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

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. The pre-landing check is the first step in ensuring the aircraft is ready for a stable descent.

Descent

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Adjusting Bank Angle and Descent Rate: Control your descent by adjusting your bank angle and pitch. Reduce descent rate and airspeed during flare to achieve a smooth touchdown. Be mindful of controlled or restricted airspace and coordinate with air traffic control as necessary.

Pilot

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Proper use of the throttle , maintaining alignment with the runway, and achieving the correct airspeed are essential steps. Communication Protocols Clear communication with air traffic control (ATC) is vital for safety and efficiency. This skill enhances your ability to fly safely and seamlessly.

Weather

Plane and Pilot

JUNE 15, 2025

He then taxied to the runway and experienced an extended ground delay with the engine running at idle engine power settings. The airplane then descended back to the runway and bounced before lifting off nose-high again toward the end of the runway. He did not use carburetor heat during the ground delay or during takeoff.

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

Inflight Pilot Training

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Youll also learn how to conduct a thorough pre-flight inspection, which involves checking fuel and oil levels, control surfaces, avionics, and the overall condition of the aircraft. In addition to learning about the aircraft itself, you will also review airport procedures, runway markings, and basic safety guidelines.

Aileron

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

A strong downward rush of air sent it plunging uncontrollably. The jet slammed into the ground six thousand feet short of the runway, taking the lives of 134 people. In seconds, an aircraft can be forced into an uncontrollable descent, leaving you with barely any time to react. Formation of Microbursts Where does it all start?

Wind Shear

Air Facts

AUGUST 1, 2025

It was noon on a clear, cold January day, and I was taxiing to the start of the grass runway at little Thiene Airport for my first solo flight. Moments before my Dolomite-facing runway pause, Giorgio and I had flown several circuits around the traffic pattern. I taxied alone to the threshold of runway 17. Can you hear me?”

Runway

Aerotime

DECEMBER 30, 2024

First, there was a shocking runway collision in Tokyo on the second day of the year. Japan Airlines flight 516 was landing at Haneda Airport (HND) when the Airbus A350-900 collided with a Japan Coast Guard DHC Dash 8 that was already on the runway.

Turbulence

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 23, 2025

I often share air traffic control clips of interesting interactions between pilots and air traffic controllers. During the first attempt, the plane was cleared to land on runway 12C, but then the pilots informed the tower controller of their intent to go around.

Air Traffic Control

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. Animals or even objects may wander onto the runway, creating the need to go-around.

Pilot

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Whether it’s due to runway obstacles, unstable approaches, or weather changes, the aircraft go-around is a pilot’s best tool to avoid accidents and ensure a smooth, safe flight every time. This ensures the aircraft gains enough thrust to climb away from the runway safely.

Air Traffic Control

Flying Magazine

JULY 11, 2025

Use the camera control shortcut on your keyboard to look at the center pedestal and verify that it is pulled up into its highest setting of “auto rich.” READ MORE: Live Air Traffic Control Services Can Enhance Your Flight Sim Experience Next, verify that the fuel booster pump is set to “low.”

Flight Deck

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

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

A KLM-Royal Dutch Airlines flight from Amsterdam to Costa Rica carrying the Queen of Belgium made a priority landing after the crew reported that a panel of the aircrafts windshield had cracked during the descent into its destination.

Descent

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

However, as the aircraft crossed the border between France and Belgium, the crew set 7700 on the aircraft’s transponder (indicating an inflight emergency) and requested an immediate descent and diversion to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) in the Netherlands, some 90 miles (144km) off the aircraft’s nose.

Air Traffic Control

Aerotime

APRIL 29, 2024

Operated by one of the carrier’s 19-strong fleet of Boeing 747-8 widebodies as Lufthansa flight LH456, the aircraft made a standard approach to runway 24R at around midday on the day of operation. LH456 Heavy” is then ordered to climb to 2,000 ft before being given further instructions to switch radio frequency to Los Angeles Departures.

Runway

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

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Michael Derrer Fuchs / Shutterstock Once the pushback is complete and the engines are running, the crew will contact ATC again for taxi clearance, effectively asking the tower for the route they are required to follow and which taxiways to use to reach the active runway.

Cabin Crew

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

Fear of Landing

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Runway 14, a 4,202 foot runway , was in use. During the final stages of the flight, air traffic control told the pilot to expect the RNAV A approach to Montgomery County. The pilot is not to descend below these altitudes until they can see the runway lights. miles from the runway (8.3

Approach

Plane and Pilot

JUNE 2, 2025

He then taxied to the runway and experienced an extended ground delay with the engine running at idle engine power settings. The airplane then descended back to the runway and bounced before lifting off nose-high again toward the end of the runway. He did not use carburetor heat during the ground delay or during takeoff.

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 23, 2025

Once we were ready, we started up, and the instructor radioed the tower before taxiing to the runway. Listening to air traffic control (ATC) chatter was fascinating but challenging with the low-quality, borrowed headset I used. Ground operations Before takeoff, youll learn how to operate the aircraft on the ground.

Rudder

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

This type of approach is a non-precision instrument procedure that uses ground-based radio signals to guide you safely to a waypoint or the runway, even when visibility is poor. So, you must manage the descent and altitude using the VORs published step-down fixes and minimum descent altitudes (MDAs). Minimum descent altitude.

VOR

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 pulled the power back and set a notch of flaps to establish a 90 knot, 500 foot/minute descent.

Approach

AV Web

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

Facing the Medusa We have a kid on our crew who is an absolute rockstar air traffic controller, and I mean that in both a good way and a bad way. He was born to work traffic. The airport had just closed one of the active runways for snow plowing, which cut the arrival rate in half. Our sector was FL240 and below.

VFR On Top

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., Welcome to College Park!"

Transponder

Professional Pilot

APRIL 10, 2024

Witness the implementation/maturing of SWIM (System Wide Information Management), active enroute domestic CPDLC, and increasingly full-procedure “climb via” and “descent via” clearances. These steps reduce controller workload and are efficient and predictable for spacing and arrival sequencing. Jim Mignogna Comm-Multi-Inst.

Clearance

Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

Air traffic control instructions often lead to unstable approaches. According to the FAA Safety Team (FAASTeam), a stable approach is defined as one in which the pilot establishes and maintains a constant angle glidepath toward a predetermined point on the landing runway. By Shannon Forrest ATP/CFII.

Approach

Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

It is not uncommon for air traffic control to pose this question to pilots on IFR flight plans approaching certain airports when the weather is VFR. The FMS-guided visual provides a lateral and vertical path from a fix fairly close to the airport all the way down to the runway,” says Johnson. “Can you accept the visual?”

Approach

Air Facts

JUNE 12, 2024

After take off, the air traffic controller seemed to know our special purpose when he gave us a non standard heading to fly and canceled our usual immediate climb requirement. A brilliant negotiator for our union, he was the best man to quickly and concisely inform Air Traffic Control of our mission and desires.

Air Traffic Control

Photographic Logbook

JULY 21, 2024

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. While we were approaching the Orange County Airport, a student launched in a Cessna from runway 22. Now on with Newark Tower, I made the East River request.

Weight-Shift-Control

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 23, 2024

Fifteen hundred feet past the end of the runway, a pilot was trapped in the cockpit of an Extra NG. The fiancé told air traffic control that his formation partner had a partial loss of engine power, was trailing smoke, declared an emergency for the accident airplane, and told ATC that the Extra was “making a beeline for the airport right now.”

Knot

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

It seemed to continue this way until we finally rolled onto the runway and got to the good part. Controllers spoke quickly and used unfamiliar words and phrases. Basics of Radio Communications With Air Traffic Control The guiding principle of ATC communications is understanding.

Aeronautical Information Manual

Air

APRIL 22, 2025

Airport Lights: Essential Guide to What They All Mean Ever gazed out at an airport runway at night ? By Intensity System (Linked to Runway Type): Low Intensity Runway Lights (LIRL): Typically found on runways used mainly for visual flying (VFR). For CAT II/III runways, they are unidirectional green, spaced precisely.

Threshold

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

It seemed to continue this way until we finally rolled onto the runway and got to the good part. Controllers spoke quickly and used unfamiliar words and phrases. Basics of Radio Communications With Air Traffic Control The guiding principle of ATC communications is understanding.

Aeronautical Information Manual

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

During our descent to CPH, there was a sudden and noticeable increase in altitude, and the cabin crew announced that our landing had been aborted. Or it could be that a plane just takes several seconds too long to clear the runway, because it doesnt exit at a certain taxiway.

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