AV Web

MAY 6, 2025

Most approaches, even non-GPS approaches, have a waypoint placed exactly at the threshold of the runway. In addition to required visibility, the runway environment must be distinctly visible and identifiable. I think I have the runway lights in sight, is not good enough. And what exactly is the runway environment anyway?

Approach 94

Approach Runway Threshold True Airspeed 94

Air Facts

MAY 10, 2024

Particular attention to true airspeed vs. turn radius. What is the runway lighting? Only accurate within 10 degrees of runway heading). If you choose to fly a Circle-to Land approach to a runway without a VASI or PAPI, you are greatly increasing your vertical flight error path (possibility/probability).

Approach 97

Approach AGL Descent Runway 97

Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2025

This means that if you encounter these conditions on a particular day, you would need to achieve a higher true airspeed to produce the same lift that would be generated at lower airspeeds in denser air. Miscalculating density altitude can lead to runway excursions and fatalities. Resulting in a decreased rate of climb.

Density Altitude 52

Density Altitude Pilot True Airspeed Lift 52

Air

MAY 21, 2025

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. Can cause sudden losses or gains in indicated airspeed (IAS), directly affecting lift.

Crosswind 52

Crosswind Wind Shear Groundspeed Flight Computer 52

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

I was listening intently to the ASOS for wind or gusts, letting it repeat 5 or 6 times with the exact same report: 9 kts straight down the runway; no gusts. That was the runway we would use to land. 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.

Pilot 52

Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway 52