Airline Descent Knot 
One Mile at a Time
MARCH 20, 2025
At the time of the accident, winds were at an angle of 270 degrees (the runway was at an angle of 230 degrees), at 28 knots, gusting to 35 knots. degrees Less than one second before touchdown, the plane had an indicated airspeed of 134 knots, a ground speed of 111 knots, a bank angle of 7.1
Flying Magazine
JUNE 10, 2025
My airline uses it both internally and as a pilot-facing app on our iPad EFBs. Participating airlines equip their aircraft with quick access recorders to harvest and regularly uplink detailed flight data. minutes, covered 1,722 nm at an average ground speed of 511 knots, and burned 22,200 pounds of jet-A. What changed?
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Flying Magazine
JUNE 23, 2025
But if the goal is to get to an inland airport, you might be more comfortable looking for 48 miles of glide, which requires four miles or 24,000 feet of descent. Some of these are quite precise: for one Cessna single, the procedure is to establish a 300 fpm descent at 55 knots. The plan might be to cruise at FL250 or higher.
Plane and Pilot
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
And lets face it, the key to that flawless approach is often a well-planned descent. In the airline world, descent planning and execution receives a lot of attention. Like so much of aviation, there are several ways to skin this descent cat. Planning the Descent So, when is a good time to start planning the descent ?
Airline Reporter
APRIL 8, 2025
Two years ago, I got to experience the world’s longest flight, Singapore Airlines’ route between Singapore and New York. On the ground at New York JFK Singapore Airlines currently operates out of Terminal 4 at JFK. The airline doesn’t operate its own lounge here. The passenger experience matters.
Flying Magazine
JULY 14, 2025
The Boeing 787-8 Dreamliner had just lifted off from Ahmedabad airport (VAAH) bound for London when video shows the airline barely climbing, then it began a slow descent into a building off the end of the runway. The crash and subsequent fire killed 260 people, of whom 18 were on the ground. One passenger survived.
One Mile at a Time
APRIL 2, 2025
Whats exciting is that the airline recently started taking delivery of 787s , representing a new era for the carrier. The roughly five-year-old Dreamliner was intended for Chinas Hainan Airlines, then flew for Vietnams Bamboo Airways, and then it was transfered to Austrian. Austrian is one of the few airlines to have inflight chefs.
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