Crosswind Groundspeed Indicated Airspeed 
Air
MAY 21, 2025
Drawbacks: In cruise, a headwind reduces your groundspeed , meaning your journey will take longer and consume more fuel. It increases your groundspeed , shortening your flight time and saving fuel. For landing, it increases your groundspeed on approach and extends the landing distance. And it’s unique in Europe!
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? When are winds reported as true, and when are they reported as magnetic? Winds on the surface, and winds at altitude: both concepts are covered in the nav-log lesson.
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