Pilot Institute

JANUARY 3, 2025

More Safety Private Pilots usually fly lighter aircraft that are more sensitive to wind. These aircraft have lower crosswind limitations and are more affected by gusts and wind shear. A windsock can help you quickly evaluate if the wind conditions are within your aircraft’s capabilities. Why does this matter?

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Knot Weather Wind Shear Weight-Shift-Control 98

Air Facts

APRIL 14, 2025

When such information is lacking, many pilots will increase approach speeds based on wind conditions. Related to gust compensation is compensating for reported wind shear. Its easy enough to add speed on final to compensate for reported wind shear but not possible to do that with VAOAI.

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Final Approach General Aviation Approach Wind Shear 90

Northstar VFR

JUNE 8, 2025

Environmental Factors Turbulence : Turbulence from wind shear, mountainous terrain, thunderstorms, or microbursts can put your aircraft into an unusual attitude. Some of these situations arise because of more insidious, subtle risky behaviors such as uncoordinated flight, complacency, distractions, and poor risk management.

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Turbulence Wind Shear Aileron Rudder 52

Greg Brown's Flying Carpet Blog

AUGUST 4, 2024

Learn the operating principles of hazard avoidance systems, including weather radar, enhanced ground proximity warning systems (EGPWS), predictive wind shear systems (PWS), advanced communication procedures and equipment (datalink and ADS-B), and the latest engine performance management techniques.

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Wind Shear Cockpit Turbulence Weather 79

Flying Magazine

MAY 3, 2024

The Aeronautical Information Manual warns pilots about the dangers of exhaust plumes both visible and invisible, as they can contribute to turbulence, wind shear, and reduced visibility. The steep gradient is also noted on the RNAV 20 approach plate. Pilots are advised to avoid flying over them.

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Pilot Descent Aeronautical Information Manual Wind Shear 122

Air Facts

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

These maneuvers include an engine failure on takeoff, loss of lift on the wing during departure, en route, and approach, crosswind landings, wind shear scenarios, engine inoperative landings, low visibility landings, crash landings and evacuation.

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Pilot Wind Shear Airlines Airline 94

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

We often end up at higher altitudes to escape the wind shear layer, cumulus buildups, and turbulence below. They descend at their normal cruise speed and are quite happy about it all. Both of these approaches work with one significant caution.

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Descent Approach Final Approach Wind Shear 55

Flying Magazine

APRIL 25, 2024

[Courtesy: NOAA] Additionally, the wind direction below 5,000 feet was from the north-northwest and became east-southeasterly through 8,000 feet creating directional wind shear with height.

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Weather Wind Shear Clearance Turbulence 111

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 8, 2025

Most seemed to be using more flaps than normal for takeoff, the idea being to get away from the ground as quickly as possible to minimize their time near the ground, where a wind shear could have serious consequences. Even the heavy iron wasnt playing around on this day.

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Crosswind Wind Shear Knot Airplanes 96

iPad Pilot News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Is there wind shear at a certain altitude? There’s a lot of information on that screen, but with a little practice, it’s easy to glean a lot of information from one glance. How thick are the clouds? Can I get on top today? Is there ice on climb out? What’s the best cruising altitude?

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Weather Wind Shear Ceiling Knot 85

Fear of Landing

MARCH 22, 2024

Airborne Wind Shear Detection During the 1980s and 1990s, NASA led a comprehensive research program to identify the characteristics of dangerous wind shear and validated technologies that can predict its severity while in flight.

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Wind Shear Airfoil Drag Airlines 52

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

Review current weather conditions, including wind speed, direction, and visibility, as these can significantly impact the approach. Wind shear, turbulence, or gusty winds can create challenges during the landing phase, so knowing how to adjust for these factors is critical.

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Descent Final Approach Approach Runway 52

Pilot Institute

MARCH 6, 2025

LLWS Low-Level Wind Shear An LLWS is defined as a wind shear of 10 knots or more per 100 feet in a layer more than 200 feet thick which occurs within 2000 feet of the surface. What this simply means is that the wind speed and/or direction is rapidly changing at a relatively low altitude.

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Pilot Weather Air Traffic Control NOTAMs 52

Air

MAY 21, 2025

Wind Shear: The Abrupt Shift Wind shear refers to any abrupt divergence in wind characteristics be it speed, direction, or both that unfolds over a minimal distance. And it’s unique in Europe! This rapid change can occur with height or across a horizontal expanse.

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Crosswind Wind Shear Groundspeed Flight Computer 52

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

In the midst of the storm, the weakened ring’s structure failed as the result of a wind shear, and the upper vertical stabilizer was torn from the airship. On February 12, 1935, the USS Macon was returning to Moffett Field after participating in fleet maneuvers.

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Lift Tail Stability Wind Shear 54

Learn to Fly

APRIL 11, 2024

Wind—Is the direction and speed conducive to the runway alignment at both the departure and arrival airport? Turbulence and Wind Shear—Ironically, it’s often bumpiest when the skies are the clearest. How will the tailwind or headwind impact your ground speed and therefore fuel planning?

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Weather Wind Shear Turbulence Ceiling 40

Air Facts

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Ah, a wind shear and a lot worse was going to mess with our landing. As we turned back, the wind shear hit. I looked at the airspeed and it was jumping +/-5-10 knots. I asked the pilot to declare a missed approach and request vectors back for another ILS.

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Turbulence Wind Shear Knot Lift 52

Inflight Pilot Training

MAY 30, 2025

WX Aviation Weather Overview : Tailored specifically for pilots, Aviation Weather is a one-stop app for aviation weather products, giving quick access to METARs, TAFs, and more.

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Pilot Flight Computer Weather Wind Shear 52

Chess In the Air

JULY 4, 2022

Considering the delay in the AWOS reporting, it may also be helpful to proactively use the radio to ask anyone on the ground for the current winds (e.g. Microbursts are not the only source of severe wind-shear close to the ground. Sudden and very powerful surface winds can have various other causes. the local FBO).

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Wind Shear AGL Lift Runway 52

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Thunderstorms can also bring wind shear and lightning. For example, “WS” means wind shear, which is important for approach and landing, while “SLP” provides detailed sea-level pressure information for adjusting your altimeter. It stands for thunderstorms with rain, which is a tricky thing to fly through.

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Altimeter Weather Wind Shear Runway 52

iPad Pilot News

JUNE 5, 2024

To learn the finer points of atmospheric stability, wind shear, and potential cloud layers, there’s nothing better than a Skew-T log (p) chart. There’s also an excellent Apple Watch version that is a handy way to monitor changing conditions. Get the app here. SkewTLogPro.

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Weather Pilot Wind Shear NOTAMs 59

Photographic Logbook

APRIL 19, 2024

Lined up on runway 28 at the usual 90 knot approach speed, I was buffeted by such strong mechanical turbulence that the stall horn complained, suggesting just shy of 50 knots of wind shear in that moment. I rode chaotic air currents all the way to the ground and the landing was not one of my best.

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Approach Wind Shear Runway VOR 77

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 17, 2024

AIRMET ZULU (Icing): moderate icing (AIRMET ZULU also provides freezing-level heights.) An AIRMET is only issued if the weather conditions are widespread, which means that it covers an area of at least 3000 square miles.

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UTC Turbulence Weather Knot 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The peppering of rain on the windshield, the darkening of thick clouds, or the battering of wind shear all deliver a clear message that some piloting is now required. We never want former students to have to learn these lessons on their own—after certification.

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Wind Shear Runway Crosswind Ceiling 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The peppering of rain on the windshield, the darkening of thick clouds, or the battering of wind shear all deliver a clear message that some piloting is now required. We never want former students to have to learn these lessons on their own—after certification.

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Wind Shear Runway Crosswind Ceiling 52

Professional Pilot

MAY 10, 2024

In these latitudes, pilots flying at lower altitudes, such as during takeoffs or landings, should also remember that cyclones crossing the north Atlantic will frequently include distinct and strong cold and warm fronts, which may produce squall lines, blizzards, freezing rain, low level wind shear and other common aviation weather hazards.

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Weather Turbulence Wind Shear Jet 40

Air Facts

APRIL 24, 2024

While I have speculated here as to causes (wind shear or severe turbulence—you may judge), we, in hindsight, would have been well served to have departed earlier, getting farther “ahead of it.” I told myself, if I was going to be continuing our trip that day, it would have to be on a bus.

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Turbulence Wind Shear Final Approach Ceiling 52

Pilot Institute

MAY 26, 2025

Wind Shear Wind shear happens when the wind suddenly changes speed or direction over a short distance, which creates turbulence. This is why wind shear is described as either vertical or horizontal, depending on the direction of the change. What happens when you fly through wind shear?

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Turbulence Wind Shear Weather Jet 52

Pilot Institute

MAY 1, 2024

You may also include significant weather conditions, wind shear, or excessive turbulence. This is a good time to discuss anything unusual about this particular approach. Include any inoperable equipment onboard the aircraft or at the airport. If you have passengers on board, brief them on what to expect during the landing.

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Approach NOTAMs Runway Weather 52

Aerotime

JULY 26, 2024

However, the aircraft experienced wind shear, dropped below the glideslope and became thrust deficient. During the final approach, the pilot reduced engine throttles to manage airspeed and align with the Instrument Landing System glideslope. The crew did not notice the aircraft’s dropping vertical velocity until it was too late.

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Wind Shear Instrument Landing System Final Approach Runway 269

One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 5, 2025

However, due to strong wind shear plus the short runway, that ultimately didnt end up being the case, at least without a major payload restriction. As a result, planes always need to have enough fuel to reach their closest diversion point, 1,200+ miles away. Thats why the airport is only served by smaller aircraft.

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Wind Shear Weather Runway Payload 120

Flying Magazine

MAY 1, 2024

Some gust fronts can be completely harmless or may be a precursor for an encounter with severe turbulence and dangerous low-level convective wind shear. These gust fronts often contain severe or extreme turbulence, strong and gusty straight-line winds, and low-level convective wind shear.

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Wind Shear Weather Turbulence AGL 116

Northstar VFR

MARCH 23, 2025

Weather Hazards Low visibility and wind shear are weather hazards that can create the need to go-around. Wind shear can create landing hazards for all sizes of aircraft. The aircraft appears to be lined up with a taxiway or incorrect runway.

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Pilot Wind Shear Instrument Meteorological Conditions Runway 52

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Thunderstorms create turbulence, wind shear, and icing risks for aircraft. Squall line thunderstorms have the potential for severe weather conditions, including strong straight-line winds, microbursts, wind shear, and flooding. But, they bring risks like wind shear, microbursts, and hail.

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Wind Shear Weather Turbulence Flight Plan 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The others were an abort, a V1 cut, or wind shear. The words of a prior instructor bounced inside my brain: “Here we are, ready to go. Four things can happen, and only one of them is a normal takeoff.” The APD, in a moment of levity, cued up a song on his phone.

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Wind Shear Flight Deck Pilot Airplanes 97

Pilot Institute

JUNE 26, 2024

Weather Go-arounds due to weather occur due to wind shear caused by gusting winds or microbursts. When an aircraft encounters horizontal wind shear, it could be blown off centerline. Similarly, if an aircraft encounters vertical wind shear, it reduces or increases the sink rate.

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Wind Shear Runway Aeronautical Decision-Making Approach 52

Ask Captain Lim

MAY 21, 2024

However, careful analysis of horizontal wind shear on computer flight plans can sometimes reveal turbulence ahead. Most flight planning systems consider wind speed 1,000 feet below and 1,000 feet above the cruising level.

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Turbulence Wind Shear Cabin Crew Flight Plan 59