Flying Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

READ MORE: Healthy Obsession: What Flight Sim Has Done for Me Pro tip: If the ATD does not have side-view screens, the CFI should remind the learner that each turn they make will be in 90-degree increments. If utilizing Runway 17 with left traffic, the crosswind turn will be heading 080, downwind 350, base 260, etc. It’s an ATD.

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Crosswind VOR Airplanes Runway 111

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 4, 2024

VNAV adds automated vertical guidance to approaches, reducing pilot workload during descents. That’s because each one assists you in navigating to the runway based on the weather and your aircraft equipment. When flying an LPV approach, your GPS provides accurate vertical and lateral guidance as low as 200 feet above the runway.

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Approach Descent Weather VOR 52

Air Facts

JULY 31, 2024

The wind was fierce, and the narrow runway offered little room for error. I communicated my intentions and began my descent. As I began my descent back into Lanseria International Airport, I felt a renewed sense of purpose and accomplishment. This flight had tested my limits, but it had also reaffirmed my passion for aviation.

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Turbulence Weather Approach Descent 97

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 23, 2025

My instructor for the day walked me through the preflight checklist and discussed the plan for our flight while encouraging me to ask any and all questions I had. Once we were ready, we started up, and the instructor radioed the tower before taxiing to the runway. Dont worry if it feels overwhelming. After all, youre flying.

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Rudder Descent Pilot Runway 97

Northstar VFR

JANUARY 4, 2023

Flight planning becomes more advanced than before, flying SIDs and STARs, and instrument approaches. But a crucial part of this flight planning is planning for the worst case scenario: What if you can’t land at your original destination? When MUST I Plan for an Alternate?

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Instrument Meteorological Conditions Ceiling Approach Weather 52

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 27, 2025

Air Navigation Pro This flight planning and GPS navigation app is designed for VFR pilots and offers international support, including charts for the US, Europe, South America and more. Embraer Aircraft Services A complete line of apps to assist operators of Embraer aircraft with support and services, performance and flight planning.

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Weather Pilot Flight Plan Airplanes 91

AV Web

JANUARY 8, 2025

An additional consideration exists for aircraft cruising in the flight levels. Most flight planning software will calculate the 30-45 minutes required at planned cruise flight, when more than likely you will not reach those same altitudes during a diversion. It is worth considering the destination airport itself.

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Payload Airplanes Approach Descent 106

Photographic Logbook

APRIL 19, 2024

However, there was a presidential TFR (temporary flight restriction) around Scranton that lay on a direct line between Sodus and Philly. It added less than 10 minutes to the overall flight time. The reroute was minimal, an insertion of Yardley VOR (ARD) into my flight plan. Runway and raindrops.

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Approach Wind Shear Runway VOR 69

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

New Adventures in Flight Planning and Filing I decided to test-drive my PIN and the whole FRZ process for the first time as my annual fall solo flight in October of 2023. Any flight into the FRZ requires a FRZ flight plan. For the most part, the process was quick and easy. But no ice formed that morning.

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Transponder Approach Clearance General Aviation 52

Fly with Eva

MARCH 20, 2018

Flashes of previous 737 experience, flight training, moving all over the planet, Phoenix, Girona, Rome, Barcelona, Hong Kong, manuals, operating procedures and limitations. I see my name on the crew list, I sign in and read the flight plan, notams and weather. ’ There we go, rattling on runway 07R. Cleared to land!

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Jet Flight Deck Cargo Thrust 52

Northstar VFR

JANUARY 21, 2024

I’m pretty close to the airport so I have time to enjoy a coffee, flight plan and then get ready. My flight plan and performance numbers are all electronically uploaded to the computer system on the plane. After briefing the approach, we start our descent down. It’s a pretty easy turn, just over 2 hours each way.

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Pilot Cockpit Airline Airlines 52

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

They are: Runway Width Sloping Runway Sloping Terrain Black Hole Approach Autokinetic Illusion False Horizon Vection Illusion Let’s look at each one in detail. Aerial Perception Illusions Pilots use a mental image of a “normal” runway to judge their approach.

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Runway Instrument Meteorological Conditions Approach Airplanes 52

Professional Pilot

DECEMBER 10, 2024

After 11 hours of flight during our descent to initiate an approach, the airport closed for Category I (CAT I) approaches due to weather. We decided to divert to our alternate airport and landed safely as previously planned. Fortunately, there is a runway at the end of every ILS. YZV went down as we landed.

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Weather Approach Descent Runway 98

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Push the throttle forward for takeoff, and you might as well be in an F-15 Eagle roaring down the runway. Our trusty Continentals or Lycomings do well in cold climates as long as we warm up the engine fully before takeoff, manage the cowl flaps smartly, and avoid shock cooling in idle descents.

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Ceiling Airplanes Weather Density Altitude 105

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

Push the throttle forward for takeoff, and you might as well be in an F-15 Eagle roaring down the runway. Our trusty Continentals or Lycomings do well in cold climates as long as we warm up the engine fully before takeoff, manage the cowl flaps smartly, and avoid shock cooling in idle descents.

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Ceiling Airplanes Weather Density Altitude 96

Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

It is not uncommon for air traffic control to pose this question to pilots on IFR flight plans approaching certain airports when the weather is VFR. The FMS-guided visual provides a lateral and vertical path from a fix fairly close to the airport all the way down to the runway,” says Johnson. “Can you accept the visual?”

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Approach Air Traffic Control Runway Flight Deck 105

Photographic Logbook

JULY 21, 2024

While we were approaching the Orange County Airport, a student launched in a Cessna from runway 22. We were established on a right downwind for runway 22 when the student made his next radio call indicating that he was also on a right downwind for the same runway. Now on with Newark Tower, I made the East River request.

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Weight-Shift-Control Clearance Approach Airplanes 88

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 11, 2024

During flight planning, I determined that 8,000 feet would provide the best wind advantage of the available preferred westbound IFR cruise altitudes. Closer to South Bass Island, the Put-In-Bay Airport (runways 3-21) appeared along the southeastern shore. Moments before turning final for runway 21 at Put-In-Bay.

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Runway Approach Knot Drag 82

Air Facts

AUGUST 21, 2024

More turns, steep banks, and soon enough I spot her orange kayak in the lake just off the end of runway 9. Descent and landing is smooth and calm this evening, and I make a wheel landing for the fun of it. I make the turn off the runway, another radio call, and I taxi to the pumps. All set, now it’s time to go.

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Groundspeed Runway Approach Crosswind 98

Professional Pilot

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

While viewing maps, pilots can touch anywhere to open a radial menu with options for accessing additional airport, weather, or airspace information, or quickly adjusting a flight plan via graphical editing. Garmin’s terminal safety solutions add even more capabilities to G3000 PRIME-equipped aircraft.

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Flight Deck Cockpit Runway Pilot 52

Air Facts

APRIL 29, 2024

A pit stop at North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (KCRE) was planned, and after a weather briefing, I filed an IFR flight plan. I requested a descent from 6,000’ down to 4,000’ and was denied due to traffic. I began a rapid descent from 3,000’ down to the 2,000’ for the IAF. We were wheels up around 1:30pm.

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Descent Approach Weather AGL 98

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

I logged the information of my flight from Lawson Army Airfield (KLSF) at Fort Benning, Georgia, where I was stationed, to Newnan-Coweta County Airport (KCCO), then to Alexander City, Alabama (KALX), and back to Lawson. Filing a flight plan was not necessary, but I logged it on the clubhouse flight board. More flaps.

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Runway Threshold Approach AGL 67

Photographic Logbook

AUGUST 13, 2023

A Dunkin' in Jasper, GA made for makeshift flight planning space as we waited on fog to lift at Pickens County Airport. The ODP was a key element of my departure strategy, but I also filed to IPECA, the missed approach fix for the instrument approach to the runway we would use that morning. I absolutely hate wasting food.

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Approach Ceiling Runway Clearance 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

It consists of one terminal and a single runway as shown below. The runway is 04/22 is about 3,354 metre is capable of operating large aircraft such as 747 Freighters, however the airport infrastructure is unable to accommodate the A380. Was the turbulence as bad as my BOA (VVI-GRU) flight? Notice the emergency window?

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Turbulence Airlines Airline Narrow-Body Aircraft 52

Air Facts

MAY 29, 2024

This, by the way, was the only country on our entire trip where prior permission to land was rerequired other than by filing a flight plan from the country of departure. Last year there were 145 inches, and they say when a ship lands on the plowed runways it looks as though it were disappearing down a long tunnel.

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Weather Jet Pilot Descent 93

Flight Training Central

MARCH 15, 2024

Real World VFR Online Course This fun and educational course will give you the confidence to fly cross-country flights in VFR conditions, whether your destination is a remote island runway or a busy Class B airline hub. Ride along with an experienced pilot and flight instructor as they fly ten end-to-end flights.

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Pilot Approach VFR On Top Clearance 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 8, 2024

ATR-72-500 9M-FYG (Route: SZB-XSP) My photo Economy Class For my trip report, click here My thoughts The turboprop aircraft may travel at a slower speed and fly at a lower altitude than the jet aircraft, it is a cheaper aircraft to operate and is more cost efficent on routes that has lesser demand and better suited for shorter runways.

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Airlines Airline Cabin Crew Runway 52

Professional Pilot

MARCH 6, 2025

Subsequently, one must examine flight planning requirements, including the days duration, augmented crew requirements, and any necessity for intermediate stops for crew changes and refueling, especially if the aircraft cannot reach its final destination non-stop. Coordinate with your flight plan/trip provider.

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Weather Flight Plan Approach Pilot in Command 75