AGL Final Approach Stability 
Air Facts
MAY 14, 2025
Our Talon accelerated as it climbed toward pattern altitude1,500 feet AGL. At pattern altitude, I leveled off, and our airspeed stabilized at 300 KIAS. Add half the gust factor to final approach and touchdown speeds. I started the final turn and made the standard radio call: Talon 30, base, gear-check, touch-and-go.
Pilot Institute
NOVEMBER 2, 2024
On final approach, it can be the difference between recovering and crashing. The ACS states that recovery should be completed no lower than 1,500 ft AGL for single-engine aircraft and 3,000 ft AGL for multi-engine aircraft. If the aircraft stalls and you are surprised, you might not be able to recover in time.
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Air Facts
MAY 5, 2025
Our NIFA team of pilots would travel to other colleges and compete in sanctioned competition involving precise navigation, pre-flight inspections, accuracy landings, and simulated bomb drops into a barrel from 100 AGL feet using bean bags as bombs. This reduced the amount of airspeed I could convert to rate of climb.
AV Web
DECEMBER 11, 2024
Once youve got the airplane stabilized but are unable to resolve the partial power loss, its time to start getting this thing on the ground. But if you have enough altitude, you have the energy and flexibility to plan and execute a traffic pattern that puts you on final approach in a position from which to land.
Flying Magazine
JULY 16, 2025
Adobe Stock] Get Back to Basics As instrument pilots, the importance of the stabilized approach was hammered into our heads during training. Configure the aircraft (flaps, landing gear, and approach power setting) somewhere around the final approach fix and head down the three-degree glideslope to be at VREF on short final.
Air Facts
MAY 10, 2024
What speed on final approach? At what AGL altitude will the aircraft be in a stable/configured condition? At what AGL altitude will the aircraft be in a stable/configured condition? (No FAA parameters are no lower than 500’ AGL for stabilized criteria What specific runway lighting do we expect to see?
Ask Captain Lim
FEBRUARY 19, 2025
The crew was not obligated to accept this runway and could have requested an alternative or allowed more time for a stabilized approach. However, during final approach, we were instructed to switch to Runway 22L, a shorter runway typically used for departures.
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