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. From 1 hour before to 1 hour after ETA, forecast ceiling 2,000, and visibility 3 miles. From 2 hours before to 2 hours after ETA, forecast ceiling 2,000, and visibility 2 and 1/2 miles. When operating in class E airspace.

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Instrument Flight Rules Ceiling Descent Approach 52

Northstar VFR

JANUARY 4, 2023

For at least 1 hour before and for 1 hour after the estimated time of arrival, the ceiling will be at least 2,000 feet above the airport elevation and the visibility will be at least 3 statute miles. Ceiling 600 feet and visibility 2 statute miles. (B) Ceiling 800 feet and visibility 2 statute miles. (2)

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 6, 2024

The route is simple, GPS direct, but…there’s my personal 1,000-foot en route ceiling requirement, and those silly Smoky Mountains. But if I was going VFR over strange territory, I would want lots more than 1,000 feet agl. The 1,000-foot en route ceiling means that approach minimums never come into question.

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Flight Training Central

OCTOBER 18, 2024

3 miles flight visibility; 500' below, 1,000' above and 2,000' horizontally from clouds 1 mile flight visibility and clear of clouds 1 mile flight visibility and a 1,000-foot ceiling Correct! 3,823 feet MSL the surface 700 feet AGL Correct! What are the reporting requirements for a pilot convicted of possessing and selling marijuana?

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Pilot AGL Ceiling Lift 52

Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

The ceiling is 800 ft overcast. 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

iPad Pilot News

JUNE 14, 2024

The AC states limited coverage below 5,000′ AGL, but in our experience you should start getting reception within 1,000′ AGL in all but the most remote or mountainous regions. For example, ground-based systems that require a line of sight may have relatively limited coverage below 5,000 feet above ground level (AGL).

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

The conditions were a mile of visibility and about 500 feet of ragged ceiling, barely enough to maintain orientation by landmarks passing below. A low ceiling absolutely ends a planned flight, though visibility may be the legal determining factor in some situations.

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Weather Ceiling Approach Clearance 59

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

The conditions were a mile of visibility and about 500 feet of ragged ceiling, barely enough to maintain orientation by landmarks passing below. A low ceiling absolutely ends a planned flight, though visibility may be the legal determining factor in some situations.

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Weather Ceiling Approach Clearance 52

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Often, turbulence is the harbinger of mountain waves, not the ideal ceiling—and visibility unlimited—day. FAA weather charts can help for higher altitudes but when just a few thousand feet agl, they may be less useful. Think of the Great Basin High as a set of bellows pointed at southeastern Wyoming.

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Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Cloud ceilings below 1,500 feet or cumulonimbus clouds can trigger a SPECI. This information is vital for determining cloud ceilings, especially during landing approaches. Low cloud ceilings, especially below 1,500 feet, lower visibility in VFR. OVC010CB : Overcast layer of cumulonimbus clouds at 1,000 feet AGL.

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Altimeter Weather Wind Shear Runway 52

Pilot Institute

APRIL 24, 2024

This central core extends up to around 10,000 feet MSL, the airspace’s ceiling. However, the ceiling for each shelf is the same as the core. Although Class B airspace has a typical ceiling of 10,000 feet MSL, exceptions exist. New York’s Class B airspace has a 7,000-foot ceiling, allowing more room for overflying aircraft.

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Clearance Ceiling Airspace Classes Transponder 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 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 52

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

Flight Training Central

OCTOBER 25, 2024

Be sure to verify weather conditions before your operation, and be vigilant for low-flying aircraft LAANC authorizations are for operations in controlled airspace.

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Air Traffic Control Flight Plan AGL Pilot in Command 52

Flying Magazine

APRIL 30, 2024

Service Ceiling: 17,500 ft. The digital, dual-channel automated flight control system (AFCS) incorporates “smart servo” technology and includes an optional yaw damper that automatically disconnects at 200 feet agl. Max Zero Fuel Weight: 3,400 lbs. Standard Empty Weight: 2,272 lbs., base 2024 SR22 Max Baggage: 130 lbs.

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Air Facts

APRIL 24, 2024

We had light winds, good visibility, full cloud cover, and ample ceiling heights. What was changing, however, wasn’t the visibility, or ceiling heights, or wind—at least not perceivably. Then, descending through just a few hundred feet AGL, and a few hundred yards from the end of the runway, the turbulence diminished.

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Turbulence Wind Shear Final Approach Ceiling 52

Learn to Fly

MARCH 12, 2024

This is always reported in the sequence: amount, height, and type or indefinite ceiling/height (vertical visibility). 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. Visibility is ¾ statute mile.

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Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

I checked the weather by phone and was assured it would be great CAVU (ceiling and visibility unlimited) with 2-3-knot winds from 090 degrees. 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. I was to be the first to fly it since the checkup.

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Photographic Logbook

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

More often than not, winter flying in Upstate New York is contingent on the ceiling. Ceilings are often too low to fly beneath and slowly climbing through a cloud layer of indeterminate thickness in sub-freezing temperatures risks icing. However, a persistent low ceiling scuttled those morning plans.

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Ceiling Approach Pilot Weather 52