Air Traffic Control, Descent and Final Approach

Intolerable Risk: Dangerous Design behind the Washington DC Mid-Air Collision

Fear of Landing

MARCH 21, 2025

Memorial Bridge, where the helicopter may cross to join Route 5 or continue to turn over the Tidal Basin, is a compulsory reporting point: pilots must report to air traffic control that they have reached that position as they follow the shore of the Potomac. Route 1 has two reporting points. Here is another hole in the cheese.

Runway

Runway Air Traffic Control Approach Descent

Step-by-Step Guide: How to Land a Piper Seminole Safely

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

Approach speeds typically range from 80 to 90 knots depending on weight and flap settings, while full flaps are often used to provide the necessary lift during landing. The aircrafts landing gear is retractable, which must be extended during the final approach. Additionally, configure the aircraft for a stable descent.

Descent

Descent Final Approach Approach Runway

How to Execute a Power-Off 180: A Step-by-Step Guide for Pilots

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

A power-off 180 is a critical maneuver that simulates an engine failure on final approach, requiring pilots to glide the aircraft and execute a precise 180-degree turn to a safe landing spot. It’s a key part of emergency landing training because it teaches control, judgment, and energy management when power is lost.

Pilot

Pilot Descent Approach Final Approach

Lithuania releases interim report into DHL cargo crash, confirms human error

Aerotime

APRIL 2, 2025

Moreover, the situation was worsened by communication issues between the crew and air traffic control. At 03:09:09 local time, the captain tried to contact the Vilnius Area control center (ACC) to report a descent into Vilnius but received no reply. At 03:26:15, the aircraft entered the final approach phase.

Cargo

Cargo Air Traffic Control Final Approach Descent

Aviation Weather 101: What Makes Microbursts So Dangerous?

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Detecting them is difficult, which makes final approach and landing especially dangerous. In seconds, an aircraft can be forced into an uncontrollable descent, leaving you with barely any time to react. With the development of a thunderstorm, when water droplets or hailstones get suspended within the updraft of warm air.

Wind Shear

Wind Shear Weather Descent Approach

What Is an Aircraft Go-Around and When Is It Used?

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Communications with Air Traffic Control (ATC): Once the go-around is initiated, the pilot must immediately inform ATC by announcing the go-around. This helps maintain situational awareness and allows ATC to safely sequence traffic. Pilots must comply promptly to ensure the orderly flow of traffic.

Air Traffic Control

Air Traffic Control Approach Runway Wind Shear

When To Go Around: 6 Scenarios Every Pilot Should Prepare For

Northstar VFR

MARCH 23, 2025

As an aircraft enters the traffic pattern, it begins the process of getting configured to land on the runway. As the plane descends toward the runway on final approach, it may encounter various scenarios where a safe landing cannot be assured. This may be difficult if the weather is at or below minimums for the approach.

Pilot

Pilot Wind Shear Instrument Meteorological Conditions Runway

The anatomy of a commercial flight – all you ever wanted to know: Part two

Aerotime

DECEMBER 20, 2024

We will also examine the next most critical phase of our flight, from descent and deceleration to the approach and landing phases, even touching upon what happens when the aircraft arrives safely at the gate. Mario Hagen / Shutterstock The announcement will also be one of the first items on the pilots before-descent checklist.

Cabin Crew

Cabin Crew Descent Runway Approach

Quiz: Flying The Traffic Pattern

Flight Training Central

MAY 28, 2024

The recommended entry position to an airport traffic pattern is 45° to the base leg just below traffic pattern altitude. a long straight in final approach to the active runway. to enter 45° at the midpoint of the downwind leg at traffic pattern altitude. Air Traffic Controller.

Crosswind

Crosswind Runway Clearance Air Traffic Control

“Totally a visibility issue.”

Fear of Landing

DECEMBER 6, 2024

During the final stages of the flight, air traffic control told the pilot to expect the RNAV A approach to Montgomery County. The pilot asked for the RNAV GPS RWY 14 approach, which had lower minimums. His troubles began before he even started the approach. Runway 14, a 4,202 foot runway , was in use.

Approach

Approach Runway Descent Air Traffic Control

How to Fly a VOR Approach: Made Easy

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

A VOR approach gives you accurate guidance by following specific VOR radials. Unlike an Instrument Landing System (ILS), a VOR approach only provides horizontal guidance. So, you must manage the descent and altitude using the VORs published step-down fixes and minimum descent altitudes (MDAs). Initial approach altitude.

VOR

VOR Approach Descent Final Approach

Sweet Dreams

Photographic Logbook

APRIL 19, 2024

Even though I was likely to be cleared through the outer ring by ATC (air traffic control) while on an instrument flight plan, I filed a route from Sodus to the Williamsport VOR (FQM) that circumvented the TFR entirely. I intercepted the approach course and after a few moments, reached the final approach fix at JUNIA.

Approach

Approach Wind Shear Runway VOR

Into the Flight Restricted Zone | Part 1, Of PINs and Prop Locks

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

I had an easy out available to me: a descent of 1000 feet would bring me out of the clouds with plenty of altitude to spare above the terrain. Normally, when approaching a non-towered airport like Williamson Sodus, air traffic control will instruct the inbound aircraft to "squawk VFR" (i.e., This rain did neither.

Transponder

Transponder Clearance Approach General Aviation

Unstable approaches

Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

Challenger 604, G-IV Contributing Writer Pilatus PC-12 on approach at ORL. Air traffic control instructions often lead to unstable approaches. The request to make a short approach or maintain a higher-than-normal speed to the final approach fix is the most common reason pilots don’t meet stable approach criteria.

Approach

Approach Descent Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) Final Approach

Seventh Time is the Charm: The Skyline Route

Photographic Logbook

JULY 21, 2024

Manhattan was his white whale and it was finally going to happen for him on July 21. I think he was anxious about the air traffic control communications, but he planned to follow me in trail so that he could see how the radio work went. This was granted and we were issued a descent to 1,500 feet as expected.

Weight-Shift-Control

Weight-Shift-Control Clearance Approach Airplanes

ATC Communications: What to Say, and When

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

Basics of Radio Communications With Air Traffic Control The guiding principle of ATC communications is understanding. Make those practice calls even more realistic by utilizing live air traffic controllers who can help simulate real interactions. ASA Airplane Flying Handbook can be a great resource.

Aeronautical Information Manual

Aeronautical Information Manual Runway Pilot Air Traffic Control

How Common Are Airplane Go Arounds, And What Causes Them?

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Reader Will asked me the following question, regarding a go around (often referred to as an aborted landing, missed approach, or rejected landing) that he experienced on a flight today: Today, I had an interesting experience on flight SK502 from London Heathrow (LHR) to Copenhagen (CPH), and I wanted to reach out with a question.

Airplanes

Airplanes Wind Shear Weather Approach

ATC Communications: What to Say, and When

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

Basics of Radio Communications With Air Traffic Control The guiding principle of ATC communications is understanding. Make those practice calls even more realistic by utilizing live air traffic controllers who can help simulate real interactions. ASA Airplane Flying Handbook can be a great resource.

Aeronautical Information Manual

Aeronautical Information Manual Runway Pilot Air Traffic Control

Deadstick Landings: How Pilots Handle Engine-Out Emergencies

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

A hard, flat landing at a high descent rate can still cause injury, even if the cabin remains intact. Keep a controlled descent and a level attitude to avoid any structural damage or injury. While of course, a runway is ideal, even rough terrain can be survivable if approached correctly. nautical miles) forward.

Pilot

Pilot Descent Thrust Approach

Update: DHL Boeing 737 accident in Vilnius, Lithuania – what we know so far

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

2024, a Boeing 737-400 freighter operated by Swift Air of Spain on behalf of global logistics giant DHL crashed on final approach into Vilnius Airport (VNO) in Lithuania, the aircraft’s intended destination. On the morning of November 25.

Final Approach

Final Approach Approach Instrument Landing System Runway

Speak Like an #AvGeek: A Glossary For Enthusiasts

NYC Aviation

JUNE 17, 2020

Go Around – An aborted landing by an aircraft that is on final approach. Can be initiated by either the pilots or air traffic control. A weather report predominantly used by pilots, air traffic controllers and meteorologists, to assist in weather planning and operational decisions for a particular airport.

Air Traffic Control

Air Traffic Control Runway Approach NOTAMs

Aviator Connection

Intolerable Risk: Dangerous Design behind the Washington DC Mid-Air Collision

Step-by-Step Guide: How to Land a Piper Seminole Safely

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How to Execute a Power-Off 180: A Step-by-Step Guide for Pilots

Lithuania releases interim report into DHL cargo crash, confirms human error

Aviation Weather 101: What Makes Microbursts So Dangerous?

What Is an Aircraft Go-Around and When Is It Used?

When To Go Around: 6 Scenarios Every Pilot Should Prepare For

The anatomy of a commercial flight – all you ever wanted to know: Part two

Quiz: Flying The Traffic Pattern

“Totally a visibility issue.”

How to Fly a VOR Approach: Made Easy

Sweet Dreams

Into the Flight Restricted Zone | Part 1, Of PINs and Prop Locks

Unstable approaches

Seventh Time is the Charm: The Skyline Route

ATC Communications: What to Say, and When

How Common Are Airplane Go Arounds, And What Causes Them?

ATC Communications: What to Say, and When

Deadstick Landings: How Pilots Handle Engine-Out Emergencies

Update: DHL Boeing 737 accident in Vilnius, Lithuania – what we know so far

Speak Like an #AvGeek: A Glossary For Enthusiasts

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