Simple Flying

MAY 23, 2025

On May 22, a Eurowings Europe Malta Airbus A320-200 operating flight EW-6838 from Palma de Mallorca to Paderborn made a go-around on final approach, during which the aircraft's tail contacted the runway, as reported by The Aviation Herald.

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Tail Final Approach Runway Approach 111

One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 14, 2025

There are runways 7L and 7R (which are parallel, at a heading of 70 degrees), and then theres runway 8 (which is nearly parallel, as its at a heading of 80 degrees). The runway layout at Phoenix Airport The United 737 was coming straight in to land on runway 7R. Meanwhile the Delta A330 was on a base leg for runway 8.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Approach Final Approach 113

Simple Flying

MAY 30, 2025

On Wednesday, The Aviation Herald reported an unusual incident that occurred on Friday, May 23rd, in which an aircraft made a final approach to a runway that was closed due to works in progress at Jorge Chvez International Airport (LIM), in Lima, Peru.

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Runway Approach Air Traffic Control Final Approach 115

Fear of Landing

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Whether or not there were issues with CRM or in the approach, there is no evidence at this time that either pilot had struggled through their training or were anything less than qualified for their positions. The wing tip struck the runway after which the wing and the tail separated and the fuel from the wing caught fire.

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Runway Tail Knot Altimeter 59

AV Web

MARCH 19, 2025

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has posted its Preliminary Report on the runway incursion and near-collision involving a Flexjet Challenger 350 and a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737-800 at Chicago Midway Airport (KMDW). Further confusing the issue, what used to be Runway 31R is now Taxiway H, so there is no longer a Runway 31R.

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Runway Clearance Final Approach Approach 78

Simple Flying

APRIL 4, 2025

On November 25th, 2024 5:28AM local time a Boeing 737-400SF crashed short of the runway on approach to Vilnius International Airport. The aircraft was destroyed. The captain was killed, and the co-pilot and two passengers were seriously injured.

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Final Approach Approach Runway Pilot 109

Flying Magazine

JUNE 3, 2025

Most of the time, jets fly long, straight-in instrument approaches, so pilots dont get much practice approaching a runway from other directions. When approaching an airport on a long base leg, they often struggle to determine the correct altitude for joining the final approach. Heres the tip.

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Approach Runway Cockpit Aeronautical Decision-Making 90

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

Specifically, as the aircraft was still around three miles from the intended landing runway (28L), it descended all the way down to 275 feet, according to flight tracking software Flightradar24. The plane was on a visual approach, and the autopilot was turned off several miles out, so the pilots were hand flying.

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Approach Knot Air Traffic Control Final Approach 105

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 27, 2025

Turning left would have opened up more space between the helicopter and Flight 5342, which was heading for Runway 33 at an altitude of roughly 300 feet. He told her he believed that air traffic control wanted them to turn left, toward the east river bank. She did not turn left.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Jet Transponder 105

Fear of Landing

DECEMBER 13, 2024

On the 25th of November 2024, a Boeing 737-400 crashed on final approach to Vilnius airport with one fatality. The airport has a single north-south asphalt runway (01/19) of 2,515 metres (8,250 feet). The runway elevation is 646 feet above mean sea level. Screenshot from ADSB Exchange; click for detail.

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Runway Approach UTC Knot 104

Fear of Landing

MARCH 21, 2025

At the same time, they released an an urgent recommendation report calling for the FAA to close the helicopter route that the military helicopter was following whenever runway 33 is in use. This report shows that the separation between the aviation traffic for runway 33 and helicopters on route 4 was dangerously tight.

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Runway Air Traffic Control Approach Descent 73

Flight Training Central

MAY 13, 2025

Flying any speed other than best glide speed during a power-off approach will result in what? Gliding distance to the runway will be reduced. Gliding distance to the runway will be increased. On the base leg before turning to final, what action should you take if you appear to be too low? Approach speed is a fixed value.

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Approach Descent Final Approach Drag 78

One Mile at a Time

JUNE 4, 2025

The pilots seemingly made great time, and the plane began its approach to runway 8R in Munich. The landing gear was dropped in preparation for landing only for the pilots to discontinue their approach. To give you a sense of how close this was, below is the aircrafts position at 12:30AM, also when it was at its lowest altitude.

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Approach Final Approach Clearance Jet 108

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

Learning how to land a Piper Seminole means becoming comfortable with these avionics, which help guide the aircraft through the landing procedure, ensuring optimal approach speeds and alignment with the runway. The aircrafts landing gear is retractable, which must be extended during the final approach.

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Descent Final Approach Approach Runway 52

Air Facts

MARCH 5, 2025

He then returned to Vance to conduct landings from the T-38 overhead pattern on our westernmost runway (17R); thats when the wheels came off. Approximately half way down the runway, you execute a level, 60-degree bank, 180 o turn while reducing power and lowering the speed-brakes to arrive on the inside downwind. carry the three?

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Pilot Knot AGL Approach 98

Flying Magazine

MAY 17, 2025

On final approach, the tower told him to go around. The jet he followed took too long to clear the runway, and the tower issued another go-around. The Cessna pilot called unable and landed, but the runway was clear when he landed. Behind the Cessna, he flew S-turns on final but was forced to go around anyway.

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Pilot Runway Gross Weight Approach 113

Vintage Aviation News

JANUARY 30, 2025

“When I heard we were in the first wave of six planes going down the runway at 200 feet, I elected to sit on mine,” he said. After the 8 1/2 hour, 1,182-mile flight from Midway, Connolly led the first six planes down the runway at Wake in a stepped-up V-formation. But lets not forget its big advantage!

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Horizontal Stabilizer Final Approach Tail Runway 111

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The RNAV approach to the 7,000-foot Runway 31 that snakes around from the Runway 4 extended centerline, loops past Citi Field, and rolls out on a tight-in final approach. We were cleared for the approach and throwing out the landing gear over Queens when a pesky amber caution message popped up: antiskid fail.

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Runway Approach Knot Jet 69

Aerotime

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Having been cruising along at around 500 miles per hour (800 kph) or so, depending on aircraft type, the crew will need to reduce this to around 150 mph (240 kph) for the final approach, and even lower for the actual landing itself. At this point, the use of the aircraft’s flaps becomes critical.

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Cabin Crew Descent Runway Approach 267

Simple Flying

JULY 23, 2024

On a foggy winter morning in February 2009, Turkish Airlines Flight 1951, using a Boeing 737-800, was on a seemingly routine final approach into Amsterdams Schiphol Airport when it suddenly stalled and fell out of the sky about a mile from the runway.

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Altimeter Final Approach Runway Approach 105

AV Web

JANUARY 16, 2025

Photo By Terk Williams Flight line as the sun was just coming up behind an A6 Photo By Michael Phillips Doc on final approach to runway 26 at KCMA Photo by Peter Coen Taken Thanksgiving evening while en route to Salisbury, NC Photo By William Keller The post Picture Of The Week: January 17, 2025 appeared first on AVweb.

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Final Approach Runway Approach 98

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 11, 2025

These alerts include runway proximity, traffic, cabin altitude, destination weather, terrain, airspace and TFRs, carbon monoxide and more. RUNWAY ALERTS Runways – Alerts when nearing or entering a runway. An audible alert plays the message Traffic on Runway and specifies the runway number and airport.

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AGL Runway Groundspeed Descent 52

iPad Pilot News

DECEMBER 26, 2024

When approaching to land at an airport, how can you display a final approach path aligned with the planned landing runway? Tap the airport location on the moving map, select the Runway tab and tap the number of the planned runway. Reference the airport NOTAMs for runway braking conditions.

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NOTAMs Runway Approach Final Approach 52

AV Web

OCTOBER 24, 2024

According to FAA audio recordings, the King Air crew contacted the local controller to report their approach on a 6-mile final for runway 33. The King Air was on a 2-mile final approach to runway 33, while the American flight was directed to hold short of runway 1, waiting for another aircraft to clear the runway.

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Clearance Runway Final Approach Approach 98

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

To cope with these challenges, airline glass flight decks contain a vertical navigation function (VNAV) that keeps the autopilot, and the crew, on the right path to arrive at the final approach fix, or downwind leg, at speed and on altitude. A towered airport with an approach control can make this quite easy. When to Start Down?

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Descent Approach Final Approach Wind Shear 55

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Approach minima. Requirements and restrictions for the approach. Airport information, such as the length of the runway and the approach lighting pattern. As a pilot flying this approach, you need to know where to look for the right information at the right time. Communication and navigational radio frequencies.

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Approach Descent Runway Final Approach 52

AV Web

JULY 21, 2024

The FAA continues to investigate a Southwest Airlines flight that descended to within 150 feet of the surface some four miles from the end of the runway at Tampa International Airport in Florida, according to ADS-b data posted by FlightAware. At that point in the GPS approach, the aircraft should have been at 1,600 feet.

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Final Approach Approach Runway Weather 98

Flying Magazine

MAY 26, 2025

One of the first things youll notice about TDWRs is that they are located off the airport about 7 miles from the center of its runway complex. Instead, the TDWR is located in a place that has good visibility to the approach and departure corridors and the runway environment.

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Weather Wind Shear Pilot Air Traffic Control 80

AV Web

JANUARY 14, 2025

Data from FlightRadar24 shows the path of the United Boeing on a long final approach to KPHX coming within a few hundred feet of the Delta Airbus, which was turning toward the runway from the north above Estrella Village, about 10 miles west of the airport. Air traffic control issued corrective instructions to both flight crews.

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Air Traffic Control Final Approach Approach Runway 98

Flying Magazine

MAY 3, 2024

The NTSB released its final report into the fatal April 2022 accident that occurred when the pilot was on approach to Burley Municipal Airport (KBYI). The aircraft collided with an exhaust stack that lies directly beneath the extended centerline of Runway 20. The accident happened shortly after 8:30 a.m.

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Pilot Descent Aeronautical Information Manual Wind Shear 122

Air Facts

MAY 14, 2025

Add half the gust factor to final approach and touchdown speeds. We flew with 1,500 pounds of JP-4 that day, so our pattern speeds were: 180 KIAS in the final turn 160 KIAS on final approach 135 KIAS at touchdown Touch-and-go landings use 60% flaps; full stops use full flaps. Gusty winds? Then I shook the stick.

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AGL Crosswind Final Approach Threshold 52

Flight Training Central

MAY 28, 2024

The numbers 4 and 22 on the approach ends of the runway indicate that the runway is orientated approximately 004° and 022° true. If the wind is as shown by the landing direction indicator, the pilot should land on Runway 9 and expect a crosswind from the right. Runway 31 directly into the wind. 040° and 220° true.

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Crosswind Runway Clearance Air Traffic Control 98

Airline Reporter

MAY 10, 2025

JAL 777-300ER takeoff and climb-out: In this JFK takeoff video we depart from runway 4L and get a different view at the JFK terminal layout. But things really get good at 1:20 when we line up with the final approach to JFK 4R just as the sunset showed off its brightest colors.

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Final Approach Descent Runway Approach 63

Inflight Pilot Training

MARCH 13, 2025

Example of a Proper Radio Call: Minneapolis Ground, Cessna 172, N12345 at Inflight Aviation, ready to taxi to Runway 12 for departure. This leads to unstable approaches, excessive pitch changes, and increased workload in the cockpit. How to Avoid It: Memorize and use your aircrafts Vref (final approach speed).

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Pilot Crosswind Final Approach Cockpit 52

Air Facts

MAY 7, 2025

The snow plow operators were happy to be able to go about their clearing operations without having to hold short or vacate runways to wait for arrivals or departures. We were able to break out of the clouds on long final approach; however, forward visibility was virtually impossible due to the windshield being almost totally covered with Ice.

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Weight-Shift-Control VOR Runway Distance Measuring Equipment 52

Plane and Pilot

APRIL 14, 2025

He flies downwind leg at 150 mph, final approach at 130, and touchdown at 110the NXT stalls at 90 mph. Obviously, longer runways are required, and the skill level to handle this high-speed taildragger is quite high. Flying the NXT is an experience. Sharp describes its takeoff, speed, and landing performance as breathtaking.

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Airfoil Final Approach Drag Tail 78

Fear of Landing

AUGUST 9, 2024

The FFZ airfield has a 900-foot grass runway (18/36) and a low-altitude traffic pattern, allowing for spectators to watch the demonstrations of the slower aircraft. An airfield traffic pattern, also known as a circuit, is a standard path used by air traffic approaching the runway.

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Runway Cockpit Pilot Final Approach 105