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Threshold

True Airspeed

Going Below Minimums

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.

Runway

Runway Approach Threshold True Airspeed

Mastering Short Field Landings (A Step-by-Step Guide)

Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

Your aircraft will fly at a faster true airspeed at higher density altitudes. If it prevents you from landing close to the threshold, a short runway becomes even shorter. The aiming point at an actual short field should be as close to the threshold as is safe. Downwind Phase Complete the before-landing checklist.

Weight-Shift-Control

Weight-Shift-Control Runway Density Altitude Descent

Going Below Minimums

Mastering Short Field Landings (A Step-by-Step Guide)

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