Ask Captain Lim

JULY 13, 2025

Pilots also review NOTAMs (Notices to Airmen), which report temporary changes such as runway closures or airspace restrictions. A Safe Descent About 30 minutes before landing, pilots begin preparations for descent, con figuring flaps and briefing the approach. Weather plays a crucial role. Landing is the most skill-intensive part.

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Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

As we approached the gate, my phone rang again. The RNAV approach to the 7,000-foot Runway 31 that snakes around from the Runway 4 extended centerline, loops past Citi Field, and rolls out on a tight-in final approach. Let tower know, and we’ll fly the approach as long as they need before breaking it off.”

Runway

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Pilots must adapt their approach and landing technique during flap failure. The flaps on an aircraft are used for controlled descents with slower airspeed during the approach and landing. Certain Conditions Certain conditions, such as severe icing or busy airspace (request for faster approach), may require a no-flaps landing.

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Pilot Institute

JANUARY 3, 2025

If youre preparing for takeoff, navigating an approach, or landing at an uncontrolled airport, knowing how to read a windsock can give you quick wind information. The windsock is normally placed next to a runway or helipad so that you can easily see it when lined up for takeoff or coming in for a landing. Why is it called a windsock?

Knot

Air Facts

MARCH 5, 2025

He then returned to Vance to conduct landings from the T-38 overhead pattern on our westernmost runway (17R); thats when the wheels came off. Approximately half way down the runway, you execute a level, 60-degree bank, 180 o turn while reducing power and lowering the speed-brakes to arrive on the inside downwind. carry the three?

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Professional Pilot

MAY 7, 2025

Climate Scientist Downburst windshear can cause aircraft to deviate from the approach path. A pproaching the threshold, the flying pilot was trying to keep the wings level in the gusty crosswind. Smaller aircraft often have approach speeds closer to their stall speed than do larger aircraft. miles (2 km).

Crosswind

Pilot Institute

JUNE 9, 2025

Pilots use holds for traffic delays, weather, emergencies, planning, or runway changes. Wind correction is critical, especially crosswind drift on the outbound leg. If it is obvious that the bad weather is transitory, air traffic control may ask approaching aircraft to take up a holding pattern while the weather subsides.

Airplanes

WayMan

APRIL 17, 2025

These cone-shaped fabric tubes are mounted on poles near runways, helipads, and taxiways. Pilots use this visual cue to plan their runway approach and takeoff to ensure theyre flying into the winda practice that increases lift and aircraft control. Runway planning: Selecting the best runway based on current wind data.

Knot

Flight Training Central

MAY 13, 2025

Flying any speed other than best glide speed during a power-off approach will result in what? Best glide speed is only effective in strong crosswinds. Gliding distance to the runway will be reduced. Gliding distance to the runway will be increased. Maintain your normal approach attitude and speed and continue as planned.

Approach

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 18, 2025

The aircraft came in to land on runway 22. Not only that, but there was quite a crosswind, as wind was blowing at a direction 40 degrees off the runway heading. Following the go around, the aircraft positioned for another approach, and landed safely around 20 minutes later, after a total flight time of around 2hr5min.

Air Traffic Control

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 12, 2025

Rudder pedals help manage yaw, which keeps the aircraft aligned during turns or crosswinds. Our approach guarantees youll be comfortable handling any maneuver when flying a small plane, even in challenging conditions. Landing Approaches Landing is one of the most technical aspects of flying a small plane.

Weather

Air Facts

MAY 14, 2025

After closing the speed brakes and raising the gear and flaps, I turned crosswind at the departure end. Add half the gust factor to final approach and touchdown speeds. Rolling wings-level on final, the jet slowed to our approach speed of 160. We touched down on speed about 100150 feet down the runway. Gusty winds?

AGL

Inflight Pilot Training

MARCH 13, 2025

Example of a Proper Radio Call: Minneapolis Ground, Cessna 172, N12345 at Inflight Aviation, ready to taxi to Runway 12 for departure. This leads to unstable approaches, excessive pitch changes, and increased workload in the cockpit. How to Avoid It: Practice crosswind landings regularly with your instructor in varying conditions.

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Plane and Pilot

JUNE 23, 2025

Inbound from the south, the single-engine, retractable-gear Beechcraft entered an uneventful downwind leg for Runway 26. The Bonanza lay crumpled up in an empty lot just 2,400 feet from the approach end of the runway. The pilot continued the turn to final but overshot the extended runway centerline. Where is the wind?

True Airspeed

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

When learning how to land a Piper Seminole, it is crucial to understand the role of each engine in the approach and landing phases. Pilots must be proficient in managing engine power, especially during the approach, where power settings and speed management are critical to a smooth and safe landing.

Descent

Flying Magazine

JUNE 5, 2025

Located in Berryville, Arkansas, the airport is roughly a 19-minute drive from Eureka Springs downtown business district, and it boasts a single asphalt runway. Airport At an elevation of 1,206 feet agl, Carroll County Airports 3,554-feet-long-by-75-feet-wide runway sticks out amongst the rural area that immediately surrounds it.

Runway

Inflight Pilot Training

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

This regimented approach can be beneficial for students pursuing aviation as a full-time career, as it is often designed to meet airline and professional pilot training standards. In addition to learning about the aircraft itself, you will also review airport procedures, runway markings, and basic safety guidelines.

Aileron

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Just to be clear, although I avoid flying in “hard” IFR, all of my IFR practice includes approaches to minimums, go-arounds, and holding patterns—just in case. Kentland has a 4,000-foot runway, east/west, with a crosswind straight out of the north. After I turned off the runway, I saw the traffic… a crop duster.

Weather

Plane and Pilot

JUNE 26, 2025

Gillespie traffic, Jabiru 570BL departing Runway 14, Gillespie,” I announced on frequency. After ensuring short final was clear, I lined up on centerline, added right aileron to counteract the always present crosswind, and advanced the throttle. It is nice to know that such a light airplane could handle this demand with relative ease.

Aileron

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 10, 2024

Sure, the economics put the airplane in the high-value category in the wild world of 2024 aviation, but this approach ignores what it’s like to fly the RV-12. The view over the tapered cowling takes a bit of adjustment if you’re used to seeing a lot more of the airplane, as does the low approach speed. Vso approach speed is 53 knots.

Airplanes

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

Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

Types of Stalls: At Leopard Aviation, we cover power-on stalls, simulating situations like takeoff stalls, and power-off stalls, similar to approach or landing configurations. Proper pitch, power management, and alignment with the runway are emphasized. What is the purpose of steep turns in pilot development?

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Vintage Aviation News

APRIL 25, 2025

Landing the 727 at Meigs Field would be a challenge, as the runway there was just 3,900-feet (1,200 m), but the airline had a capable crew to take N7017U on its final flight, with Captain B.C. After a low pass for the public and the press that had gathered to watch, Captain Thomas made the approach on runway 36 north.

Cockpit

Pilot Institute

APRIL 12, 2025

Whenever aircraft encounter crosswinds, the most noticeable impact is felt in yaw. Thats because the tail has a large vertical surface that catches a lot of crosswind. Unwanted yaw can come from crosswinds, as mentioned earlier, or from the ailerons as adverse yaw. Its very useful if youre too high on approach.

Torque

Photographic Logbook

MAY 26, 2025

Despite being charted as an airport with an unimproved surface (the open circle in the above chart), runway 17-35 at Re-Dun is actually paved. However, the runway is not much wider than the 10 foot wheelbase of a Cherokee. Obviously, such a narrow runway is a novel feature of the airport. He's cleared the runway."

Runway

AV Web

JULY 1, 2025

In reality, they’re far easier to prang and the right instruction teaches a very different approach to landing them compared to heavier birds. The better approach is flying it on like an ultralight—carrying power all the way into the flare. Poke around the typical LSA maintenance hangar and you’ll see broken pieces.

Gross Weight

AV Web

JANUARY 22, 2025

The airplane came to rest about 1600 feet from the Runway 31 threshold and about 250 feet right of the extended centerline. Yet all indications are he succumbed to a simple stall on final approach. Another six percent occurred on final approach, after completing the turn to final. The private pilot was fatally injured.

Final Approach

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. One factor is executing the approach with too high energy or too low energy.

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Pilot's Life Blog

JUNE 18, 2025

An aircraft go-around is when a pilot decides to abort a landing and climb back to a safe altitude for another approach. 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.

Air Traffic Control

AV Web

APRIL 15, 2025

Student pilots get a free pass, because theyre adorable skittering off runways in Loss of Directional Control (LODC) events that vex the best among us. As he approached the herd, with the intention of driving the cattle into the corral, the bull departed and headed toward an area covered with heavy mesquite brush. Im roped in, Sam.

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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

MAY 7, 2025

At this point, we were on final approach towards LHR's runway 27R. We were given the clearance to enter the runway. While climbing, we had to endure the turbulent condition due to the strong crosswind. We were on final approach into runway 27R. Off we go on our 10 hours journey to London Heathrow.

Turbulence

Flying Magazine

JULY 17, 2025

It’s a lesson in how any owner should approach upkeep. Sharp stick-and-rudder work in crosswinds is a must. One place it’s not at home is taking off from short runways. Around the runway, the PA-46 can sting the pilot who doesn’t bring their A game. The first notch of flaps can be extended at the same time as the gear.

Knot

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 27, 2024

Back in the early days of jet airliners, pilots long experienced in more forgiving two- and four-engine, piston-powered prop planes found themselves running out of airspeed, altitude, and ideas on the final approach to landing. Several of these unstabilized approaches resulted in major aircraft damage or worse. Seems simple enough.

Stability

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The NTSB said that it is concerned that Boeing’s “mitigation to overcome a jammed or restricted rudder control system during landing could also result in a large input to the rudder pedals and a sudden, large and undesired rudder deflection sufficient to cause loss of control or departure from the runway”.

Rudder

Ask Captain Lim

DECEMBER 11, 2024

An Airbus A350 in a strong crosswind with nose pointing away How do pilots handle their planes in strong crosswinds? Landing in strong crosswinds is among the most challenging tasks for pilots, requiring precise techniques to ensure the aircraft touches down safely. Some airlines impose a lower limitation.

Crosswind

Flight Training Central

MAY 28, 2024

But as the destination traffic pattern approaches, workload increases dramatically. A firm understanding of the proper terminal area procedures is essential for staying safe as you depart or approach the airport. Runway 31 directly into the wind. Runway 27 and expect a crosswind from the right. 040° and 220° true.

Crosswind

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

This is not an instrument procedure, but rather a way to enter the traffic pattern when approaching from the opposite side of the runway. ” What about the old fashioned midfield crosswind, which many of us grew up flying? In other words, how you get to the runway is mostly a matter of manners , not regulations.

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