Final Approach Jet Wind Shear 
Plane and Pilot
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
Getting a couple of hundred thousand pounds of swept-wing jet down to sea level from 40,000 feet takes a bit of forethought and no shortage of technology. Most of the big jets, when faced with Newtons laws of motion, need a little assistance when going downhill. Both of these approaches work with one significant caution.
Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 15, 2025
The pilots fought to recover, but the wind shear was too strong. The jet slammed into the ground six thousand feet short of the runway, taking the lives of 134 people. Detecting them is difficult, which makes final approach and landing especially dangerous. It is the most severe type of wind shear.
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Pilot Institute
JULY 4, 2025
Moisture, instability, lift, and wind shear are needed to form and sustain a squall line. Wind Shear But on top of all of that, there’s another piece of the puzzle that can help sustain the squall line. Wind shear is the change in wind speed or direction with height.
Northstar VFR
MARCH 23, 2025
You may have even seen a few YouTube videos of jets doing go-around maneuvers set to Kens song. As the plane descends toward the runway on final approach, it may encounter various scenarios where a safe landing cannot be assured. Wind shear can create landing hazards for all sizes of aircraft.
Chess In the Air
JULY 4, 2022
Considering the delay in the AWOS reporting, it may also be helpful to proactively use the radio to ask anyone on the ground for the current winds (e.g. Microbursts are not the only source of severe wind-shear close to the ground. Sudden and very powerful surface winds can have various other causes. Absolutely!
One Mile at a Time
FEBRUARY 27, 2025
It could be that theres sudden wind shear on final approach, or that that visibility is below minimums, or that the aircraft is too high or too fast, etc. Generally speaking, go arounds happen for one of several reasons. As Will mentions, sometimes go arounds happen due to weather or other flying conditions.
Chess In the Air
JUNE 24, 2022
After we decided this, we heard a Challenger jet announce “Taxiing to 26 for takeoff”. It’s worth noting that Shmulik had a close call in the past: a jet pulled onto the runway in front of him with no radio call. This near miss was avoided only by the jet taking off immediately in front of him. He tried again, with no reply.
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