Plane and Pilot

JULY 2, 2025

If you’re flying in thermal turbulence, you can get to altitude quicker by pausing in the updrafts and minimizing time in the downdrafts. The resulting drag increase slows climb rate. Putting your right foot on the rudder pedal and neutralizing the ailerons cancels the drag and the VS1 goes up a little more.

Descent

Pilot Institute

MARCH 6, 2025

FAA Federal Aviation Administration The FAA is the US federal government agency in charge of aviation standards, air traffic control, airspace safety, and the certification of personnel and aircraft. Then that is BVLOS, even if the drone is just 100 feet away. The list of accepted MOCs is available at the FAA website.

Pilot

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

These altitudes minimize fuel use, avoid turbulence, and provide smoother rides for passengers. However, flying a small plane often means operating at much lower altitudes, usually between 5,000 and 10,000 feet, depending on weather conditions, terrain, and air traffic.

Weight-Shift-Control

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Also, none of the online Air Traffic Control (ATC) networks (like VATSIM ) work with the Xbox. Advanced Controllers One of the most frustrating aspects of flight simulation is adjusting cockpit controls. Trying to tune the approach frequency with the mouse in turbulence is frustrating.

Rudder

Aerotime

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The investigations complete findings, when published, could have far-reaching implications for future commercial air operations. Turbulent trips reinforce the importance of wearing a seatbelt in flight Extreme turbulence is nothing new in aviation, but 2024 has seen several events that served to shine a light on this dangerous phenomenon.

Turbulence

Fear of Landing

MARCH 7, 2025

But the map showed only the nearest weather, and they encountered heavy rain, hail and turbulence. Air Traffic Controllers at New Orleans who saw them disappear from radar thought they had crashed, and were greatly relieved when the APU started up and First Officer Lpez contacted them with a mayday call.

Flight Deck

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Additionally, learning how to communicate effectively with air traffic control is a key part of training. Pilots must handle high-pressure situations, such as turbulent weather or technical malfunctions, with composure. By the time you complete your training with us, youll be ready to operate in any airspace with ease.

Weather

Fear of Landing

MAY 9, 2025

On the 3rd of March 2023, a passenger in a private jet died after severe injuries in the cabin, which were originally reported as caused by severe turbulence. Incidents of severe turbulence are becoming more common, often leading to injury. First officer : And I’ll give [air traffic control] a call.

Turbulence

Pilot Institute

MAY 8, 2025

Youre communicating with air traffic control and configuring for landing. A gust of unexpected turbulence might even throw you off. Severe Weather Conditions Turbulence, icing, or extreme cold can all affect gear operations. Strong turbulence will make it difficult to confirm whether the gear has fully extended.

Air Traffic Control

Pilot Institute

MAY 26, 2025

Welcome to the world of Clear Air Turbulence (CAT). Lets take a closer look at clear air turbulence, so you can anticipate where they might show up, and learn how to manage the risks involved. Key Takeaways Clear air turbulence is sudden, invisible turbulence that occurs at high altitudes in clear skies.

Turbulence

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

Wind shear, turbulence, or gusty winds can create challenges during the landing phase, so knowing how to adjust for these factors is critical. Clear communication with air traffic control (ATC) is essential at this stage to receive landing clearance and avoid conflicts with other aircraft.

Descent

Flying Magazine

JUNE 24, 2025

Subscribe Now At the macro level, you’ll find air traffic controllers located at the 21 Air Route Traffic Control Centers (ARTCCs) and at various approach control facilities that serve one or more airports throughout the United States and its territories.

Air Traffic Control

Pilot Institute

JULY 4, 2025

Squall lines can bring strong turbulence, heavy rain, hail, lightning, and tornadoes. These clouds mark the boundary where the gust front lifts warm air. They’re often a warning sign that there’s severe turbulence underneath. Remember that radar detects moisture, not turbulence. What Is a Squall Line?

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Cranky Flier

JULY 29, 2025

Wizz Unit Cost Excluding Fuel and Operating Margin by Fiscal Year If you forget about the turbulence immediately post-COVID, you can see that the airline finally turned an operating profit again in 2024, but it lost a lot of ground in 2025. Over the last decade, the airline’s performance had been steady until the pandemic.

Air Traffic Control

Simple Flying

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Turbulence is a given in aviation, but it may catch some people by surprise, especially if they are new to flying or have not flown in a while. Over the last few years, it has been speculated that turbulence is becoming more dangerous due to climate change.

Turbulence

Airline Geeks

MAY 28, 2024

This flight begs the question of how pilots, dispatchers, air traffic controllers, and other stakeholders can predict turbulence and avoid it.

Turbulence

Fear of Landing

MAY 24, 2024

A few days ago (21st of May 2024), Singapore Airlines flight SQ321 encountered heavy turbulence on a passenger flight from London-Heathrow to Singapore. Flightradar24 has also posted the granular ASD-B data, available in various formats including this graph which shows the turbulence event at 07:49 UTC.

Turbulence

iPad Pilot News

APRIL 22, 2024

ForeFlight introduces crowdsourced turbulence reports iPad Pilot News Sentry and Sentry Plus models include an AHRS that can be used to record turbulence. adds an optional Reported Turbulence layer on the Maps page, but it’s not your typical FAA weather forecast. Version 16.4 There are a lot more reports.

Turbulence

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. Sure, it’s the middle of the night, but the airport also has a fair amount of traffic over those hours.

Air Traffic Control

Flightworx

MAY 1, 2024

Air traffic control rooms are strategic nerve centres in the aviation industry. Subject to many Hollywood films, and shrouded in mystery, this guide uncovers some of the most intriguing aspects of air traffic control rooms. What do air traffic controllers do? What technology is used?

Air Traffic Control

Flyertalk

JUNE 6, 2024

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) took on the topic and presented ways to reduce severe turbulence overall during the annual safety briefing during the 2024 Annual General Meeting and World Air Transport Summit. The true challenge is identifying where turbulence events are taking place.

Turbulence

Aerotime

DECEMBER 20, 2024

While many believe that down-pull blinds are simply more susceptible to turbulence or heavy landings, making them more likely to simply drop down, there is an even more logical explanation than this. This again is a safety feature, but one which has traditionally been misinterpreted.

Cabin Crew

Fear of Landing

JUNE 21, 2024

The limitations of weather radar came up in the discussion about the extreme turbulence suffered by Singapore Airlines flight SQ321. A meteorologist from Austrocontrol, who supply air traffic control in Austrian airspace, has claimed that the thunderstorm cell was visible and pilots had been warned of the dangerous weather conditions.

Airlines

Air Facts

AUGUST 30, 2024

Each region presents unique flying challenges, from the gusty winds around Cape Town’s mountains to the humid, turbulent air over Gauteng in Summer. Navigating the Skies: South African Air Traffic Control Flying in South Africa requires a good grasp of local procedures and airspace classifications.

Pilot

Flight Training Central

JULY 29, 2024

They’re routinely reviewing pilot reports and asking Air Traffic Control (ATC) for reports of turbulence, and they’ll go so far as to change their route of flight or altitude fairly dramatically to find smooth air. Strong winds by themselves don’t necessarily mean turbulence, but gusty winds almost always do.

Turbulence

Captain Laura

JUNE 21, 2023

If the schedule of your jet gets messed up due to weather, maintenance, airport construction, or air traffic control congestion, you will not miss your connections. It is frustrating for us, the airlines, the flight support, and the air traffic controllers also when weather affects the flow. Turbulence.

Air Traffic Control

Airspeed Junkie

AUGUST 1, 2024

Daily responsibilities include pre-flight checks, weather analysis, creating and filing flight plans, coordination with ground crews and air traffic controllers, and continuous in-flight monitoring and communication. Flying in adverse weather conditions is another major challenge for commercial pilots.

Pilot

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

When used strategically you can use this information to gain additional insight into what’s going on in the airspace around you and make more informed decisions on each flight, giving you an edge when dealing with air traffic control. Call the controller or a flight service specialist. How is the weather developing?

Clearance

Professional Pilot

MAY 30, 2025

With wider availability of airborne connectivity, having integration of remote weather (such as satellite, turbulence, or Next Generation Weather Radar [NEXRAD]) ahead of planned flight routes is a significant boost to safety and efficiency. Parity is error detection.

NOTAMs

Pilot Job Central

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

Turbine pilots will experience more icing, more instrument conditions, instrument approaches flown closer to minimum decision altitudes and in low visibility, more turbulence, and will have to frequently avoid convective weather while flying. Pilots need to be very proficient with air traffic control procedures and in radio communication.

Pilot

Inflight Pilot Training

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

By processing real-time data on weather, traffic patterns, and flight schedules, AI optimizes routes, reduces congestion, and minimizes delays. In 2024, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) signaled its intent to harness AI for air traffic control , seeking ways to improve safety and efficiency across the National Airspace System.

Pilot

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. It added less than 10 minutes to the overall flight time.

Approach

Photographic Logbook

AUGUST 3, 2024

This inspired a long discussion with Alyssa about the value of flight following and why we use the optional service from air traffic control. It was a typical turbulent, gusty, unpredictable Mackinac Island arrival. Climbing away from Harry Browne Airport, I contacted Great Lakes Approach for flight following to Mackinac.

Airplanes

NYC Aviation

JUNE 17, 2020

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. Turbulence – Momentary, erratic changes in altitude or attitude.

Air Traffic Control

World Airline News

JULY 26, 2025

Air Austral is navigating a turbulent financial chapter, marked by persistent deficits, restructuring efforts, and cautious optimism. As of June 30, 2025, Oman Air has officially joined the oneworld alliance as its 15th full member—a move that significantly boosts the alliance’s presence in the Middle East and opens up new.

Airlines

World Airline News

JULY 25, 2025

Air Austral is navigating a turbulent financial chapter, marked by persistent deficits, restructuring efforts, and cautious optimism. As of June 30, 2025, Oman Air has officially joined the oneworld alliance as its 15th full member—a move that significantly boosts the alliance’s presence in the Middle East and opens up new.

Cargo

World Airline News

JUNE 10, 2025

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