Ceiling General Aviation Wind Shear 
Air Facts
MAY 28, 2025
An approaching system threatened to bring widespread low ceilings, embedded thunderstorms, and wind shear across much of the southern U.S. An approaching system threatened to bring widespread low ceilings, embedded thunderstorms, and wind shear across much of the southern U.S.
Learn to Fly
APRIL 11, 2024
Ceiling—How high are the clouds; can you fly above or around them? Wind—Is the direction and speed conducive to the runway alignment at both the departure and arrival airport? Wind—Is the direction and speed conducive to the runway alignment at both the departure and arrival airport?
Pilot Institute
MARCH 6, 2025
AGL is important for drone pilots as the regular ceiling for drone flight is defined as 400 feet AGL. This is a general aviation term that also applies to drone flight. What this simply means is that the wind speed and/or direction is rapidly changing at a relatively low altitude.
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