Descent Stability Threshold 
Pilot Institute
JANUARY 14, 2025
Non-Precision Approaches Non-Precision Approaches: Only provide lateral guidance, requiring pilots to level off at a Minimum Descent Altitude (MDA) until the runway is visible. ILS): Include vertical guidance, allowing a continuous descent to a Decision Height (DH) where the pilot decides to land or go missed.
One Mile at a Time
MARCH 20, 2025
degrees to the right, and a rate of descent of 1,110 feet per minute The plane touched down at a bank angle of 7.5 degrees to the right, and 3g vertical acceleration, and a rate of descent of approximately 1,098 feet per minute. The initial impact was 420 feet past the runway 23 threshold.
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Air Facts
MAY 5, 2025
It was a decision I would soon regret… We transitioned from the holding pattern to the outbound leg of the VOR approach and began a descent to 2,700 feet, the minimum altitude for that leg of the approach. The ice was simultaneously adding weight while destroying the shape of the wing and stabilizer air foils. I didnt know.
Flying Magazine
JUNE 20, 2025
The controller cleared the pilot for the approach, and when the airplane was about 10 miles northeast of the NESTY, an initial approach fix (IAF), the controller asked the pilot if he was going to “make your descent” and asked if he would like vectors to the south. nm from the runway 28R displaced threshold, at 03:46 a.m.
AV Web
APRIL 15, 2025
Fixed-Wing Foibles Consider the Airbus first officer (FO) who tried to satisfy ATCs request to increase their descent (rate), so he engaged open descent mode. The captain took control and applied aft stick pressure to return the airplane to a normal descent pitch attitude to prevent an overspeed. No mention of IPC results.
Flying Magazine
JULY 16, 2025
not often easy in a descent. Still, you’ll likely cross the threshold well above the recommended landing speed and float for quite a while as you slow. Adobe Stock] Get Back to Basics As instrument pilots, the importance of the stabilized approach was hammered into our heads during training.
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.
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