Final Approach Lift Threshold 
Air Facts
MAY 14, 2025
One day, I had finally had enough. As he lifted off from a touch-and-go, I shook the control stick and said, Ive got the jet. Add half the gust factor to final approach and touchdown speeds. I started the final turn and made the standard radio call: Talon 30, base, gear-check, touch-and-go. Gusty winds?
Pilot Institute
DECEMBER 31, 2024
Lift and Drag Modifications A no-flaps landing significantly reduces drag and lift, which is why the approach is flown at a higher speed. In such a situation, you need to maintain lift by adjusting the angle of attack and airspeed, which requires precise control. Pre-Landing Checklist 1. What should you do?
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Air Facts
MAY 7, 2025
The Twin Otter is very powerful, but its fixed landing gear, wing struts and various hinges, plus the thick high lift wing gave lots of places for the ice to accumulate. They had moved to their strategic waiting position close to the landing runway threshold. Finally, out of the low cloud the airplane appeared from the east.
Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure
JUNE 3, 2025
At this point, we reached the threshold of the runway. We lifted off with raindrops showering on our aircraft. We were on final approach into runway 06L. An Easyjet A321ceo aircraft was undergoing the deicing procedure. Making our turn into the active runway. Flying over some hilly areas. Touched down!
Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure
JUNE 17, 2025
We waited for a while near the threshold to allow a few aircraft ahead of us to take off. Whenever you hear the loud thud during the descent (around 3,000 feet or so) especially if you are sitting in the middle or front of the aircraft, that is the sound of the landing gear coming out and locked which means the aircraft is on final approach.
Plane and Pilot
JULY 1, 2025
A witness reported that they saw the airplane lift off from the runway and remain in ground effect until it crossed the departure end of the runway. The student turned early onto the base leg of the airport traffic pattern, then turned onto final approach, resulting in the airplane being high and fast.
Aerotime
DECEMBER 27, 2024
The International Air Transport Association (IATA) differentiates an accident from an incident by imposing a threshold of aircraft damage set at $1 million. During the landing, following an excessive pitch-up movement by the aircraft, its aft fuselage contacted the runway approximately 326 meters (1,070ft) beyond the runway threshold.
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