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How to Make a Perfect Soft Field Landing Every Time

Pilot Institute

Check NOTAMs Before departure, check the Notices to Air Missions (NOTAM) publication. You might find a NOTAM about your destination’s surface conditions. Don’t depend on NOTAMs to provide up-to-date information on soft field conditions. If you’re not stabilized at 200 feet AGL, go around.

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What Is an Outflow Boundary Shown on a Surface Analysis Chart? 

Flying Magazine

READ MORE: How Do You Check NOTAMs? 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. Evaporation of some of the rain cools the downdraft, making it even more dense compared to the surrounding air.