AGL Ceiling Runway 
Flight Training Central
FEBRUARY 28, 2024
The Instrument Landing System (ILS) is a precision approach and provides both lateral and vertical guidance to a runway. For most general aviation operations, it allows a pilot to descend to as low as 200′ AGL and assist a pilot in locating the runway in as low as 3/8 mile visibility.
Air Facts
MAY 10, 2024
An acceptable meteorological combination of ceiling, visibility, and wind. What is the runway lighting? Only accurate within 10 degrees of runway heading). If you choose to fly a Circle-to Land approach to a runway without a VASI or PAPI, you are greatly increasing your vertical flight error path (possibility/probability).
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Professional Pilot
AUGUST 8, 2024
According to the FAA Safety Team (FAASTeam), a stable approach is defined as one in which the pilot establishes and maintains a constant angle glidepath toward a predetermined point on the landing runway. The ceiling is 800 ft overcast. Today it was 5 kts over, but tomorrow it may be 15 or 20.
Air Facts
APRIL 29, 2024
KCPC was reporting IFR conditions with a 700’ ceiling and one mile visibility. Unicom also confirmed the weather was still showing a 700’ ceiling with one mile of visibility. I would then level off, slow down, dirty up, run a tight circle to land on the opposing runway. Tuning in the AWOS, I heard an unpleasant surprise.
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. Soon, the eagerly expected runway came into view, and the briefest of traffic patterns put us on the pavement, rolling out in relief. We descended to ILS minimums to see only solid murk.
Flying Magazine
MAY 15, 2024
If utilizing Runway 17 with left traffic, the crosswind turn will be heading 080, downwind 350, base 260, etc. Don’t accept the excuses of “I can’t fly if I can’t see the runway,” or “I can’t feel the airplane.” VFR to MVFR…then 2 miles visibility and a ceiling of 1,200 feet agl. It’s an ATD. What could go wrong?
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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