Flight Training Central

MARCH 31, 2025

Approach light systems are a configuration of signal lights starting at the landing threshold and extending into the approach area, at a distance of 2,400 to 3,000 feet for precision instrument runways, and 1,400 to 1,500 feet for non-precision instrument runways.

Approach 93

Approach Pilot Runway Descent 93

AV Web

MAY 6, 2025

Operations below minimums on an instrument approach can be quite simple if the ceilings and visibilities are significantly above minimums. But when the chips are down along with the ceilings and visibilities, things arent quite so simple. If you see the threshold, take a look at the GPS and see what it says the distance is.

Approach 94

Approach Runway Threshold True Airspeed 94

Air Facts

MAY 5, 2025

The hourly sequence report showed Springfield had a ceiling of 100 feet obscured, a visibility of 3/8 mile and fog with a surface temperature of 30 degrees F. The forecast at our arrival time at Jefferson City was for a ceiling of 1,200′ overcast with a visibility of four miles in fog.

VOR 52

VOR Weather Approach Runway 52

Photographic Logbook

JULY 11, 2024

Moments after climbing through the ceiling over Beverly, MA. We made an IFR departure that morning on runway 16 and climbed above the ceiling in short order. Approaching the Green Mountains of Vermont, the ceiling began to close back up. This meant that there would be no getting into Sodus unless the ceiling lifted.

Ceiling 52

Ceiling Approach Weather Runway 52

Photographic Logbook

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Weather conditions on Groundhog Day were better than the week prior, characterized by a high ceiling and no thin screen of clouds hiding the ground from view. Alton Bay's floating bandstand about 100 feet south of the runway threshold. In the descent, wind direction rotated counterclockwise until it became a direct southerly crosswind.

Runway 95

Runway Knot Weather Turbulence 95

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

MAY 20, 2024

Personally I don't like the "spikes" attached to the ceiling. At this point, we started our descent into Singapore, flying near Malaysia. Once we reached near the threshold, we waited for this China Eastern A330 to land before we depart. The windows were unlocked when we started our descent.

Runway 59

Runway Descent Airlines Airline 59

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

I checked the weather by phone and was assured it would be great CAVU (ceiling and visibility unlimited) with 2-3-knot winds from 090 degrees. It looked like I was still on a descent to touch down at the threshold on Runway 15. I was to be the first to fly it since the checkup. I lined up and continued to descend.

Threshold 72

Threshold Runway Approach AGL 72