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ForeFlight adds wake turbulence alerts

iPad Pilot News

JUNE 7, 2024

ForeFlight adds wake turbulence alerts iPad Pilot News Datalink weather stole the show when portable ADS-B technology debuted over a decade ago, providing pilots with free in-flight weather imagery in mobile apps like ForeFlight. The visual depiction of the wake provides an aid to situational awareness when approaching wake turbulence.

Turbulence

Turbulence Runway AGL Airplanes

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iPad Pilot News

DECEMBER 17, 2024

These range from passive red badges on flight plan waypoints and approach charts to identify NOTAMs and closed runways, to on-screen pop-ups accompanied by an aural message to make sure the app gets your attention. And the performance planning feature will warn you if computed takeoff or landing distances exceed available runway lengths.

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Pilot Weather Flight Plan Approach

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Air Facts

APRIL 24, 2024

But, with a frontal system approaching, the conditions were expected to worsen over the hours subsequent to our passing through, including the chance for moderate to severe turbulence. At first it was just gradually, then more decidedly, evolving into moderate turbulence. But the turbulence would continue to worsen. We weren’t.

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Turbulence Wind Shear Final Approach Ceiling

How Low is Too Low?

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Soon, the eagerly expected runway came into view, and the briefest of traffic patterns put us on the pavement, rolling out in relief. My companion claimed to spot runway lights directly below as I executed the miss. The DH or MDA is just that, a minimum, at which point you either see the runway environment or execute the miss.

Weather

Weather Ceiling Approach Clearance

What Is a SPECI and When Is It Issued?

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Runway visual range (RVR) under 2,400 feet triggers a SPECI, and another is issued if it rises to 2,400 feet or more within 10 minutes. Well, these events can quickly affect visibility or runway conditions so much that they call for a special report. Runway visual range (RVR). Let’s look at each weather condition. Visibility.

Altimeter

Altimeter Weather Wind Shear Runway

How Low Is Too Low?

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Soon, the eagerly expected runway came into view, and the briefest of traffic patterns put us on the pavement, rolling out in relief. My companion claimed to spot runway lights directly below as I executed the miss. The DH or MDA is just that, a minimum, at which point you either see the runway environment or execute the miss.

Weather

Weather Ceiling Approach Clearance

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Chess In the Air

JULY 4, 2022

Possible causes include: Rotor turbulence, e.g. on wave days. Sometimes the wind socks at both ends of the runway point in opposite directions! Why didn’t Shmulik fly straight ahead to a controlled-crash landing away from the airport instead of trying to make the runway?

Wind Shear

Wind Shear AGL Lift Runway

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Photographic Logbook

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

Current minimums on the RNAV-28 are 558 feet AGL since we lost our LPV approaches due to obstructions. Seeing a plume of snow billowing from the peak of Whiteface, I was concerned about experiencing turbulence downwind of the peak, but the air remained benign all the way around. Peak of Whiteface with Lake Placid behind it.

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Ceiling Approach Pilot Weather

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Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

I was listening intently to the ASOS for wind or gusts, letting it repeat 5 or 6 times with the exact same report: 9 kts straight down the runway; no gusts. That was the runway we would use to land. It’s worth noting that Shmulik had a close call in the past: a jet pulled onto the runway in front of him with no radio call.

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Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway

My Near Death Experience

Air Facts

APRIL 29, 2024

I would then level off, slow down, dirty up, run a tight circle to land on the opposing runway. I immediately leveled off at around 650’ AGL, and began slowing down. The approach end of runway 24 came into view, followed by the rest of the airport as we entered the left downwind to runway 6. The little voice agreed.

Descent

Descent Approach Weather AGL

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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. Include the runway you’d like to use when the destination is a towered airport. The KHRI ASOS reports 1500 feet broken with visibility of 10 miles.

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Approach Pilot Clearance Descent

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AV Web

APRIL 15, 2025

Student pilots get a free pass, because theyre adorable skittering off runways in Loss of Directional Control (LODC) events that vex the best among us. During the second landing attempt, NTSB notes, the airplane touched down and bouncedmultiple times as it continued down the runway and subsequently nosed over. Sorta the Wrong Runway?

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Pilot Airplanes Runway Descent

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ForeFlight adds wake turbulence alerts

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