Air Traffic Control Descent Runway 
Aerotime
SEPTEMBER 12, 2024
However, as the aircraft crossed the border between France and Belgium, the crew set 7700 on the aircraft’s transponder (indicating an inflight emergency) and requested an immediate descent and diversion to Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS) in the Netherlands, some 90 miles (144km) off the aircraft’s nose.
Aerotime
APRIL 29, 2024
Operated by one of the carrier’s 19-strong fleet of Boeing 747-8 widebodies as Lufthansa flight LH456, the aircraft made a standard approach to runway 24R at around midday on the day of operation. LH456 Heavy” is then ordered to climb to 2,000 ft before being given further instructions to switch radio frequency to Los Angeles Departures.
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Flight Training Central
MAY 28, 2024
The numbers 4 and 22 on the approach ends of the runway indicate that the runway is orientated approximately 004° and 022° true. If the wind is as shown by the landing direction indicator, the pilot should land on Runway 9 and expect a crosswind from the right. Runway 31 directly into the wind. Air Traffic Controller.
Flying Magazine
APRIL 26, 2024
It is not uncommon for air traffic control to pose this question to pilots on IFR flight plans approaching certain airports when the weather is VFR. The FMS-guided visual provides a lateral and vertical path from a fix fairly close to the airport all the way down to the runway,” says Johnson. “Can you accept the visual?”
Plane and Pilot
AUGUST 23, 2024
Fifteen hundred feet past the end of the runway, a pilot was trapped in the cockpit of an Extra NG. The fiancé told air traffic control that his formation partner had a partial loss of engine power, was trailing smoke, declared an emergency for the accident airplane, and told ATC that the Extra was “making a beeline for the airport right now.”
Air Facts
JUNE 12, 2024
After take off, the air traffic controller seemed to know our special purpose when he gave us a non standard heading to fly and canceled our usual immediate climb requirement. A brilliant negotiator for our union, he was the best man to quickly and concisely inform Air Traffic Control of our mission and desires.
Plane and Pilot
AUGUST 23, 2024
Fifteen hundred feet past the end of the runway, a pilot was trapped in the cockpit of an Extra NG. The fiancé told air traffic control that his formation partner had a partial loss of engine power, was trailing smoke, declared an emergency for the accident airplane, and told ATC that the Extra was “making a beeline for the airport right now.”
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