If you’ve ever sat on a plane wondering why the pilot announced that you’d be landing soon but seemed to be flying in circles with no runway in sight, you’ve probably been in a holding pattern.

Holding patterns for airports in dusty regions are particularly potentially damaging to aircraft engines, analysis of dust ingestion at 10 airports worldwide has found. Arrival holds contributed over ...

Q My FMS is certified to fly RNAV (GPS) approaches. Some holding patterns are in the FMS database and some aren't. What's the story? -- Citation X captain A Holding patterns associated with Instrument ...

A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk was in a festive mood over the weekend, issuing a holly jolly “Ho-ho-ho” in the skies. As spotted by the Flightradar24 flight tracking site and shared on its X account, ...

What some see as a compromise to allow model aircraft to fly at Costa Mesa’s Fairview Park looks to some of the pilots like the end of their hobby at a place they’ve been using for decades.