One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 6, 2025

Air traffic control loses patience with NetJets pilots This incident involves a Cessna Citation Latitude jet operated by NetJets, which is the largest private jet operator in the world. So this isnt just some random dude flying his own jet, or something. NetJets pilot: Execjet 636, roger. Were the pilots fatigued?

Air Traffic Control

Flying Magazine

JULY 3, 2025

Subscribe Now I texted my twin jet crew to get to the airport as soon as possible, then quickly planned the flight, ordered the fuel, and completed the preflight while my fellow crewmates arrived and got their pre-mission tasks accomplished. Seeing my position visually, I was now totally confident I could make the runway.

Knot

One Mile at a Time

JUNE 4, 2025

The pilots seemingly made great time, and the plane began its approach to runway 8R in Munich. The Condor jet had to be rerouted at the last minute Passengers were in for a very long night Logically speaking, one wonders why the aircraft was flown all the way to Hahn, rather than to a closer airport without a curfew.

Approach

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 21, 2025

A Southwest Airlines jet attempted to take off from a taxiway yesterday, somehow mistaking it for a runway in broad daylight. At Orlando Airport, Southwest departs from airside 2, and the plane was supposed to take off from runway 17R, a very short distance away. The taxiway runs parallel to the runway.

Air Traffic Control

Plane and Pilot

MAY 26, 2025

We emphasize attention to detail, not trusting our memory when it comes to taxi clearances, verifying runways prior to crossing or holding short, and ensuring that both pilots are heads-up for taxi, or that they vocalize any time a pilot goes heads-down. In the jet, I type the taxi route into the scratch pad text line of the FMS.

Runway

AV Web

MAY 6, 2025

Most approaches, even non-GPS approaches, have a waypoint placed exactly at the threshold of the runway. In addition to required visibility, the runway environment must be distinctly visible and identifiable. I think I have the runway lights in sight, is not good enough. And what exactly is the runway environment anyway?

Runway

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Getting a couple of hundred thousand pounds of swept-wing jet down to sea level from 40,000 feet takes a bit of forethought and no shortage of technology. Most of the big jets, when faced with Newtons laws of motion, need a little assistance when going downhill. Back down here is GA land, we have many of the same concerns.

Descent

Simple Flying

APRIL 7, 2025

A typical takeoff on an airliner looks something like this - the pilot-flying (PF) lines up their jet on a runway, and the pilot-monitoring (PM) receives clearance from the tower controller to depart. The PF advances the throttles slowly and checks the engine gauges to ensure that both motors are stable.

Clearance

Pilot Institute

JUNE 12, 2025

If the runway is contaminated with water, ice, or oil, the wheel may simply skid over the surface instead of gripping it. The extra stopping power is useful for landing on short runways and in adverse conditions. Even if you could package it, the jetblast would hit the wings, flaps, and runway straight on.

Thrust

Air Facts

APRIL 28, 2025

We made a nice two ship formation landing on runway 8L and were directed to taxi to Deltas (TOC) ramp which is located mid-field. Still, crossing the adjacent parallel runway 8R, with a huge Airbus holding for us made me feel a tad uncomfortable, now I know how a bug must feel when it sees a windshield coming at him!

Clearance

Flying Magazine

JUNE 12, 2025

Having recently reviewed how to call for a clearance, I filed my first IFR flight plan, received my clearance from the VATSIM controller, and soon I was following the Logan Four departure out of the Class Bravo and on my way. I had prepped for an ILS to Runway 11 at KPWM as the wind from the METAR in-sim supported that decision.

Air Traffic Control

Universal Weather

OCTOBER 30, 2024

And while the pace may be slow and the vibe laid-back on the islands themselves, for operators of business jets traveling to the region during the islands’ peak season, challenges such as limited parking, hotels, and fuel can create operational risk and stress. CIQ pre-clearance is available at St. Runway : Open 24 hours, daily.

NOTAMs

Pilot Institute

JUNE 9, 2025

Pilots use holds for traffic delays, weather, emergencies, planning, or runway changes. Runway Changes (or Closure) Where possible, airplanes normally like to land in the wind. If the wind changes significantly, the airport authority may decide to change the runway. Yep, those runway numbers do mean something.

Airplanes

Flying Magazine

JUNE 20, 2025

The privately owned jet was at the end of an all-night flight that began on the East Coast around midnight local time. The pilot of the jet was the aircraft owner. Ring camera video from the event shows puddles of jet fuel burning and people running door to door to warn their neighbors of the danger. The jet flew for 3.5

Knot

Universal Weather

JANUARY 8, 2025

Pre-clearance guide Dublin, the capital of Ireland, is a popular business aviation destination in Europe. Heres what you need to know about operating a business jet to Dublin: Airport Options Dublin Airport (EIDW) is the main airport for business aviation travel to the city. Onboard CIQ clearance must be approved in advance.

Clearance

Vintage Aviation News

JULY 8, 2025

.” While much of the mission’s details remain classified, the footage provides a captivating look at the preparation, takeoff, high-speed cruise, and landing of the iconic jet. The mission was carefully timed, with the pilot monitoring fuel margins and preparing for a precise approach to runway 31.

Payload

Fear of Landing

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Clear weather, everything as usual, and the airfield quiet – just ourselves following a BA 747 to the runway. The controller anticipated a late landing clearance due to this aircraft in front. Jumbo on the runway, be down in a few minutes.” By Jove, Carruthers, isn’t that a jumbo on the runway? What could be simpler?

Runway

Fear of Landing

MAY 23, 2025

Some of the media have reported that a “small plane” crashed, so to be clear: this was a business jet about the size of a large lorry, not a single-engine Cessna 172. The Cessna 550 Citation II is a popular mid-sized twin-engine jet, about 48 feet (14.5 They approached San Diego in the early hours of Thursday morning.

Approach

Plane and Pilot

MAY 24, 2025

Additionally, the airparks turf runway didnt have lights, so the into-the-night journey was planned to the nearby Laconia Municipal Airport (KLCI) in New Hampshire. It has a 5,890-foot asphalt runway big enough for business jets, with runway and approach lights. There his girlfriend would pick him up.

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

One Mile at a Time

JULY 18, 2025

Ultimately these are some of the sacrifices we’re seeing with the increasing use of premium narrow body jets, since the real estate math is a bit different than on wide body jets. While the larger bins are great, I’ve gotta say, they do make the cabin feel a bit more claustrophobic, as they give less clearance over your head.

Approach

Photographic Logbook

JUNE 1, 2025

Paula and Gilead requested a pop-up IFR clearance and flew at an intermediate altitude between those of us up high and the others down low. Even on the approach to runway 27R, despite being made against a gusty headwind rushing over terrain and through a valley, few burbles were hurled at the landing aircraft.

Airplanes

Aerotime

DECEMBER 27, 2024

Air taxi operations, executive jets, helicopters, and general aviation activities have been excluded in the interests of concision. Indeed, standing as a significant achievement, 2023 saw no fatal accidents or hull losses for jet aircraft, leading to a record-low fatality risk rate of 0.03 rate per million sectors.

Runway

Flying Magazine

MAY 29, 2025

Army helicopter and a commercial passenger jet, the White House sent an email urging federal employees to take the DRP, which offers to pay workers through September if they leave their jobs. One day after the midair collision between a U.S. The DOT offered a second buyout in April.

Air Traffic Control

Photographic Logbook

JUNE 29, 2025

I departed the Williamson-Sodus Airport solo at 8:00 am and picked up my instrument clearance in the air from a Rochester Approach controller with a familiar voice. Although the wind was out of the west and favored runway 28, two aircraft were performing touch and goes on runway 22 and I followed suit because it was just easier that way.

Runway

Flying Magazine

MAY 12, 2025

Boeing could modify the requirements for a pair of 747-8 jets it is transforming into presidential transport aircraft in order to deliver them before the end of President Donald Trumps term, amid his public and private frustrations with the project. By the end of Eisenhowers second term, presidential transport began moving into the jet age.

Clearance

Flying Magazine

MAY 27, 2025

After taxiing to Runway 32, he was instructed to turn to a heading of 090 after takeoff and maintain 3,000. His IFR clearance, which he had received previously, said to expect a climb to FL 330 10 minutes after departure. That instructor, who had 10,000 hours in jets and 3,000 in Citations, provided a more nuanced assessment.

Pilot

Aerotime

JUNE 10, 2024

Two planes narrowly avoided a collision on a runway at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM). The incident occurred on June 8, 2024, when an IndiGo flight landed on the runway while an Air India flight was taking off. The IndiGo jet touched down three seconds after the lift off.

Air Traffic Control

One Mile at a Time

OCTOBER 18, 2024

This isn’t good… air traffic controllers cleared two Southwest jets to use the same runway at the same time. VASAviation has an excellent video with both the air traffic control audio and a depiction of where the jets were located during the incident. Southwest 1478: “Runway 27, line up and wait, Southwest 1478.”

Runway

One Mile at a Time

MAY 30, 2025

There was an uncomfortably close call at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) a couple of weeks ago, as two jets departing on parallel runways ended up dangerously close to one another on their climb out. However, a moment after takeoff, the United jet made a sharp turn to the left, rather than flying right, as it was supposed to.

Jet

One Mile at a Time

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

A350 & CRJ-900 have serious incident at Atlanta Airport Shortly after 10AM this morning (Tuesday, September 10, 2024), two jets operating on behalf of Delta had a serious incident at Atlanta Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport (ATL). BREAKING : Two Delta Airlines planes collide on runway at Georgia airport.

Tail

AV Web

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Southwest Flight 2504 executed a heart-stopping last-second go-around at Chicago Midway Airport (KMDW) this morning to avoid a business jet that taxied onto the landing Runway 31C. The business jet, reportedly a Challenger 350, can be seen ahead taxiing onto the runway at a 90-degree angle from left to right.

Runway

AV Web

MAY 22, 2024

As we waited for clearance to cross Runway 13/31, the ground controller said, “Southwest 123 cleared to cross Runway 13/31 on Echo. Bonanza 3680 Romeo, taxi to holding line; caution jet wash.”

Clearance

One Mile at a Time

JULY 29, 2024

So the pilot of the first Delta jet advised air traffic control they’d need a minute to crunch the numbers on takeoff performance: Delta 1304 pilot: “Right now, for Delta 1304, we got four knots too much on the tailwind. Famous last words, because as it turns out, there wasn’t enough room for the jet to “get in there.”

Air Traffic Control

One Mile at a Time

JULY 11, 2024

A LATAM jet departing Italy for Brazil suffered a tail strike on takeoff, in what can only be described as a rather strange incident, as reported by The Aviation Herald. At 1:26PM local time, the aircraft took off from Milan Malpensa Airport’s runway 35L. However, while rotating, the jet struck its tail on the runway.

Tail

AV Web

MAY 22, 2024

As we waited for clearance to cross Runway 13/31, the ground controller said, “Southwest 123 cleared to cross Runway 13/31 on Echo. Bonanza 3680 Romeo, taxi to holding line; caution jet wash.”

Clearance

One Mile at a Time

JULY 20, 2024

Around 2hr50min after departure, the plane was on approach to runway 10 at Tampa Airport. As the plane was coming in over Tampa Bay, while around four miles from the runway, it descended as low as 150 feet, according to ADS-B data. ATC: “Southwest 425, roger, cancel approach clearance, go around runway 10.

Air Traffic Control

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 17, 2024

These systems are designed to help you stay on the correct glide path as you approach the runway. The Visual Approach Slope Indicator (VASI) is a Visual Glide Slope Indicator (VGSI) placed near a runway to help you land safely. Two-Bar VASI As the name suggests, the two-bar VASI uses two sets of lights placed alongside the runway.

Runway