One Mile at a Time

MARCH 20, 2025

degrees Less than one second before touchdown, the plane had an indicated airspeed of 134 knots, a ground speed of 111 knots, a bank angle of 7.1 The initial impact was 420 feet past the runway 23 threshold. degree bank Two seconds before touchdown, the planes bank angle to the right increased, to 5.9

Descent 93

Descent Threshold Knot Indicated Airspeed 93

AV Web

MAY 6, 2025

If the airport is your home drome, and there is a big oak tree or a Walmart on final you can measure the distance from there to the threshold on a sunny day. Then as you fly over your designated landmark and see the threshold, you will know that you have the measured distance. Approach lighting systems are a known, published length.

Approach 93

Approach Runway Threshold True Airspeed 93

Air Facts

MAY 5, 2025

This particular 172 normally cruised at 120 mph indicated airspeed, but with the ice it would barely do 90 mph and that required full throttle! This would mean our actual indicated airspeed would have been much higher that what we saw on the gauge. We were about 1/2 mile from the threshold. What had happened?

VOR 52

VOR Weather Approach Runway 52

AeroSavvy

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Airspeed Pointer The airspeed pointer shows the indicated airspeed in knots as generated by the Air Data Computer. Digital Data Airspeed The Indicated Airspeed (above 30 knots) is displayed in a digital format. This speed is identical to the speed depicted by the Airspeed Pointer.

Pitot Tube 52

Pitot Tube Indicated Airspeed Knot Altimeter 52

Photographic Logbook

JULY 11, 2024

Caught in series of up and down drafts, the autopilot pitched the Warrior aggressively to maintain altitude and the indicated airspeed trended too high in each updraft. We broke out right at the missed approach point which is much too high and close to the runway threshold to make a normal landing. I logged about 0.7

Ceiling 52

Ceiling Approach Weather Runway 52

Fear of Landing

MAY 16, 2025

Although it is referred to as the decision speed, V 1 represents a crucial threshold: any choice to reject the take off must be made before reaching V 1 , so that the stopping is already in progress when it reaches V 1. The ASDA is published for each runway and represents the maximum distance available for a rejected take-off. CC BY-SA 2.0

Thrust 100

Thrust V Speed Knot Runway 100