CIFR

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AcronymDefinition
CIFRCentre for International Finance and Regulation (Australia)
CIFRCentro Italiano Filatelia Resistenza (Italian: Italian Center Resistance Philately)
CIFRCenter for Integrated Fungal Research (North Carolina State University)
CIFRClassified Injury Frequency Rate
CIFRCancel IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) Clearance Previously Given
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You forgot to cancel IFR on final, so you call on the ground.
DARK ON THE DETAILS: Flying to familiar airports often means skipping over the fine print on approach procedures--not the best of habits, especially when arriving in the dark
In the meantime, I'll have to settle for some well-done vectoring from the local Tracon and hope the weather is good enough to not only allow me to spot the runway from the MVA but also cancel IFR without violating the visibility and cloud-clearance rules for Class E airspace.
Off the Beaten Path: when the weather's down and the destination is a VFR-only airport, you have both more and fewer options for your arrival. But there's a gotcha
This strategy proved useful because, one-and-a-half hours into the flight, the weather looked good enough to cancel IFR.
Bad call on Airspeed
If you're on a visual to an uncontrolled airport and you cancel IFR to let the next guy in behind you, 91.
Not quite by the book
I knew we could cancel IFR, continue VFR, and position the aircraft to land.
Bound for Greenland
Technically, you could cancel IFR and then continue visually, but you would probably be in Class E airspace and need increased cloud clearances and visibility.
The quiz
Breaking out on the GPS final, you cancel IFR and switch over to the CTAF to announce your straight-in approach, only to look up to see a Skyhawk-filled windshield.
Non-towered IFR arrivals: don't cancel too soon, or you might bust VFR regs. And it might be a good idea to plan on circling, even if the approach is straight-in to the runway
Their reply, "Call that number on the ground to cancel IFR or cancel in the air.
On the air
Just because you're told you're no longer under radar coverage, don't be tempted to immediately cancel IFR.
Non-radar IFR: once you're off the beaten path, ATC can't see you or provide the services--like obstacle clearance--we've taken for granted. They're now your responsibility
Only if you are In VMC and are able to cancel IFR first.
Fly by night: Night IMC con be risky business for the unprepared, but add in a rushed, complacent pilot, and you may have a recipe for disaster
This is when you have some choices: Accept the new routing and the additional trip time, cancel IFR and motor home VFR--perhaps air-filing another IFR flight plan on the other side--or request a VFR-on-top clearance, which often says to the facility you know more about clearances and separation than they do.
IFR into VMC: pilots who regularly file and fly IFR can find themselves with some very rusty VFR skills right when they might need them the most
The pilots told PIE tower, "We are unable to reach Tampa approach, but we have [PIE] field in sight, we'd like to cancel IFR.
VFR only
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