Air Facts

MAY 5, 2025

Take into consideration that weather reporting, and the dissemination of these reports to pilots, was not as accurate then as it is now. In just six months I would reflect on my training and agonize over how inadequately I had been prepared for the real world of instrument flying, which is weather.

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VOR Weather Approach Runway 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 28, 2025

READ MORE: Garmin Launches Pilot Web Flight Planner The user selects aircraft type, arrival/departure/approach transition fix, runway, and moreand the app does the rest to simplify the chart down to the information that they need to see to successfully brief and fly that procedure.

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Approach Pilot Altimeter Runway 61

Aerotime

DECEMBER 20, 2024

This will generally convey information about the flight time remaining, the weather at the destination, and the flight crew thanking you for choosing their airline and wishing you a safe onward journey once on the ground. On a Boeing aircraft, this sound will be three short warning horns.

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Cabin Crew Descent Runway Approach 265

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Lateral guidance tells you to go left or right to align yourself with the runway. Approach Minimums When youre flying in bad weather and cant see much, you can rely on your trusty instruments to guide you. At the MAP, if you cant see the runway or certain visual markers, its time to go missed and follow the missed approach procedure.

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Approach Pilot Descent Airplanes 52

Fear of Landing

DECEMBER 6, 2024

A few hours later, the pilot obtained a weather briefing and filed an IFR flight plan before departing Westchester to fly back to Montgomery County. By now, it was dark and the weather in Gaithersburg had deteriorated with fog and low cloud ceilings. Runway 14, a 4,202 foot runway , was in use. miles from the runway (8.3

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Approach Runway Descent Air Traffic Control 97

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

In aviation, staying ahead of the weather is a must. When weather conditions shift unexpectedly, that’s when a SPECI report comes in. A SPECI (or Special Report) offers a quick weather update between the routine METARs. Let’s explore how SPECIs are going to help you plan around unexpected weather twists.

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Altimeter Weather Wind Shear Runway 52

iPad Pilot News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

ForeFlight ForeFlight first got its start as a weather app on iPhone and quickly grew into a full-featured EFB app as the iPad gained popularity among pilots. When taxiing on the ground, you’ll be alerted when you approach and enter active runways, and include the runway distance remaining from your position.

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Pilot Weather Flight Plan Approach 105

Northstar VFR

JULY 28, 2023

Pilots know that weather has an intense impact on flying. As an inexperienced, aspiring pilot, you’ve surely heard the saying that “the least important thing in aviation is the runway behind you, the fuel left in the truck and altitude above you”. What is standard weather? Standard weather is 59 degrees celsius and 29.92

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Density Altitude Altimeter True Altitude Weather 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 30, 2025

The altimeter started slipping. Every phase of flight has a checklist, clearance, frequency change, routing amendment, weather check, or procedure review. A well-configured app can integrate charts, approach plates, checklists, weather briefings, and flight planning tools into one interface. The weather moves in.

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Pilot NOTAMs Clearance Approach 104

Pilot Institute

JUNE 9, 2025

Pilots use holds for traffic delays, weather, emergencies, planning, or runway changes. Bad Weather Sometimes the airport may not be busy, but conditions at the time aren’t suitable for an airplane to make a safe landing. Runway Changes (or Closure) Where possible, airplanes normally like to land in the wind.

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Airplanes Crosswind Approach Knot 52

Air Facts

DECEMBER 30, 2024

This came after a week of weather delay with some of the thickest fog I had ever seen blanketed Vancouver Island. I checked THE weather and made plans for the next leg. After conversing with the weather briefer, I was confident that the weather would be clear at my planned destination of that leg in Winnemucca, Nevada.

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Weather Approach VFR On Top Knot 98

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

We both had a good chuckle, then we lurched out of the parking spot as I tested the toe brakes for the first time and began to waddle our way to the runway in the mighty Cessna 150. How they came to a stop holding short of the runway generally gave a preview as to how they would handle a plane for the rest of the flight.

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Rudder Runway Altimeter Pilot 84

iPad Pilot News

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

We’ve been flying with the Apple Watch since it first launched, and it’s become increasingly useful every year for both preflight weather checks and as an in-cockpit resource. Get the watch app here. Altimeter+ Display an altimeter flight instrument on your watch.

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Pilot Altimeter Weather NOTAMs 52

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 27, 2025

Altimeter+ Calculates the altitude of your current location via GPS, or from the built-in barometer included on newer iPhones and iPads.Offers Apple Watch app. Avtech proFLIGHT This app is a high-quality weather tool for the professional flight crew.

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Weather Pilot Flight Plan Airplanes 91

Professional Pilot

APRIL 3, 2025

Under visual flight rules (VFR) during daytime, a pilot can operate with only basic gauges: an airspeed indicator, altimeter, compass, fuel gauges for each tank, and oil temperature, pressure, and engine RPM readings. Garmins synthetic vision uses 3D modeling that can depict terrain, obstacles, traffic, and runway environments.

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iPad Pilot News

JUNE 3, 2025

and any adjustments to be made (runway lighting out of service, remote altimeter setting, etc.). Details shows communication frequencies, runway length, general notes, and expiration dates. Consider the ILS 19 at Teterboro, which often leads to a circle-to-land on runway 24a very complicated landing.

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NOTAMs Approach Runway Pilot 59

Pilot Institute

MAY 1, 2024

The heading contains the city, state, airport, runway, and approach name. The weather can change, and approach equipment can fail. Are there runway closures? ATIS broadcasts usually include active runways, available approaches, important NOTAMs, and the weather. Get the destination weather as soon as possible.

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Approach NOTAMs Runway Weather 52

Pilot Institute

MARCH 13, 2025

Glass cockpit HSIs integrate maps, weather, and traffic for better situational awareness. The HSI has found its home in modern glass cockpit avionics, along with the altimeter and airspeed indicator. The HSI evolved alongside these glass cockpit systems and has had quite the facelift compared to its airspeed and altimeter counterparts.

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VOR Cockpit Altimeter Weather 52

Flight Training Central

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The weather was clear, the forecast looked good, and it was time to preflight my trusty Skyhawk, N2135S I’d be flying out of I69 (Clermont County Airport), and I was definitely feeling the nerves, double and triple-checking everything. They gave me a squawk code and the altimeter setting, and with that, the flight was underway.

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Approach Runway Airplanes Altimeter 52

Learn to Fly

MARCH 12, 2024

These “aviation routine weather reports” provide pilots with an accurate depiction of current weather conditions at an airport. Different sources will tell you this comes from METeorological Aerodrome Report, Meteorological Terminal Aviation Routine Weather Report, Meteorological Terminal Air Report, or Meteorological Airfield Report.

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CockPit Conversation

JULY 27, 2017

There are no controllers, but there is highly trained person in the tower, dispensing altimeter settings, and traffic information, and generally doing everything a tower controller does except issue clearances and instructions. I'm still twenty minutes out of the destination, so I'll have to pick up the new ATIS before I check in.

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Altimeter NOTAMs Runway Clearance 40

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

We both had a good chuckle, then we lurched out of the parking spot as I tested the toe brakes for the first time and began to waddle our way to the runway in the mighty Cessna 150. How they came to a stop holding short of the runway generally gave a preview as to how they would handle a plane for the rest of the flight.

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Rudder Runway Altimeter Pilot 52

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 16, 2024

But landing it safely on the runway is a skill. Weather It’s a good idea to brief any weather that could make your landing more challenging. Brief that you will use the right rudder to align the aircraft straight with the runway and the left aileron to counteract drift. Brief the runway conditions.

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Airplanes Descent Approach Crosswind 52

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Or you might stray off course and into bad weather or obstacles. If you have weather information Charlie, then you say youre with Charlie. With : Youve looked up the ATIS, and the latest weather information you have is Delta. The departure runway and the departure procedure. Altimeter 30.02 Radar vectors to GAYEL.

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Approach Clearance Pilot Aeronautical Information Manual 52

Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

Not only must you fly unnervingly slow, but you also have to pick a spot on the runway and hit it. It’s a runway that is too short for a normal takeoff or landing but still usable with certain precautions. This allows them to safely operate into and out of these tight runways. You’re not alone.

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Air

MAY 21, 2025

Drawbacks: For takeoff, a tailwind significantly increases the required runway length and results in a shallower climb angle. Effects: It will try to push your aeroplane sideways off the runway centreline. Altimeter errors can also occur due to pressure changes. Benefits: During the cruise phase, a tailwind is excellent news!

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Crosswind Wind Shear Groundspeed Flight Computer 52

AeroSavvy

JANUARY 16, 2024

The lights change color to indicate weather conditions based on METAR reports via internet. Either way, METAR is a format for reporting weather observations. ASOS (Automated Surface Observing System) or older AWOS (Automated Weather Observing System) stations automatically collect the data used in METARs. Take your pick.

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Weather Ceiling Knot Visual Flight Rules 52

AeroSavvy

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

I really enjoy the walk-around and never delegate in bad weather… typhoon, snow, sunshine, I don’t care. A pilot loads the data into the FMC and submits an ACARS takeoff performance data request for the expected runway (in the old days, we used thick binders of airport specific charts). I enjoy the walk to see what I can find.

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Flight Deck Clearance Runway Pilot 52

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

His was to watch for traffic, take pictures, and monitor that my altimeter stayed at 1,300 feet msl. My low altitude made getting the visual tough as well, but with the help of my GPS and my son’s keen eyes, we stayed below the Bravo at 800 feet and entered the left downwind for Runway 27. Great weather with only a slight headwind.

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Clearance Approach Knot Altimeter 52

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

His was to watch for traffic, take pictures, and monitor that my altimeter stayed at 1,300 feet msl. My low altitude made getting the visual tough as well, but with the help of my GPS and my son’s keen eyes, we stayed below the Bravo at 800 feet and entered the left downwind for Runway 27. Great weather with only a slight headwind.

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Clearance Approach Knot Altimeter 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 23, 2025

Authorities investigating the deadly crash of a Cessna Citation S550 in San Diego on Thursday are looking at the possibility that a lack of current weather, specifically an altimeter setting at the destination airport, may have contributed to the accident. Below that altitude, local altimeter settings are used.

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Altimeter Aeronautical Information Manual Weather Approach 124

AeroSavvy

OCTOBER 26, 2020

The ADC processes the data and sends it to various aircraft systems including airspeed/Mach indicators (like the SI-800), altimeters, Flight Management Systems (FMS), Autopilot Flight Director System (AFDS), elevator feel computers, and more. The speeds are based on aircraft weight and performance (affected by runway and weather).

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Pitot Tube Indicated Airspeed Knot Altimeter 52

Pilot Institute

MAY 25, 2024

An airport has closed a runway/taxiway/apron for maintenance. He landed on a closed turf runway, causing the aircraft to nose over. In their example, runway 04L/22R is closed at Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD). RWY 04L/22R tells us the subject is runway (RWY) 04L/22R. a closed runway has been reopened).

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NOTAMs UTC Runway Federal Aviation Regulations 52

Pilot Institute

APRIL 24, 2024

From entry and weather requirements to interacting with ATC, we have you covered. Airports such as ATL and JFK have multiple runways and cover around 5,000 acres of land. Weather Requirements We find the VFR weather requirements in 14 CFR § 91.155. Terrain or weather around the airspace can add time and fuel consumption.

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Air Facts

AUGUST 5, 2024

Following a check of the weather, NOTAMS and TFR’s, you are confronted with some decisions to make. The weather is VMC but it’s hot, and the density altitude is really creeping up there. Next you look at NOTAM’s once again and notice that Runways 8R and 26L are closed. Why would anyone want to do that?

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Density Altitude Ceiling Runway Weather 98

Fear of Landing

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

I hope you enjoy her account of navigating instrument failure in severe weather conditions – a situation that would test any pilot’s skills and nerve. How I conquered malfunctioning instruments in bad weather…on a scheduled flight that should’ve never taken off! ” He ignores me.

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Weather Knot Distance Measuring Equipment Pilot 98

Fear of Landing

OCTOBER 18, 2024

A pilot who goes by Coyote Stan commented : “Everyone should get an opportunity to land and take off from this runway. ” The runway (04/22) is a tabletop runway with no overrun protection. Runway 22, the standard runway in use, heads southwest, with the California coastline. But I had it.

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Runway Altimeter Pilot Lift 52