Flying Magazine

MAY 17, 2025

Flight Planning A pilot encountered 32-35 knot headwinds at cruise. Arithmetic skills sometimes atrophy in the cockpit. On final approach, the tower told him to go around. It might be challenging to detect a weakened electrical system from the cockpit, stressing that it is important to monitor all the gauges.

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Pilot Runway Gross Weight Approach 110

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Compared to standard landings, no-flaps landings require certain adjustments in aircraft handling, such as: Higher approach speeds (5-10 knots faster than normal). Flatter approach angle (due to less drag). For example, in a Cessna 172S, the approach speed increases from 60-70 knots with full flaps to 65-75 knots without flaps.

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Pilot Drag Descent Approach 52

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 11, 2025

The alert will only sound once every 60 seconds and is automatically disabled if groundspeed is less than 40 knots. Runway Final Approach Alert – Alerts when approaching any runway, based on altitude, vertical speed, track, and when within 4 nm of the runway threshold. AGL after having been above 1,000 ft.

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AGL Runway Groundspeed Descent 52

Fear of Landing

DECEMBER 13, 2024

On the 25th of November 2024, a Boeing 737-400 crashed on final approach to Vilnius airport with one fatality. At 03:28 UTC, ninety minutes into the flight and on final approach to Vilnius, the aircraft crashed near Liepkalnis Hill. One pilot was killed in the crash, the other three suffered serious injuries.

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Runway Approach UTC Knot 104

Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

Left downwind on a blustery day with live weather actually shows a virga burst over the field, with local winds gusting 36 knots, making for some extreme conditions in such a tight canyon. For the final approach, I calculated V REF of about 128 was fought with much shear, with airspeed variances of up to 20 to 30 knots, providing a wild ride.

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Crosswind Weather Knot Aileron 105

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 16, 2024

When it’s your turn in the cockpit, you’ll know what to do—whether it’s a routine landing or something urgent. This allows you to configure appropriately and ensures a stabilized approach. Take your ground speed in knots and divide it by two. So if your Vso is 50 knots, then aim to fly 70 knots.

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Airplanes Descent Approach Final Approach 52

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

Each beacon relates to a specific position on the approach for pilots to cross-check. An audible tone or a visual light in the cockpit helps identify the position. There can be up to three marker beacons on an approach: Outer Marker (flashes blue) – Represents the Final Approach Fix and/or glideslope intercept.

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Knot Approach Distance Measuring Equipment Runway 52

Air Facts

APRIL 24, 2024

My eyes were busy: inside the cockpit, watching, monitoring, and checking that chart; and outside the cockpit, searching for a first glimpse of our new destination. That was the longest, most terrifying final approach—actually the only terrifying final approach—I’ve ever experienced. There wasn’t much talk.

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Turbulence Wind Shear Final Approach Ceiling 52

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

He used the first officer’s airspeed indicator and visual cues out of the cockpit windows to determine the flight path of the plane and the need for any power changes. The approach to Sioux City With the aircraft at a range of about nine miles from touchdown at Sioux City, the crew made visual contact with the airport.

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Runway Horizontal Stabilizer Airlines Airline 301

AV Web

JANUARY 22, 2025

Examination of the accident site confirmed flight-control continuity from the cockpit to all flight control surfaces. Winds were from 290 degrees at 15 knots, gusting to 21 knots. Yet all indications are he succumbed to a simple stall on final approach. Fuel remained in both wings; there was no evidence of fire.

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Final Approach Airplanes Drag Crosswind 52

Air Facts

OCTOBER 7, 2024

It was a beefed up, militarized version of the Beechcraft Bonanza with a narrowed fuselage and conventional tail, seating two pilots in tandem cockpits with controls and indicators configured similarly to tactical aircraft of the period. The plane’s mechanic, known as a plane captain, was up on the wing and helped me settle into the cockpit.

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Cockpit Rudder Tail Indicated Airspeed 98

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

One more gadget in the cockpit cannot remedy deficits in skill, judgement, and attitude. In my own flying career, I’ve seen plenty of small airport pilots unconcerned with safety messages, to put it mildly. Tedious numerical interpolation is not required when adjusting airspeed for weight, contrary to the claims of some AOA advocates.

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General Aviation Pilot Approach Airplanes 98

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. I reached into the cockpit instantly and pulled the throttle to idle. It dawned on me what probably happened on my final approach. The engine sprang to life.

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Threshold Runway Approach AGL 72

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

This is consistent with Rick’s report, which referenced 9 knots of wind. Note that a 43 knot gust from a direction of 190 degrees was measured at 17:39, one minute after the accident (provided that the time stamp is accurate). The ADSB trace shows Shmulik’s ground speed of 92 kt as he began his final turn.

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Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway 52

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

2024, a Boeing 737-400 freighter operated by Swift Air of Spain on behalf of global logistics giant DHL crashed on final approach into Vilnius Airport (VNO) in Lithuania, the aircraft’s intended destination. However, having descended down the glideslope to 650ft and traveling at 150 knots, the flight data comes to an abrupt stop.

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Final Approach Approach Instrument Landing System Runway 337