Air Facts
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
The ATIS called out the overcast at 800 AGL, the minimum I needed (mistake #5not mine, but it counted anyway.) As I crossed the runway threshold, it was solid IMC and I had to go missed. Chicago vectored me quite quickly, recognizing my icing potential, and I came in at 400 AGL. Powerful words at that point.
Air Facts
MARCH 5, 2025
For example, describing a Cuban eight maneuver would involve such writing as, enter the (in Farsi , R-L), Cuban eight (in English, L-R), maneuver no lower than (in Farsi , R-L), 10,000 AGL (in English, L-R), at a minimum of (in Farsi , R-L), 450 knots (in English, L-R). Watching such scribbling could make ones head spin!
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Air Facts
MAY 14, 2025
Our Talon accelerated as it climbed toward pattern altitude1,500 feet AGL. The final turn in the T-38 is a nose-low, 180-degree turn designed to arrive on final one mile from the threshold at 500 feet AGL. The threshold slid past my right shoulder as I began my flare. Halfway through, I asked again: Any throttle movement?
iPad Pilot News
MARCH 11, 2025
IN-FLIGHT ALERTS 500 AGL Alerts – Alerts when descending through 500 ft. AGL after having been above 1,000 ft. AGL (or when AGL is unknown), the descent rate exceeds 4,000 ft. AGL and the descent rate exceeds 3,000 ft. AGL, the descent rate is between 3000 ft. AGL and 3000′ ft. per minute.
Flying Magazine
MAY 26, 2025
Due to the curvature of the Earths surface, the lowest standard atmosphere view from the KGSP radar over center city Charlotte is 7,245 feet agl. For example, an alert such as 17A MBA 30K- 1MF 150 11 states, Runway 17 arrival, microburst alert, 30 knot loss, 1 mile final, threshold wind 150 at 11 knots.
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. We were about 1/2 mile from the threshold. At 3,000, we penetrated the freezing level.
Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 15, 2025
Theyre pretty much the same thing, but heres the difference: DH is measured above the ground (AGL). The minima table lists the DA and Height Above Threshold for each type of RNAV approach. LPV is the most accurate RNAV approach and can get you as low as 200 feet above the ground (AGL), just like an ILS Category I approach.
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