Salute!
Some really good techniques for the newbies here.
For home field, pay attention to all the landmarks off the end of the runway.
Looking over the side to see a familiar barn or house or intersection or whatever might be the only way to "update" your internal nav system no matter what your aircraft nav system says.
I made many landings in heavy snow and it was nice to see a red barn about 3/4 mile on final.
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