Flight Computer Indicated Airspeed Runway 
Air
MAY 21, 2025
It increases your groundspeed , shortening your flight time and saving fuel. Drawbacks: For takeoff, a tailwind significantly increases the required runway length and results in a shallower climb angle. Effects: It will try to push your aeroplane sideways off the runway centreline.
Pilot Institute
MARCH 26, 2025
Flight Computers Flight computers such as the E6B have the functionality to calculate density altitude. Consult sources on the specific use of a flight computer, like an E6B, for determining density altitude. Miscalculating density altitude can lead to runway excursions and fatalities.
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