AV Web

DECEMBER 25, 2024

In a preliminary report released Wednesday, the Japan Transport Safety Board (JTSB) identified crew confusion as the primary cause of the incident, noting that the JCG crew mistakenly believed they had clearance to enter the runway before being struck by Japan Airlines jetliner at Tokyos Haneda Airport.

Air Traffic Control

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 14, 2025

Air traffic controllers have stressful jobs, and a vast majority of them go above and beyond to be professional. Air traffic controllers youre on request causes confusion Let me start by saying that this is hardly the most offensive interaction that this guy has had, but its so indicative of an unnecessary hostility.

Air Traffic Control

Pilot Institute

JUNE 19, 2025

Key Takeaways Runway markings are white and guide takeoff, landing, and alignment. Yellow taxiway and holding markings prevent runway incursions. What Are Runway Markings? Airport markings are a system of symbols, lines, and colors found on runways, taxiways, aprons, and other areas of an airport.

Runway

Flight Training Central

MAY 5, 2025

Whether its your first solo or a cross-country to unfamiliar airspace, clear communication with Air Traffic Control is essential for safety and efficiencybut also a skill that takes practice. The fix: Always read back runway assignments, hold short instructions, and clearances verbatim. The good news?

Air Traffic Control

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 21, 2025

A Southwest Airlines jet attempted to take off from a taxiway yesterday, somehow mistaking it for a runway in broad daylight. At Orlando Airport, Southwest departs from airside 2, and the plane was supposed to take off from runway 17R, a very short distance away. The taxiway runs parallel to the runway.

Air Traffic Control

Flying Magazine

JUNE 23, 2025

Turns out there was a Cessna 172’s tail sticking out of some heavy brush toward the end of the runway. READ MORE: Air Bosses: A Behind-the-Scenes Look at Airshows’ Vital Contributors You don’t have to be an air traffic controller to figure out the worst. At best, that can mean a delay getting in or out.

Runway

Flying Magazine

JUNE 12, 2025

With a few instrument lessons under my belt, I felt confident to try a relatively straightforward flight under instrument conditions in the simulator using the VATSIM live air traffic control service. I had prepped for an ILS to Runway 11 at KPWM as the wind from the METAR in-sim supported that decision.

Air Traffic Control

Northstar VFR

JULY 6, 2025

When we got to NOTAMs , something jumped out: a temporary closure of Runway 12/30 at our destination for maintenance. It was the main—and practically only—runway in usable condition for a 172. N – NOTAMs (Notices to Air Missions) What it is: Temporary changes to the airspace, airport operations, procedures, or navigational aids.

NOTAMs

Air Facts

APRIL 28, 2025

Previously, I had alerted the Atlanta Air Traffic Control facilities that our slow flying airplanes were going to be coming to visit them so they were expecting us, but trying to sequence us into their operation must have caused a lot of clenched jaws and tense moments with Atlanta Approach Control and the Atlanta Hartsfield Tower.

Clearance

Air Facts

MAY 7, 2025

It was a winter night shift in a Western Ontario air traffic control tower. One controller on duty was the norm on most snowy nights when most of the flying activities had ended for the day. I was the one lonely controller with the console lights turned down low monitoring the area control centre frequency.

Weight-Shift-Control

Pilot Institute

JUNE 9, 2025

Key Takeaways A holding pattern keeps an aircraft in a controlled area using a racetrack-shaped course. Pilots use holds for traffic delays, weather, emergencies, planning, or runway changes. Traffic Busy airports can only accommodate a certain number of airplanes safely at any one time. What Is a Hold? Want an example?

Airplanes

Fear of Landing

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Clear weather, everything as usual, and the airfield quiet – just ourselves following a BA 747 to the runway. The controller anticipated a late landing clearance due to this aircraft in front. Jumbo on the runway, be down in a few minutes.” By Jove, Carruthers, isn’t that a jumbo on the runway? What’s happening!?”

Runway

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

Learning how to land a Piper Seminole means becoming comfortable with these avionics, which help guide the aircraft through the landing procedure, ensuring optimal approach speeds and alignment with the runway. Once the flaps are set and landing gear is confirmed, begin your final descent to the runway.

Descent

Airspeed Junkie

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

By replacing letters with distinct words like ‘Alpha’ for ‘A’ and ‘Bravo’ for ‘B,’ it ensures clear communication between pilots and air traffic controllers. This clarity is vital not only for pilots and air traffic controllers but also for ground staff, who rely on accurate communication to perform their duties safely.

Air Traffic Control

Aerotime

MARCH 20, 2025

As the aircraft approached Nome, air traffic controllers informed the pilot of flight 445 that Nomes runway was being de-iced and was temporarily closed, and that flight 445 could expect a 10 to 15 minute delay in landing clearance to be given.

Knot

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 25, 2025

An air traffic controller at Washington Dulles Airport (IAD) and a Medivac helicopter pilot got into a heated exchange. The air traffic controller is obviously super vigilant, especially with helicopter traffic, following the fatal crash at a nearby airport a few months ago.

Air Traffic Control

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

At the time, the pilot had informed air traffic control that the plane would begin a holding pattern, while waiting for runway clearance in Nome. Bottom line A Bering Air Cessna 208B Grand Caravan has crashed in Alaska, while operating a flight over the Bering Sea.

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AV Web

MAY 29, 2025

While the agency says this accounts for about 3% of its 46,000-person workforce, it emphasized that critical frontline rolessuch as air traffic controllers, engineers and inspectorsare not part of the program and remain unaffected. A separate report from FAA human resources tallied more than 1,200 exits under the program.

Air Traffic Control

Flying Magazine

MAY 29, 2025

An FAA spokesperson told FLYING that safety-critical positions such as air traffic controllers remain exempt from the deferred resignation program (DRP) offered by the Department of Transportation (DOT), which The Wall Street Journal on Thursday reported has been taken by more than 1,200 employees.

Air Traffic Control

Aerotime

JUNE 10, 2024

Two planes narrowly avoided a collision on a runway at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM). The incident occurred on June 8, 2024, when an IndiGo flight landed on the runway while an Air India flight was taking off. Both planes were A320neos.

Air Traffic Control

Aerotime

JUNE 7, 2024

In a preliminary report released on June 4, 2024, the board detailed how those factors caused the three-member flight crew of a B777 airliner to mistakenly cross a runway occupied by another airplane taking off from the airport.

Air Traffic Control

One Mile at a Time

OCTOBER 9, 2024

As an aviation geek, I love listening to air traffic control audio, and always enjoy the VASAviation YouTube channel, which does a great job covering noteworthy air traffic control interactions. Ultimately air traffic controllers need to maintain their composure.

Air Traffic Control

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

On the day in question, DHL Air (Austria) Boeing 767-300ER freighter was operating a routine cargo flight from Amsterdam-Schiphol Airport to London-Luton Airport as flight QY6700. The plane took off from runway 36L at Schiphol at 14:42 local time.

Air Traffic Control

One Mile at a Time

OCTOBER 18, 2024

This isn’t good… air traffic controllers cleared two Southwest jets to use the same runway at the same time. VASAviation has an excellent video with both the air traffic control audio and a depiction of where the jets were located during the incident. San Diego Ground: “Southwest 785, hold position.”

Runway

AV Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The NTSB and FAA are investigating a runway incursion at Nashville International Airport on Thursday in which an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX crew rejected its takeoff at about 130 knots when a Southwest 737-700 crossed the far end of the runway it was using.

Runway

One Mile at a Time

AUGUST 27, 2024

As an aviation geek, I love listening to air traffic control audio, and always enjoy the VASAviation YouTube channel, which does a great job covering noteworthy air traffic control interactions. Pilot: “Okay, cross runway 13R on echo, and follow the heavy on charlie, Aeromexico 401.”

Air Traffic Control

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

At this point, the pilots will contact ATC for push and start clearance , allowing the plane to be pushed back from its parking position (if applicable, depending on the airport) and to start its engines in sequence. One of the first items on before taxi checklists is to set the take-off flaps well before the aircraft approaches the runway.

Cabin Crew

One Mile at a Time

JULY 20, 2024

Around 2hr50min after departure, the plane was on approach to runway 10 at Tampa Airport. As the plane was coming in over Tampa Bay, while around four miles from the runway, it descended as low as 150 feet, according to ADS-B data. ATC: “Southwest 425, roger, cancel approach clearance, go around runway 10.

Air Traffic Control

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 28, 2025

Air traffic controllers in New York have the reputation for sometimes having a bit of an attitude with pilots, and losing their cool. So heres an interesting interaction, where the opposite is true the pilot loses his cool, while the air traffic controller keeps his calm. Traffics on a mile final.

Air Traffic Control

One Mile at a Time

MAY 30, 2025

There was an uncomfortably close call at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) a couple of weeks ago, as two jets departing on parallel runways ended up dangerously close to one another on their climb out. That obviously puts into perspective just how serious this was.

Jet

One Mile at a Time

JULY 29, 2024

So the pilot of the first Delta jet advised air traffic control they’d need a minute to crunch the numbers on takeoff performance: Delta 1304 pilot: “Right now, for Delta 1304, we got four knots too much on the tailwind. Air traffic controller: “Delta 2046, that’s fine… and you have access now?”

Air Traffic Control

Flight Training Central

MAY 28, 2024

The numbers 4 and 22 on the approach ends of the runway indicate that the runway is orientated approximately 004° and 022° true. If the wind is as shown by the landing direction indicator, the pilot should land on Runway 9 and expect a crosswind from the right. Runway 31 directly into the wind. Air Traffic Controller.

Crosswind

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

For an instrument pilot, though, there is one key difference between a smaller, non-towered airport and a larger one with an air traffic control tower: obtaining an IFR clearance. Call for your IFR clearance, including route, altitude, and transponder code. Call on the phone In ancient times (i.e.,

Clearance

AV Web

MAY 30, 2025

All the usual authorities are investigating a May 13 incident at San Francisco International Airport in which a United A320 apparently turned in front of a Skywest CRJ 200 while both were taking off from parallel runways. Instead, the United plane made a sharp left almost directly into the path of the CRJ.

Air Traffic Control

One Mile at a Time

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

BREAKING : Two Delta Airlines planes collide on runway at Georgia airport. the wing of an Airbus A350 taxiing out as DL295 from Atlanta to Tokyo-Haneda made contact with the tail of an Endeavor Air CRJ-900, DL5526 to LaFayette, Louisiana, on an adjacent taxiway, resulting in damage to the tail of the regional jet and the wing of the A350.

Tail

Northstar VFR

MAY 9, 2024

It was for me, especially when I had to fly to a towered field and talk to Air Traffic Control (ATC). We had to quickly learn the cadence of communicating with Clearance Delivery, Ground, Tower, Approach and Departure controllers. Communicating with air traffic controllers doesn’t have to be a stressful experience.

Pilot

Pilot's Life Blog

JULY 10, 2024

It also keeps planes organized on the runway, but what is it exactly? Aviation taxiing is when an airplane or other aircraft with wheels rolls off, on, or along the runway at a slow, consistent speed. It’s simply when the plane moves around the runway for other reasons. Learn more from the best flight school in Arizona here.

Clearance