Final Approach Lift Wind Shear 
Air Facts
APRIL 14, 2025
Two More Concept Failures One recent general aviation fad that did not catch on, fortunately, was the continuous turn from downwind to final approach. There are many factors in play, but the short version is that a continuous turn to final is just a conventional traffic pattern with a really short base leg.
Pilot's Life Blog
JANUARY 5, 2025
Approach speeds typically range from 80 to 90 knots depending on weight and flap settings, while full flaps are often used to provide the necessary lift during landing. The aircrafts landing gear is retractable, which must be extended during the final approach.
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Pilot Institute
FEBRUARY 15, 2025
The pilots fought to recover, but the wind shear was too strong. Detecting them is difficult, which makes final approach and landing especially dangerous. Detecting them is difficult, which makes final approach and landing especially dangerous. It is the most severe type of wind shear.
Pilot Institute
JULY 4, 2025
Moisture, instability, lift, and wind shear are needed to form and sustain a squall line. Lifting Mechanism Squall lines tend to develop along cold fronts, warm fronts, or dry lines. It’s these areas that act as natural lifting zones. Once lifted, moist air can reach saturation and release latent heat.
Pilot's Life Blog
JUNE 18, 2025
Weather Conditions: Sudden changes in weather, such as wind shear, gusts, or rapidly decreasing visibility, can make landing unsafe. Pilots must be ready to initiate a go-around if the conditions deteriorate below safe limits during final approach. Retracting flaps too quickly can reduce lift prematurely.
Air Facts
OCTOBER 14, 2024
The eddies mixing with the vertical motion of the heat generating lift of the heated air makes for discomfort. The up motion of the lift vector from the surface temperatures, and the perpendicular wind vectors pushing the heated air along, make for a dynamism in space. As we turned back, the wind shear hit.
Chess In the Air
JULY 4, 2022
Most western pilots have patiently worked such lift for an hour or more while waiting for conditions to improve near their destination airport. 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. the local FBO).
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