AV Web

MARCH 20, 2025

NTSB Chairperson Jennifer Homendy said the aircraft was operating in an area where moderate icing was possible between 2,000 feet and 8,000 feet and where the weather posed potential hazards to light aircraft, according to an article from AP. Approximately three minutes later, the autopilot disengaged when the airspeed was 99 knots.

Gross Weight

Flying Magazine

JUNE 26, 2025

Since I began my column over 10 years ago in IFR Magazine, I’ve strived to write as though you’re with me in the weather operations center. If this was in the morning, the entire weather station would participate. Subscribe Now The outgoing forecaster began by covering the current weather picture.

Weather

Aerotime

APRIL 15, 2025

Widely praised, the PC-12 NGX turboprop comes with a range of up to 1,800nm, maximum cruise speed of 290 knots and takeoff distance of 2,485 feet. The PC-24 business jet was first delivered in February 2018. It is famed for its short runway capabilities and is certified for operations on grass, gravel, dirt and snow.

Runway

Plane and Pilot

JULY 31, 2025

SiriusXM radio adds music, entertainment, and real-time weather, far surpassing the AM radio of my early flights. The ADS-B mandate, effective 2020, provides real-time traffic and weather data, outpacing the radar scopes and Flight Service calls of the past. This shift isn’t just cosmetic.

VOR

Flying Magazine

JUNE 14, 2025

Your ground speed increases by 20 knots. Weather above, traffic beside, terrain below—all moving, all changing, all interacting. The patient’s physiology (your weather). Real Enemy Complacency kills more pilots than weather. It’s about seeing what’s about to matter. The answer isn’t in the number.

Wind Shear

Flight Training Central

JUNE 2, 2025

Every time we fly, we have to deal with the weather. There are some days when the weather is so nice that we want to share our flying adventures with everyone that we care about. On other days, we wouldnt wish the weather conditions on our worst enemy. Does that mean that you can take the aircraft into those conditions?

Weather

Pilot Institute

APRIL 5, 2025

Crosswind is referenced in terms of knots, a fancy aviation term for nautical miles per hour . Example 1 Aircraft heading: 070 Wind Direction:160 Wind Strength: 25 knots This example is super easy. The wind strength is 25 knots. So 1 (the sine of 90) X 25 (knots) = A crosswind component of 25 knots. knots 20 0.34

Crosswind

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Long story short, weather conditions in Toronto werent great, with winds of 23 knots, gusting up to 33 knots. The aircraft in question was a 16-year-old Bombardier CRJ-900 with the registration code N932XJ. There were a total of 80 people onboard, including four crew members and 76 passengers.

Knot

Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

Restricted: A category for aircraft built for specific purposes, such as agriculture, conservation, surveying, weather control, or advertising, and can only be used for their designated purpose. Small Single-Engine) Category B: Between 91 and 120 knots. Small Multi-Engine) Category C: Between 121 and 140 knots.

Weight-Shift-Control

Pilot Institute

JANUARY 1, 2025

Part of these standards is understanding how weather conditions can affect the flight performance of their drones. To this end, drone pilots are expected to understand weather forecasts in the form of METAR and TAF reports. Key Takeaways METAR and TAF provide vital weather info for pilots. METAR vs TAF: Whats the Difference?

AGL

Flying Magazine

MAY 9, 2025

The Weather Weather at the time of the accident was reported as a ceiling of broken clouds at 7,500 feet and the winds from 150 degrees at 10 knots gusting to 18 knots, then along the route became more variable. of 36 knots from the west. Investigators noted a peak was recorded at 2:23 p.m.

Knot

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Or, sadly, too many pilots’ final decision: “The weather is really marginal, but with a little luck, I should be able to make it.” While the ground-bound commuters down below trudge along in heavy traffic along the highways and byways, we pilots get to play three-dimensional chess at 150 knots or so in our piston-powered magic carpets.

Pilot

Flying Magazine

JULY 22, 2025

Other relevant numbers for the E1000 AX are its max cruise speed of 333 knots, max operating altitude of FL 340 and NBAA range of 1,560 nm. We consider that reassuring when the weather becomes turbulent. Full-fuel payload is a whopping 1,150 pounds, and max landing weight is 7,600. With a 15.4-1

Rudder

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

Maximum Speed The maximum speed of a Cessna 172 is approximately 140 knots, or about 160 miles per hour. This speed is achieved under optimal conditions, with a light load and calm weather. Cruise Speed In terms of cruise speed, a typical Cessna 172 flies at around 120 knots (approximately 138 miles per hour).

Knot

Air Facts

APRIL 9, 2025

This can be combined with non-weather data for smarter decision-making. This can be combined with non-weather data for smarter decision-making. Trying to find a gap in a line of weather? Pull up FlightAware and see where everyone else is going. Of course these examples only affect the pilot. Ride along and find out!).

Weather

WayMan

APRIL 17, 2025

A windsock, also known as a wind cone, is a weather instrument designed to visually show wind direction and estimate wind speed. Estimating Wind Speed Through Windsock Observations Windsocks also help pilots estimate wind speed by how far the sock extends: Partially extended (3 knots): Indicates light wind.

Knot

Flying Magazine

JUNE 23, 2025

It’s that time of year again in the Northern Hemisphere—finally—when many pilots set their sights on flying to fun places offering short sleeve weather. For example, it shouldn’t be that difficult to maintain 100 knots and 1,200 feet msl, but it is for many. Fuel for one and weather for another. What other stuff?

Runway

Fear of Landing

FEBRUARY 7, 2025

The weather at Leeds was bad with a visibility of 4,000 metres in the rain and mist, a cloud base at 600 feet and scattered cloud at 400 feet. As they descended towards Leeds, the crew calculated the landing performance with the wind at 060 at 19 knots. And sometimes its 35 knots across *and* thick fog. Like Jersey. Leeds City?

Crosswind

AV Web

JULY 21, 2025

“With a full fuel payload of 1,177 pounds and maximum cruise speed of 333 knots, the E1000 AX carries more and flies faster than any other single-engine turboprop,” the company said in a news release. Options include weather radar, lithium ion batteries and Starlink.

Altimeter

Air Facts

MAY 5, 2025

Take into consideration that weather reporting, and the dissemination of these reports to pilots, was not as accurate then as it is now. In just six months I would reflect on my training and agonize over how inadequately I had been prepared for the real world of instrument flying, which is weather.

VOR

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 6, 2025

I felt knots forming in my stomach. Would the weather hold or not? I examined the topped fuel tanks one more time and untied the ropes on the Cessna 152. I noticed that the wind was picking up. I looked toward the west, where the skies were darkening. I took a deep breath and looked westward again. Am I imagining it?

Airplanes

Plane and Pilot

JUNE 23, 2025

The wind at the surface was reported as 220 degrees at 6 knots gusting 19 knots. NTSB weather data analysis determined the wind at 7,500 feet (about 700 feet above the runway) was from 210 degrees at 17 knots—a healthy tailwind for base leg. He always wanted to be the best at everything he did.”

True Airspeed

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 1, 2025

Step-by-Step: How to Use the E6B for Time and Speed Calculations Calculating Time en Route Lets say were flying at a constant airspeed of 100 knots. That means itll take 24 minutes to fly 40 miles at 100 knots. That means our groundspeed was 90 knots. The weather station reports wind from 030 degrees at 20 knots.

Groundspeed

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 12, 2024

Since static pressure changes with altitude and weather, the static port provides a constant reading of the current atmospheric pressure. The atmospheric, or static pressure, varies with altitude and weather. Together, this is called total pressure. This allows the system to subtract it and display the correct airspeed.

Pitot Tube

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 21, 2025

They also unlocked a new high-speed service, Global Priority , for $250/month, providing in-motion access at speeds up to 550 mph (478 knots). It’s perfect for retrieving updated weather beyond the scope of the ADS-B feed, filing PIREPs, or checking weather cameras at the destination.

Pilot

Flying Magazine

MAY 23, 2025

Advanced air mobility], and our aircraft specifically, is practically purpose-built for the distributed geography and weather conditions of Ireland and the rest of Europe, said Kyle Clark, founder and CEO of Beta, in remarks announcing the debut flightthe countrys first with a fully electric aircraft and Betas first on another continent.

Cargo

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

This was another satisfying trip, full of ADM, IMSAFE, and trade-offs—and weather. The weather was… interesting. Fussing with the avionics to keep tabs on the weather gave many more knob touches than the airplane itself. The FAA weather said a thunderstorm was forecast, gusts to 6 knots. Lesson learned.

Weather

Flying Magazine

JULY 18, 2025

The model has long been prized for its 200-knot cruise, climb performance, and ability to fly above most weather while keeping passengers in a spacious, quiet cabin. An Avidyne FlightMax EX500 multifunction display adds a moving map, traffic, and weather overlay.

True Airspeed

Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

Pilots can find out the prevailing winds aloft such as from the NOAA Aviation Weather Center and predict the vortices direction and rate of drift behind the preceding aircrafts flight path. This lateral movement takes place at a speed of about two or three knots. The vortex, as a whole, drifts along with the wind.

Turbulence

Pilot Institute

MARCH 6, 2025

Rather, it is affected by many factors, such as weather conditions and the presence of obstacles. Examples of information that can be communicated by an FSS include weather advisories, traffic advisories, navigational aids, or information from military bases or homeland security. VFR requires minimum weather and visibility conditions.

Pilot

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 11, 2025

These alerts include runway proximity, traffic, cabin altitude, destination weather, terrain, airspace and TFRs, carbon monoxide and more. The alert will only sound once every 60 seconds and is automatically disabled if groundspeed is less than 40 knots. MSL and 25,000 ft. Sink Rate – Alerts as follows: When above 2,500 ft.

AGL

Pilot Institute

JUNE 9, 2025

Pilots use holds for traffic delays, weather, emergencies, planning, or runway changes. Bad Weather Sometimes the airport may not be busy, but conditions at the time aren’t suitable for an airplane to make a safe landing. For tailwind on the outbound leg, subtract 1 second per knot of tailwind component. Want an example?

Airplanes

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 18, 2025

Weather conditions werent good at all, with winds at the time reported as being at 22 knots, and gusting to 36 knots. The flight was operated by a 17-year-old CRJ-900 with the registration code N185GJ. The aircraft came in to land on runway 22.

Air Traffic Control

Flying Magazine

JUNE 20, 2025

The weather at the time of the accident included an AIRMET active for IFR conditions with ceilings below 1,000 feet and visibility less than 3 miles due to fog and mist. The LPV has lower weather minimums of the two, as it requires a ceiling of 673 feet versus 750 for the LNAV. The pilot answered, “I think we’ll be alright.”

Knot

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

This weather phenomenon is called a microburst , one of aviations deadliest threats. Horizontal wind speeds near the surface can be as fast as 45 knots, resulting in a 90-knot wind shear from headwind to tailwind across the microburst. Can More Than One Microburst Occur in the Same Weather System? Absolutely!

Wind Shear

Plane and Pilot

JUNE 15, 2025

Postaccident examination of the engine revealed no evidence of mechanical malfunction or failure that would have precluded normal operation, however, the weather conditions at the time of the accident were conducive to the formation of serious carburetor icing at idle power. The weather conditions cleared about an hour after the accident.

Instrument Meteorological Conditions

Photographic Logbook

MAY 25, 2025

Living among the Great Lakes means that the weather risks that I find most concerning cycle with the seasons; icing when it's cold, thunderstorms when it's hot. Both were immediately on board, but the weather was not. Weather conditions enabled capturing some magnificent images along the route, familiar as it was.

OAT