Crosswind Stability Threshold 
Air Facts
MAY 14, 2025
After closing the speed brakes and raising the gear and flaps, I turned crosswind at the departure end. At pattern altitude, I leveled off, and our airspeed stabilized at 300 KIAS. The final turn in the T-38 is a nose-low, 180-degree turn designed to arrive on final one mile from the threshold at 500 feet AGL.
AV Web
JULY 1, 2025
So for pilots coming out of jets and who are accustomed to coming across the threshold carrying lots of speed, pulling the power back to idle and waiting for it to land will stall an airplane like the little RV-12 right into the pavement—pancaking it on and damaging the landing gear,” Wilkinson said.
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AV Web
APRIL 15, 2025
At Ocracoke, North Carolina, an RV-6 (tailwheel version of 6a) landedtechnicallywith a 90-degree crosswind. The pilot reported that he was too high and fast crossing the threshold 70 feet above ground level (AGL) at 90 mph. Bounce twice, go around, because youre doing something wrong. No mention of IPC results. Other than that, what?
Plane and Pilot
AUGUST 27, 2024
However, the capstone of all these efforts was the adoption of stabilized approach criteria and procedures on every approach and landing. GA pilots find time-tested and more creative ways to skitter off the side of the runway, land short of the threshold, or slide off the far end with the brakes smoking and tires squealing.
Pilot Institute
JULY 12, 2024
Key Takeaways Start by setting up your approach correctly to ensure you arrive at the threshold perfectly every time. You can only begin improving the touchdown if you’ve mastered positioning your aircraft above the runway threshold correctly. The easiest way to achieve this is by flying a stabilized approach.
Pilot Institute
OCTOBER 16, 2024
If there is a crosswind at the airport, you should mention this in your brief. Discuss your nominated crosswind technique. Explain what aircraft input you will require to land the aircraft in the crosswind. For example, the crosswind is from left to right. You will either carry out the side-slip or de-crab technique.
Pilot Institute
MAY 4, 2024
If it prevents you from landing close to the threshold, a short runway becomes even shorter. This gives you a safe buffer on the stall speed and plenty of time to stabilize. The aiming point at an actual short field should be as close to the threshold as is safe. Will you need a crosswind correction? Full flaps, 1.3
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