Air Facts

MAY 5, 2025

However, at Springfield, Missouri, our final destination, the weather was bad. 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. Besides, the ceiling and visibility were both well above minimums, so a landing is assured.

VOR 52

VOR Weather Approach Runway 52

Photographic Logbook

JULY 11, 2024

ATC was great, the FBO (FlightLevel - Beverly) treated us well and charged reasonable fees, and radar services were managed by the perennially capable Boston Approach. 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.

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. Same course, same altitude, same frequency handoffs as the week prior. Photo by The Bear.

Runway 95

Runway Knot Weather Turbulence 95

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. As I approached the river, the plane started to settle faster than it had. It looked like I was still on a descent to touch down at the threshold on Runway 15.

Threshold 72

Threshold Runway Approach AGL 72

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JULY 22, 2024

Departure Hall (Landside) The design of the ceiling caught my attention. Notice the small disks of colour glass recess on the underside of the ceiling? What does this design of the ceiling look like to you? Before I know it, we were on our final approach. We reached the threshold of runway 27.

Cabin Crew 59

Cabin Crew Runway Weather Ceiling 59