Crosswind Density Altitude Weather 
Plane and Pilot
JUNE 23, 2025
After a shallow turn from downwind, the Bonanza was positioned on base at a proper altitude and airspeed and with a constant descent rate. NTSB weather data analysis determined the wind at 7,500 feet (about 700 feet above the runway) was from 210 degrees at 17 knots—a healthy tailwind for base leg.
Plane and Pilot
MAY 3, 2025
You can see other Weick influences, such as the oil-damped tricycle landing gearall produced Cherokees are trikeswith a wide track to make crosswind landings more manageable. I think twice of all the times we’ve flown, we’ve woken up and said, you know what, the weather’s not working out, let’s just drive it, he says.
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Air Facts
MARCH 10, 2025
If you don’t know which is which, and don’t how to apply magnetic variation, how can you figure out the crosswind youre confronting on your landing? Winds on the surface, and winds at altitude: both concepts are covered in the nav-log lesson.
Air Facts
MAY 24, 2024
We started up the engine, got the weather, asked the tower for our instrument flight plan, and began to taxi from the T-hangars on the east side of the field down the familiar route of “Hotel, Echo” to runway 18 right for a departure to the north with a turn to the east. My left crosswind became left downwind very quickly.
iPad Pilot News
MARCH 27, 2025
Avtech proFLIGHT This app is a high-quality weather tool for the professional flight crew. ProFLIGHT uses the actual flight route and time combined with the Met Office’s Global 10KM Weather model to produce a tailored weather forecast based on the most up to date information.
Inflight Pilot Training
MAY 30, 2025
With the right apps, pilots can check weather, plan routes, improve radio communications, log flights, simulate flying scenarios, and even listen in on real-time ATC traffic. Best Apps for Aviation Weather 1. Best All-In-One Pilot App 4. ForeFlight Overview : ForeFlight is the most comprehensive EFB on the market.
Pilot Institute
MAY 4, 2024
Weather, field conditions, obstacles, and many other elements greatly affect short field operations. Temperature An increase in temperature will increase the density altitude. A high density altitude decreases the performance of the engine and the wing. Will you need a crosswind correction? Full flaps, 1.3
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