Air Traffic Control Descent Weather 
Aerotime
DECEMBER 20, 2024
We will also examine the next most critical phase of our flight, from descent and deceleration to the approach and landing phases, even touching upon what happens when the aircraft arrives safely at the gate. Mario Hagen / Shutterstock The announcement will also be one of the first items on the pilots before-descent checklist.
Flight Training Central
MAY 28, 2024
VFR approaches to land at night should be accomplished with a steeper descent. Air Traffic Controller. Show my results >> Flying The Traffic Pattern You got out of 10 right! Share your results : Facebook Facebook Twitter Google+ Want to learn more about aviation weather theory? at a higher airspeed.
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Aerotime
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
These figures are vital for the crew to be able to calculate the actual take-off speed of the airplane in the prevailing weather conditions (as we’ll see later). This data can then also be loaded into the aircraft’s flight management system for aircraft performance calculations. Part two will soon be available on AeroTime.
Fear of Landing
JUNE 21, 2024
The flight seemed routine until the flight crew started the final descent from 34,000 feet. A representative of Austrian Airlines said on Austrian television that the thunderstorm cell was not visible on the aircraft’s weather radar. Specifically, that weather radar struggles with very cold/icy storms.
Fear of Landing
MAY 24, 2024
The pilots enter a four-digit code into the transponder, which might be assigned by air traffic control to identify that particular aircraft or might be a general code showing what type of flight it is. In fact, the descent to 31,000 feet was flown by the flight crew as the start of the planned emergency descent to Bangkok.
Pilot's Life Blog
JANUARY 12, 2025
However, flying a small plane often means operating at much lower altitudes, usually between 5,000 and 10,000 feet, depending on weather conditions, terrain, and air traffic. Flying a small plane at lower altitudes allows pilots to navigate visually and avoid the complexities of high-altitude air traffic control.
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. But throw in weather, fatigue, low light, pilot unfamiliarity, and a circle to land, and it’s a different event.
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