Flight Training Central

MAY 28, 2024

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. The recommended entry position to an airport traffic pattern is 45° to the base leg just below traffic pattern altitude. a long straight in final approach to the active runway.

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Crosswind Runway Clearance Air Traffic Control 98

Ask Captain Lim

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

Black Hawk on collision patch with CRJ 700 Could pilots of Flight5342have done anything differently to avoid the DC planecrash? This question from Quora explores whether the pilots of American Airlines Flight 5342 could have taken different actions to avoid the tragic collision.

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Pilot Runway Air Traffic Control AGL 59

Fear of Landing

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Mooneys are amazing and Mooney pilots are maybe just a little bit crazy, is what Im saying. I want to start by apologising to all Mooney pilots for that, because their comparison to the pilot in this case was most unfair. The pilot that day was just a little bit crazy in completely his own way.

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Approach Runway Air Traffic Control Descent 97

Flyertalk

JANUARY 30, 2025

Answers Could Lie with Air Traffic Control, Flight Data Recorders According to the Federal Aviation Administration, the incident occurred around 9 p.m. Eastern Time as American Flight 5342 was on final approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA).

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Air Traffic Control Final Approach Runway Approach 52

Fear of Landing

AUGUST 9, 2024

A standard traffic pattern by [Wikimedia user Begoon]([link] Left-hand patterns are most common because it allows the pilot, in the left seat of the cockpit, to keep the runway in sight. Note here the base leg, which is a common point to join the pattern ready for the turn to final approach and the runway.

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Runway Cockpit Pilot Final Approach 105

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

While complete engine failures are not common, the stakes are high which is why pilots train extensively for such occurrences and why they get evaluated as part of a checkride. Pilots should always be considering adequate landing locations so maybe some of your work is done. B Best place to land. D Declare. Declare an emergency.

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Flight Deck Approach Air Traffic Control Final Approach 100

Fear of Landing

OCTOBER 11, 2024

A Communication Breakdown at Oslo An SAS flight landed normally at Oslo but then evacuated, apparently due to a misunderstanding between the pilot and cabin crew. Landed Without Incident In this recent Reddit post, an air traffic control operations manager is full of righteous indignation and I can’t say that I blame them.

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Pilot Air Traffic Control Final Approach Cabin Crew 95

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Flying at non-towered airports can feel like stepping into a space where youre both the pilot and air traffic controller. youll need to master the basics of situational awareness, traffic patterns, and CTAF communication can make non-towered operations not only manageable but smooth and predictable.

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Pilot Runway Air Traffic Control Approach 52

Flight Training Central

OCTOBER 28, 2024

The Terminal Arrival Area (TAA) approach is designed to provide a transition from the IFR enroute segment to the approach environment with little required interaction between the pilot and air traffic control (ATC). Otherwise, the pilot is expected to execute the hold-in-lieu-of procedure turn pattern.

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Approach Clearance Air Traffic Control Final Approach 52

Aerotime

APRIL 2, 2025

On November 25, 2024, a Swiftair Boeing 737-400 tragically crashed during its approach to Vilnius Airport (VNO) in the early hours of the morning. One pilot died, while another pilot and two passengers sustained serious injuries. At 03:26:15, the aircraft entered the final approach phase.

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Cargo Air Traffic Control Final Approach Descent 267

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

VOR uses ground-based stations, airborne receivers, and radio signals to provide a navigation network that has safely guided pilots for many years. Flying a VOR Approach With or Without GPS Flying a VOR approach consists of a combination of traditional radio navigation with modern technology. Let’s dive into how VOR works.

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VOR Approach Descent Final Approach 52

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

The two most useful benefits have been ADS-B datalink weather and a real-time traffic display in the cockpit, delivered by the network of ADS-B ground stations in the U.S. Call the controller or a flight service specialist. Until recently we had no other choice but to rely on ATC and Flight Service as the primary source of information.

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Clearance Weather Approach Runway 52

Photographic Logbook

JULY 14, 2024

Steve is a student nearing the end of his Private Pilot training who has flown with me a few times previously. As WFC President, he humbly suggested that I could legitimately use the callsign "Williamson One" with air traffic control. Final approach, runway 28, Block Island State Airport. Photo by Gilead.

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Runway Weather Airplanes Approach 89

Photographic Logbook

APRIL 19, 2024

Even though I was likely to be cleared through the outer ring by ATC (air traffic control) while on an instrument flight plan, I filed a route from Sodus to the Williamsport VOR (FQM) that circumvented the TFR entirely. But they have become a grudgingly acknowledged facet of pilot life. What do you mean by that?"

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Approach Wind Shear Runway VOR 69

Photographic Logbook

JULY 9, 2024

Although I knew that pilots flew city tours in this airspace, I struggled to find procedural details comparable to those available for New York City. I learned that there is no set procedure for flying a city tour; pilots wanting to do this need to devise their own route. It was a text message from Carl. How was it?"

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Clearance Runway Approach Stability 52

Photographic Logbook

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Among General Aviation pilots, there was great fear that private aircraft would be permanently barred from controlled airspace, particularly around the epicenters of those attacks in New York City and Washington DC. This hardly seems equitable, but is a reality that pilots have borne for many years. ounce toiletries.

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Transponder Approach Clearance General Aviation 52

Northstar VFR

MARCH 23, 2025

By Leslie Caubble, CFI/IGI Ken Dravis is a singer/songwriter and pilot who has written and performed many songs about flying and his love for aviation. As an aircraft enters the traffic pattern, it begins the process of getting configured to land on the runway. The go-around is a maneuver tested during your private pilot checkride.

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Pilot Wind Shear Runway Approach 52

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

The take-off and the en-route climb to the planned cruising altitude of 37,000ft (11,280m) was uneventful, with the first officer as the flying pilot. Decision to divert Four minutes later, at 15:20, the crew called air traffic controllers in Minneapolis and requested a diversion to their nearest available airport.

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Runway Horizontal Stabilizer Airline Airlines 288

Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

Challenger 604, G-IV Contributing Writer Pilatus PC-12 on approach at ORL. Air traffic control instructions often lead to unstable approaches. The request to make a short approach or maintain a higher-than-normal speed to the final approach fix is the most common reason pilots don’t meet stable approach criteria.

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Approach Descent Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) Runway 105

Jetwhine

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

Rob __ In June 2023, the FAA published a 167-page document outlining the agencys desire to replace dozens of 40-year-old airport control towers with new environmentally friendly brick-and-mortar structures. Using HD cameras, controllers can zoom in on any given point within the cameras range, say an aircraft on final approach.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Final Approach Approach 62

Photographic Logbook

JULY 21, 2024

Transient fixed wing pilots cannot fly the East River Exclusion at all, so this course must be flown in the airspace with explicit ATC consent. Being able to flying East River and truly circumnavigate the island of Manhattan is the main advantage of the Skyline Route procedure, the reduced chaos of being under positive control is another.

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Weight-Shift-Control Clearance Approach Airplanes 88

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

If there was one thing that shook my nerves every time as a beginning pilot, it was talking to ATC. Controllers spoke quickly and used unfamiliar words and phrases. Thankfully, as many pilots are quick to discover, radio comms are not really as intimidating as they seem. I struggled in the early days just to understand them.

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Aeronautical Information Manual Runway Pilot Air Traffic Control 65

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

In July 1983, Air Canada Flight 143 was flying from Ottawa to Edmonton when the Boeings left engine quit halfway through the flight. The pilots decided to make an emergency landing in Winnipeg until, just moments later, the right engine also gave out. If you were the pilot in the cockpit, what would you do?

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Pilot Descent Approach Thrust 59

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

If there was one thing that shook my nerves every time as a beginning pilot, it was talking to ATC. Controllers spoke quickly and used unfamiliar words and phrases. Thankfully, as many pilots are quick to discover, radio comms are not really as intimidating as they seem. I struggled in the early days just to understand them.

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Aeronautical Information Manual Runway Pilot Air Traffic Control 52

Photographic Logbook

JANUARY 25, 2025

Winter's Airport For pilots in the Northeast, one of the most eagerly anticipated events each year is the freezing of Alton Bay, a narrow, southerly oriented limb off the main body of New Hampshire's expansive Lake Winnipesaukee. Today would be his first landing on the ice as pilot in command. Photo by Ed.

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Runway Airplanes Threshold Approach 68

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

It could be that theres sudden wind shear on final approach, or that that visibility is below minimums, or that the aircraft is too high or too fast, etc. Yes, thats an extreme example, and that was a close call, and the Southwest pilots did a stellar job. Why could traffic cause go arounds?

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Airplanes Wind Shear Weather Approach 87

Photographic Logbook

AUGUST 3, 2024

Our first was to Detroit for a visit to the Henry Ford , then Dayton to explore the National Museum of the United States Air Force , and most recently to Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina as a pilgrimage to the Wright Brothers National Memorial and the Outer Banks. We had seven airplanes going, most of them helmed by instrument rated pilots.

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Airplanes Runway Weather Approach 86

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

On August 2, 1985, Delta Air Lines Flight 191 was moments from landing at Dallas/Fort Worth. A strong downward rush of air sent it plunging uncontrollably. The pilots fought to recover, but the wind shear was too strong. Detecting them is difficult, which makes final approach and landing especially dangerous.

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Wind Shear Weather Descent Approach 66

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

2024, a Boeing 737-400 freighter operated by Swift Air of Spain on behalf of global logistics giant DHL crashed on final approach into Vilnius Airport (VNO) in Lithuania, the aircraft’s intended destination. However, this information has since been updated to confirm that one of the pilots has since died.

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Final Approach Approach Instrument Landing System Runway 330

NYC Aviation

JUNE 17, 2020

Go Around – An aborted landing by an aircraft that is on final approach. Can be initiated by either the pilots or air traffic control. Missed Approach – The procedure followed when an instrument approach cannot be completed to a full stop landing.

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Runway Air Traffic Control Approach Weather 52

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

One of the most reliable aircraft for training is the Piper Seminole, a twin-engine plane that offers hands-on experience for future pilots. A safe, controlled landing is the ultimate goal of every flight, especially when training with a twin-engine aircraft like the Seminole.

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Descent Final Approach Approach Runway 52

Fear of Landing

JANUARY 31, 2025

Flight 5342 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight from Wichita, Kansas on final approach for runway 33 at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). , Tower Controller : PAT25, pass behind the CRJ. Tower Controller : Vis[ual] sep[aration] approved. Unidentified Pilot in the air : Tower did you just see that?

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Air Traffic Control Approach UTC Final Approach 105

Cranky Flier

FEBRUARY 3, 2025

It was just before 9pm Eastern Time on January 29 when American Eagle 5342 — a CRJ-700 coming from Wichita, operated by American’s wholly-owned subsidiary PSA — was on final approach into Washington/National airport (DCA). The pilots accepted. At the same time, a Black Hawk helicopter was on a training mission.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Final Approach Approach 100

One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 30, 2025

Last night, we saw the first fatal crash of a US airliner since 2009 , as a military helicopter collided with an American Eagle jet that was on final approach to Washington National Airport (DCA). This horrible tragedy claimed 67 lives, and an investigation is being performed into what happened.

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Air Traffic Control Final Approach Approach Jet 125