iPad Pilot News

JUNE 7, 2024

[link] Alert visualization First, several requirements must be met before ForeFlight will display a Wake Turbulence alert: ForeFlight must be connected to an external ADS-B device (such as a Sentry ) You must be flying 500′ AGL or higher Traffic must be in a larger wake category than ownship The predicted time of entering the wake is 30 seconds (..)

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Turbulence Runway Airplanes Final Approach 98

Flying Magazine

MAY 3, 2024

The firm’s March approval, which it obtained via Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request, includes a COA authorizing a flight corridor up to 5,000 feet agl between New Jerusalem and Byron airports.

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Cargo Center of Gravity General Aviation AGL 122

Flight Training Central

MARCH 4, 2024

The airplane will be flown at 1,000’ AGL parallel to and at an equal distance from the field boundaries – about ½ – ¾ miles from the boundary as you would fly a traffic pattern. The field selected should be close to a suitable place to land in case of an emergency.

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Groundspeed Crosswind Aileron Rudder 52

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

He only needed a glide ratio of 14:1 to reach the airfield to arrive at a typical pattern altitude of 1,000 ft AGL. At this point he still had an altitude of 8,275 ft MSL, i.e. 2,739 ft AGL. At this point he was just NW of the runway at an altitude of 8000 ft MSL (2464 AGL). After all, a pattern entry altitude of approx.

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Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway 52

NAFI

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Hand-fly an approach to 200 AGL? After a moment's silent gratitude that I'd had nothing to do with the instrument pilot's training, I told the CFI over the phone he was doing exactly the right thing. The regulations, it turns out, are pretty permissive. Fly with a CFI for exactly 1.0 every 24 months?

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AGL NOTAMs Approach Pilot 40

Flight Training Central

MAY 14, 2024

That’s ideally a cylinder around the airport with a 4 NM radius and extending to 2500 feet AGL, however, local variations are probably more the rule than the exception. The tower controller controls operations inside the airport’s Class D airspace. Tower also controls all runway operations, and might control some taxiway sections.

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Runway Pilot Clearance AGL 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 17, 2024

400 feet Above Ground Level (AGL). Your drone can go higher than this, but to be legal and safe, 400 feet AGL is the maximum altitude you can fly. However, every recreational pilot must pass the FAA’s Recreational UAS Safety Test (TRUST) before flying their drones. How high can I fly my drone? Will a drone show up on radar?

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AGL Pilot Aeronautical Decision-Making Weather 52

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

At 1,000’ AGL on mid-downwind, we could see Doc parked at the FBO. Despite the weather delay, it looked like we would arrive at KSUS in time for our ride on Doc. As we neared KSUS, we were transferred to St. Louis Approach Control. Approach vectored us for the downwind for 26L. We were going to make our ride.

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Approach General Aviation AGL Weather 77

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 14, 2024

Maximum altitude : Drones must be flown at or below 400 feet Above Ground Level (AGL). Some exceptions exist when flying around buildings, but 400 feet AGL is a good number to remember. Lights must be visible for at least three statute miles. You also need to complete night-flight training.

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Pilot AGL Operating Limitations Airspace Classes 56

Pilot Institute

MAY 9, 2024

For a dual flight, the minimum altitude is 1,500ft AGL (above ground level). If practicing these maneuvers solo, raise the minimum altitude to 2,000ft AGL. Perform the maneuver no lower than 1,500ft AGL. Preparing for the Maneuver Before attempting the lazy eight, make sure you know the essentials of the maneuver.

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Rudder Lift Aileron Drag 52

Pilot Institute

AUGUST 31, 2024

All VOR service volumes begin at 1,000 ft AGL, as signals below this altitude are unreliable and can cause confusion and incorrect indications. When we use a VOR within its service volume, the FAA ensures navigational accuracy, accounting for standard errors. Therefore, all service volumes begin 1,000 ft above the station elevation.

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VOR AGL Pilot Approach 52

Air Facts

APRIL 29, 2024

I immediately leveled off at around 650’ AGL, and began slowing down. Details pulled from memory of the missed approach are all there and fully retrievable beginning with the updraft and realization the altimeter was indicating a brisk climb through 1,100’ MSL (1000’ AGL). miles northeast of the airport in reduced visibility.

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Descent Approach Weather Runway 71

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

For any flight above an altitude of 1,200 feet AGL, when the visibility is less than 3 miles. To log the approach toward instrument currency the flight must remain on an IFR flight plan throughout the approach and landing. the ILS approach can be credited regardless of actual weather if you are issued an IFR clearance.

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Instrument Flight Rules Ceiling Approach Descent 52

Flight Training Central

JANUARY 15, 2024

Establish cruise climb above a minimum safe altitude (500-1000’ AGL). Maintain a ground track along the runway and extended centerline with coordinated use of rudder and aileron.Retract flaps after clearing all obstacles and establishing the recommended airspeed, climb out at Vy.

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Density Altitude Indicated Airspeed Runway Lift 52

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 9, 2024

At Baxter County Airport (KBPK) in Midway, Arkansas, the weather was reported as visibility 10 miles or greater, broken ceiling at 2,300 feet agl. Or, more simply, having enough gas to go another 45 miles to the west would certainly have resulted in a safe landing. It went unanswered.

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Instrument Meteorological Conditions Weather Airplanes Pilot 53

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 9, 2024

At Baxter County Airport (KBPK) in Midway, Arkansas, the weather was reported as visibility 10 miles or greater, broken ceiling at 2,300 feet agl. Or, more simply, having enough gas to go another 45 miles to the west would certainly have resulted in a safe landing. It went unanswered.

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Instrument Meteorological Conditions Weather Airplanes Pilot 52

Northstar VFR

DECEMBER 9, 2023

By doing this, assuming they are flying a 1,000 ft AGL pattern, they are actually flying an incorrect pattern. Not very many aviators are aware of the fact that the FAA gives guidance on specifically when to turn your crosswind. I’ve heard many pilots state that they always turn crosswind at 500 feet. Airspace Yeah yeah yeah, I know.

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Crosswind Aeronautical Information Manual Federal Aviation Regulations Air Traffic Control 52

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

He died when it blew up at an altitude of 3,000’ AGL. Not so with the original Rozière , which had a bag of hydrogen inside a bag of air heated by burning straw in a frame at the bottom. One would think that the name—‘inflammable air’—might have given him some pause. The leading edge of science can be dangerous.

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Lift Density Altitude AGL Pilot 76

Flight Training Central

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Adjust pitch and power for the desired airspeed and approach angle.The approach should be stabilized on the extended runway centerline no lower than 300’ AGL. Add full flaps and establish recommended soft-field approach speed on final, approximately 1/2 mile from the runway.

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Approach Ground Effect Final Approach Airplanes 52

Northstar VFR

AUGUST 11, 2024

Slow Flight Fundamentals To practice slow flight , first you’ll climb to an altitude where the whole maneuver can be completed no lower than 1,500’ AGL. Clearing turns are performed for situational awareness and avoiding close calls with other traffic or terrain.

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Checkride Airplanes Pilot AGL 52

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

You’re skimming the cloud tops at 3500 feet, which is 2900 feet AGL You ask Approach for lower, but the controller says you’re already at the MVA for the area so you can’t get lower. The airport is 6 miles ahead, but it’s obscured by a scattered to broken cloud layer. The KHRI ASOS reports 1500 feet broken with visibility of 10 miles.

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Approach Pilot Clearance Descent 52

Northstar VFR

JULY 28, 2023

In instrument flying , you have to be careful as some numbers are represented in AGL (above ground level), or MSL (mean sea level). If I’m in Denver, my true altitude could be 7,000 feet and my pressure altitude could be similar, but I could only be 2,000 feet above the ground since Denver sits at 5,200 feet above sea level.

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Density Altitude Altimeter True Altitude Weather 52

Northstar VFR

JANUARY 4, 2023

The FAA requires under Part 91, that within the TAF (Terminal Aerodrome Forecast) period between 1 hour before and after, the weather at the airport of intended landing must show ceilings of at least 2,000ft AGL and 3 statute miles of visibility, to preclude the filing of an alternate.

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Ceiling Instrument Meteorological Conditions Approach Weather 52

Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2024

If you’re not stabilized at 200 feet AGL, go around. On a normal landing, you’d pull the power over the threshold, begin your roundout, and flare around 10 feet AGL. Your sink rate, attitude, power setting, and airspeed should be steady. You should be on centerline with only small corrections required. V SO , plus any gust factor.

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NOTAMs Runway Approach Descent 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

With nothing to lose, at a little over 1,000 feet agl, I started a turn to the left, looking for a place to land. That would cut my option of using the engine to get to a place to land. Looking forward and to each side, I saw nothing but trees—no clearings, nothing. I had completed about 90 degrees when I spotted a large field.

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Runway Threshold Approach Final Approach 64

Flying Magazine

MAY 10, 2024

1: To avoid a possible collision with a manned airplane, you estimate that your small UA climbed to an altitude greater than 600 feet agl. This section explains your responsibilities regarding inspecting a drone before flight and operating it once it takes off. Example question No. To whom must you report the deviation? Air Traffic Control B.

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Weight-Shift-Control Air Traffic Control Aeronautical Decision-Making Density Altitude 114

Pilot Institute

APRIL 19, 2024

You completed the climb check at 300 ft AGL. The engine quits at 500 ft AGL. 1,000 ft AGL At 1,000 ft AGL, you’re at traffic pattern altitude. 600 ft AGL At 600 feet, you might feel you have enough altitude to turn around and make it to the runway. Let’s use a scenario to give us some context.

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AGL Runway Descent Lift 52

Chess In the Air

JULY 4, 2022

Altitude: I will enter the pattern high enough that I can be confident that I can complete the turn to final at about 1000 AGL even if I hit enormous sink. (In In some situations this may require a pattern entry at 2000-3000 ft AGL).

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Wind Shear Runway AGL Lift 52

Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

x V SO (or POH recommendation) by around 500 feet AGL. Establish the target approach speed by around 500 feet AGL. This sets you up for the shortest possible ground roll. V SO is the stall speed in the landing configuration. With a short field landing, we aim to be at 1.3 If obstacles are present, carry out a steeper approach.

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Weight-Shift-Control Runway Approach Descent 52

Air Facts

AUGUST 2, 2024

Even just passing through, the views are magnificent at 2,500 feet AGL running up the coast in the fall. The day we began our flying road trip was severe clear so we flew under VFR just inside the coast of Maryland and Delaware to avoid major airport traffic until we unavoidably reached the New York area.

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General Aviation Weather Pilot Cockpit 79

Flying Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

VFR to MVFR…then 2 miles visibility and a ceiling of 1,200 feet agl. These flights work best if they are limited to an airport 10 to 15 miles away. It’s just a few minutes, right? What could go wrong? Then the CFI slowly brings the weather down. You may even put the learner in and out of the clouds.

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Crosswind Airplanes VOR Runway 105

Air Facts

APRIL 24, 2024

Then, descending through just a few hundred feet AGL, and a few hundred yards from the end of the runway, the turbulence diminished. Then, finally, after several of these episodes, and “staying with it,” we achieved short final, with our airport now filling our windshield. We had no idea how this was going to end.

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Turbulence Wind Shear Final Approach Ceiling 52

Air Facts

MAY 10, 2024

At what AGL altitude will the aircraft be in a stable/configured condition? (No FAA parameters are no lower than 500’ AGL for stabilized criteria What specific runway lighting do we expect to see? Strive to be wings level and on the correct rollout heading with an acceptable rate of descent as close to 500 feet AGL.

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Approach AGL Descent Runway 70

Learn to Fly

MARCH 12, 2024

METAR KGGG 161753Z AUTO 14021G26KT 3/4SM +TSRA BR BKN008 OVC012CB 18/17 A2970 RMK PRESFR The heights of the cloud bases are reported with a three-digit number in hundreds of feet AGL. Clouds above 12,000 feet are not detected or reported by an automated station.

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Weather Knot Ceiling UTC 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 1, 2024

kilometers or 4,500 feet agl (25 knots is roughly 12 m/s for reference). Most outflow boundaries don’t extend above about 2 kilometers or 6,500 feet agl. As the gust front approaches, the vertical velocity of the air upward increases quickly over a one- or two-minute period.

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Wind Shear Weather Knot Turbulence 114

Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

The GOM also called for the airspeed to be “on target” at such altitudes respectively. According to the GOM, either pilot could call for a go-around, yet neither did despite the published stabilized approach criteria being violated.

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Approach Descent Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) Runway 105

Pilot Institute

MARCH 29, 2024

Fly at least 1,500 above ground level (AGL) to allow room for recovery in case you stall the aircraft. For a greater margin of safety, select an altitude that leaves you 1,500 feet AGL after recovery from a stall. So, if you’re inexperienced or out of practice, consider starting at 3,000 feet AGL.

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Lift Rudder Drag AGL 52