Aerotime

APRIL 3, 2025

The automatic pilot (autopilot) has to be one of aviations finest technological inventions. Largely gone are the days when pilots had to manually control their aircraft from engine start-up to shut down by keeping their hands rigidly fixed on the controls at all times.

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Weight-Shift-Control Cockpit Pilot Stability 313

Aerotime

APRIL 20, 2025

They made their way past Gedser and Warnemnde, and it was not unusual for the pilot to sit in an open cockpit while the passengers sat in the back, trying to keep warm at speed, a spokesperson for the Copenhagen Airport said on April 20, 2025. History is our runway the future is our departure.

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Runway Cockpit Jet Pilot 266

One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 6, 2025

The channel has just uploaded a video involving interactions between a NetJets pilot and an air traffic controller, and Im just plain confused by how this could happen. Let me emphasize that NetJets operates flights with two pilots in the cockpit, and its a reputable company, with many career pilots. NetJets pilot: Yes, sir.

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Air Traffic Control Pilot Approach Clearance 117

Simple Flying

MARCH 26, 2025

Unlike many celebrities who hire pilots or charter private jets, Travolta is a fully certified pilot with thousands of flight hours and an extensive collection of aircraft. His home in Florida is an example of his love for aviation - with its own runway and aircraft parking space.

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Jet Runway Pilot 109

Aerotime

AUGUST 15, 2024

However, as the twin jet Embraer ERJ 175 approached JACt, the pilot revealed that he did not have the proper qualification to land at the airport, according to a passenger on the plane. The flight landed at SLC safely, and the pilot was replaced by one who had a landing qualification.

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Pilot Weather Runway Approach 307

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 16, 2025

There were roughly a dozen planes awaiting departure from runway 31L. Planes were queueing in two different lines, with some on taxiway Z, and some on runway 22L (which wasnt being used for departures or arrivals). Thats when the heated dialogue began: JetBlue pilot: Theyre not pulling up because they dont know your sequence, sir.

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Air Traffic Control Pilot Runway Jet 114

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 116

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 30, 2025

However, an American jet had an emergency a couple of days ago that I think is worth covering, for the interesting air traffic control audio, if nothing else (thanks to @xJonNYC for flagging this). Shortly after the aircraft departed DFW, the pilots reported an emergency to the air traffic controller on frequency.

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Cockpit Air Traffic Control Pilot Jet 67

Simple Flying

APRIL 7, 2025

A typical takeoff on an airliner looks something like this - the pilot-flying (PF) lines up their jet on a runway, and the pilot-monitoring (PM) receives clearance from the tower controller to depart. The PF advances the throttles slowly and checks the engine gauges to ensure that both motors are stable.

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Clearance Runway Pilot Jet 111

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 17, 2025

Then theres what happened to a Frontier Airlines jet a couple of days ago, where it landed so hard that it caused engine issues, as reported by The Aviation Herald. At 9:40PM, the aircraft made contact with runway 10 at San Juans Luis Munoz Marin International Airport. This even caused some diversions.

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Runway Approach Jet Pilot 110

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 27, 2025

Lets look at this in two parts the problematic performance of the Black Hawk helicopter pilot, and then all the other factors that contributed to this. Two seconds after the controllers cut out instruction about passing behind the jet, Warrant Officer Eaves replied, affirming for the second time that the Black Hawk saw the traffic.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Jet Transponder 106

Fear of Landing

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

The near-miss at Chicago Midway, caused by a runway incursion, is not so very rare. The FAA lists an average of 1,700 runway incursions per year from 2021-2024, the great majority of which had no immediate safety consequences or plenty of time and/or distance to avoid a collision (scroll down for runway incursion data ).

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Runway Jet Pilot Air Traffic Control 99

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 21, 2025

A Southwest Airlines jet attempted to take off from a taxiway yesterday, somehow mistaking it for a runway in broad daylight. At Orlando Airport, Southwest departs from airside 2, and the plane was supposed to take off from runway 17R, a very short distance away. The taxiway runs parallel to the runway.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Knot Pilot 94

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 21, 2025

The aircraft was scheduled to depart at around 6PM, and began it takeoff roll from runway 9R. The crew made the decision to reject the takeoff due to an alarm that went off in the flight deck, and briefly stopped on the runway. The air traffic controller cleared the jet to vacate the runway, and then taxi via taxiways C and A.

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Runway Wide-Body Aircraft Air Traffic Control Flight Deck 97

One Mile at a Time

APRIL 14, 2025

Im not sure what to make of this incident, other than being grateful that the Southwest Airlines pilots seemed to know what they were doing Van Nuys tower struggles to deal with difficult situation VASAviation has the air traffic control audio and a visualization of a close call in Southern California, which happened on March 17, 2025.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Approach Pilot 98

Fear of Landing

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

The following is CCTV video of the crash as posted on X : New surveillance video captures the moment a Delta Airlines jet crashed at Toronto Pearson International Airport, with 75 passengers on board leaving 18 injured. 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

Airline Reporter

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Looking down the 5,501-foot runway 13 at BCB airport The airport currently boasts a jet-capable 5,501-foot runway, but that wasn’t always the case. Before that, aviators made use of either a nearby farmer’s field and an athletic field on campus (those old biplanes didn’t need a very long runway).

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Runway Approach General Aviation Weather 99

One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 29, 2025

Specifically, this was the first civil supersonic jet made in American to break the sound barrier. So this is the first time weve seen an independently developed jet break the sound barrier. Its incredibly impressive to see a private company developing a supersonic jet in this way.

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Jet Runway Pilot Airline 125

Aerotime

JULY 18, 2024

The incident, which was categorized as serious by the Air Accident Investigation Authority (AAIA) , resulted in the closure of a runway at HKG for eight hours. There were four crew members and one passenger on board the cargo jet. The crew dumped fuel and made a PAN-PAN call, before the aircraft made an ILS approach back to runway 25R.

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Pilot in Command Runway Cockpit Cargo 284

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 11, 2025

It has a single runway, and taxiways and terminal space on both sides of the runway. So not only does the airport only have a single runway to work with, but you also constantly have planes needing to cross the runway. At the time, planes were landing on runway 9, into the east.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Tarmac Flight Deck 101

One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 5, 2025

The airport is often regarded as one of the most dangerous in the world, given the short length of the runway (just over 2,000 feet), combined with the steep angle at which planes have to descend in order to land. Its not every day you get to land on a beach runway, so Id say thats pretty remarkable!

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Runway Approach Airlines Airline 120

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. With at least three pilots in the cockpit, youd think that someone wouldve picked up on something not being quite right.

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Approach Knot Air Traffic Control Final Approach 108

Aerotime

MAY 17, 2024

Video clips shared by airline crash data evaluation company JACDEC on social media platform X (formerly Twitter) show that one of the aircraft’s four engines started emitting flames as the plane lifted from the runway. All 450 passengers and 18 crew members were evacuated safely.

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Pilot in Command Runway Lift Cargo 284

Aerotime

JUNE 10, 2024

Two planes narrowly avoided a collision on a runway at Mumbai’s Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM). The incident occurred on June 8, 2024, when an IndiGo flight landed on the runway while an Air India flight was taking off. The IndiGo jet touched down three seconds after the lift off.

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Air Traffic Control Lift Pilot in Command Runway 261

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Along those lines, government-owned Air Greenland has announced that it will double its jet fleet. Air Greenlands CEO indicates that the decision to lease the aircraft was made based on the current delivery timeline for new Airbus jets being around six to seven years, so this will allow the airline to expand sooner.

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Cabin Crew Jet Runway Airlines 102

Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

Pilots avoid vortices by maintaining safe separation and adjusting flight paths. When the aircraft encounters a vortex and its strong enough to induce roll, the pilot counters it by using the ailerons against the roll and tries to fly out of the wake as soon as possible. How Are Wingtip Vortices Formed?

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Turbulence Lift Drag Runway 97

One Mile at a Time

JUNE 28, 2024

Southwest 737 uses closed runway in Portland, Maine This incident happened on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, and involves Southwest flight WN4805, scheduled to operate at 5:40AM from Portland, Maine (PWM), to Baltimore, Maryland (BWI). So pilots are supposed to report that they’re taxiing, entering the runway, etc.,

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Runway Air Traffic Control NOTAMs Pilot 117

Pilot Institute

MARCH 29, 2025

Many aspiring pilots feel discouraged before they even start training, believing that their height disqualifies them from taking to the skies. This misconception can shatter dreams and rob the aviation world of potential top-notch pilots. In this article, well debunk the myths surrounding pilot heights in civil and military aviation.

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Pilot Cockpit Airplanes General Aviation 59

Aerotime

MAY 28, 2024

While the Coast Guard pilot managed to escape from the Dash 8, tragically all five other people on board were killed. More recently on May 23, 2024, two JAL aircraft clipped wings at HND and on May 10, 2024, a Japan Airlines jet mistakenly entered the runway at Fukuoka Airport (FUK).

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Airline Airlines Runway Pilot 284

Simple Flying

MAY 5, 2024

A United Airlines Boeing 737 MAX runway incursion forced pilots of a Southwest Airlines Boeing 737 MAX to reject the takeoff at Orlando International Airport (MCO) last week, according to a report by The Aviation Herald.

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Runway Airlines Airline Jet 119

One Mile at a Time

OCTOBER 18, 2024

This isn’t good… air traffic controllers cleared two Southwest jets to use the same runway at the same time. VASAviation has an excellent video with both the air traffic control audio and a depiction of where the jets were located during the incident. Southwest 1478: “Runway 27, line up and wait, Southwest 1478.”

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Runway Clearance Air Traffic Control Knot 117

Simple Flying

DECEMBER 30, 2024

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently revealed that a private jet carrying the Gonazaga University men's basketball team was recently involved in a runway incident. The aircraft was originally directed to hold short of a runway when the aircraft ventured into the hold bars.

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Air Traffic Control Jet Runway Approach 128

Simple Flying

JANUARY 7, 2025

On January 5th, 2025, a public report revealed that two private aircraft at Cranfield Airport (EGTC), a small regional facility operated by Cranfield University west of London, nearly collided on the runway.

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Runway Pilot Jet 116

Simple Flying

AUGUST 15, 2024

This new safety feature is called the Runway Occupancy Awareness (ROA). It utilizes several safety tools to alert pilots who are using the Garmin avionics system of possible runway incursions. It alerts people of a wide range of possible incursions.

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Runway Pilot General Aviation Jet 116

Flight Training Central

MARCH 21, 2025

The VFR Mastery Series from PilotWorkshops is an innovative online training program designed to enhance the skills and decision-making abilities of pilots flying VFR. It offers real-world scenarios that challenge pilots to think critically and apply their aeronautical knowledge to make safe and informed decisions during flight.

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Runway Pilot Weather Airplanes 97

Vintage Aviation News

NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Have you ever dreamed of becoming a fighter pilot and flying in a military jet? Beyond offering flights in the iconic Spitfire, Aero Legends also provides the unique opportunity to take to the skies in an ex-military Strikemaster jet aircraft. 111 Squadron RAF, once home to front-line combat units flying Hawker Hunters.

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Jet Pilot Tarmac Runway 111

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