- Alerting services: how we keep an eye out for you

About PrepAIR

Created in 2015, PrepAIR was designed to engage with and support local aviation communities in a new and meaningful way. PrepAIR is driven by the knowledge that in aviation, every user is uniquely connected and a part of the same picture. Each PrepAIR is unique and covers topics relevant to pilots with a strong emphasis on local procedures.

PrepAIR Tour Across BC

PrepAIR Tour Across BC

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PrepAIR NAV CANADA

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