AV Web

MARCH 6, 2025

Investigators noted that while the Learjet 55 crew were in communication with air traffic controllers, no distress calls were made before the accident. The data ended one minute later, with the plane at 1,275 feet and traveling at 242 knots.

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Cockpit Instrument Meteorological Conditions Jet Air Traffic Control 71

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The crew again elected to return to Schiphol and advised air traffic controllers at the airport of a possible high-speed landing due to the flaps not being able to extend. Flightradar24 The aircraft landed safely on runway 06 at about 170 knots around 15 minutes after departure.

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Air Traffic Control Cargo Runway Descent 278

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 21, 2025

Southwest jet accelerates to 70 knots on taxiway This incident happened on Thursday, March 20, 2025, and involves Southwest flight WN3278, scheduled to operate from Orlando (MCO) to Albany (ALB), with a 9:25AM departure. Weve seen a lot of concerning close calls lately, though this is easily one of the most puzzling.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Knot Pilot 82

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 24, 2025

KTVU @SFGate @VASAviation pic.twitter.com/Lqkh5snd8i Hoppinaroundtheworld (@Hopinarndthwrld) February 24, 2025 Fortunately air traffic controllers at SFO got a low altitude alert, and informed the pilots of their concerning altitude. Definitely flashbacks to 2013. As a result, they initiated a go around.

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Approach Knot Air Traffic Control Final Approach 102

One Mile at a Time

AUGUST 28, 2024

As an aviation geek, I love listening to air traffic control audio, and always enjoy the VASAviation YouTube channel, which does a great job covering noteworthy air traffic control interactions. Well, VASAviation has just published another JFK ATC video, this time involving an Air France pilot.

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Air Traffic Control Pilot Runway Knot 120

One Mile at a Time

JUNE 21, 2024

Based on air traffic control audio , the pilots didn’t even realize what they were doing until the air traffic controller warned them, thanks to a low altitude alert in the tower: Air traffic controller: “Southwest 4069, low altitude alert, you good out there?”

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Air Traffic Control Runway Approach Pilot 124

AV Web

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

The NTSB and FAA are investigating a runway incursion at Nashville International Airport on Thursday in which an Alaska Airlines Boeing 737 MAX crew rejected its takeoff at about 130 knots when a Southwest 737-700 crossed the far end of the runway it was using. It’s not clear how close the two aircraft got.

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Runway Air Traffic Control Clearance Knot 111

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The first is up to the point where the aircraft has reached 100 knots (115 mph/185 kph) along the ground, whereupon one of the pilots will confirm this to the other via a verbal callout of “ one hundred knots ”. After reaching 100 knots, the aircraft will continue to accelerate to what is referred to as its V1 speed.

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Cabin Crew Runway Clearance Knot 269

One Mile at a Time

JULY 29, 2024

So the pilot of the first Delta jet advised air traffic control they’d need a minute to crunch the numbers on takeoff performance: Delta 1304 pilot: “Right now, for Delta 1304, we got four knots too much on the tailwind. Air traffic controller: “Delta 2046, that’s fine… and you have access now?”

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Air Traffic Control Clearance Runway Jet 120

Flying Magazine

MAY 9, 2024

The event required coordination of more than 11 agencies, including the FAA, air traffic control, TSA, and U.S. Courtesy: AOPA] The aircraft will be expected to fly at 90 knots at an altitude of 1,000 feet, ensuring they are visible from the ground. Secret Service, according to AOPA.

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Airplanes Air Traffic Control Knot General Aviation 105

Airline Geeks

MAY 29, 2024

The Boston-bound A319 was forced to reject its takeoff at over 80 knots as the King Air was landing on the intersecting runway.

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Knot Runway Air Traffic Control 117

One Mile at a Time

OCTOBER 18, 2024

This isn’t good… air traffic controllers cleared two Southwest jets to use the same runway at the same time. VASAviation has an excellent video with both the air traffic control audio and a depiction of where the jets were located during the incident. Southwest 1478: “Southwest 1478 rejecting.”

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Runway Clearance Air Traffic Control Jet 116

AV Web

MAY 22, 2024

Presumably, the pilot was flying on an instrument flight plan, as the flight maintained a cruise altitude of 7,000 feet (and ADS-B groundspeed of 125 to 130 knots) until about 12:53 p.m. Never exceed speed (Vne) for the V-35 is 192 knots. My earlier Bonanza had an inconveniently low gear-extension speed, around 135 knots (as I recall).

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Tail Instrument Meteorological Conditions Knot Groundspeed 105

Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

This lateral movement takes place at a speed of about two or three knots. Air Traffic Control uses this classification to separate aircraft and ensure that their wake turbulence does not affect other aircraft. As at higher altitudes, the vortex movement near the ground is affected by crosswinds.

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Turbulence Lift Drag Runway 97

AV Web

MAY 22, 2024

Presumably, the pilot was flying on an instrument flight plan, as the flight maintained a cruise altitude of 7,000 feet (and ADS-B groundspeed of 125 to 130 knots) until about 12:53 pm local time, roughly three hours into the flight. Never exceed speed (Vne) for the V-35 is 192 knots. FlightAware data stopped at that point.

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Tail Instrument Meteorological Conditions Knot Groundspeed 98

Pilot Institute

MARCH 6, 2025

FAA Federal Aviation Administration The FAA is the US federal government agency in charge of aviation standards, air traffic control, airspace safety, and the certification of personnel and aircraft. Then that is BVLOS, even if the drone is just 100 feet away. The list of accepted MOCs is available at the FAA website.

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Pilot Weather Air Traffic Control NOTAMs 52

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

Haynes took the controls and, noting the same control issues, reduced thrust on the number one engine, which resulted in the aircraft rolling out in a wings-level attitude, giving the crew critical time to evaluate the dire situation Flight 232 was facing.

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Runway Horizontal Stabilizer Airline Airlines 294

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 23, 2024

Around halfway, cruising at 3,000 feet at 180 knots, onboard avionics data indicates increasing temperature in one of the cylinder heads lasting about five minutes. ATC rolled the emergency vehicles and cleared her to land straight in on Runway 13, wind 080 at 6 knots, with the wingman flying escort. They took off at 4:45 p.m.

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Knot Runway Pilot Groundspeed 94

Aerotime

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Depending on other traffic ahead, not least at the destination, air traffic controllers (ATC) will clear the flight to descend in stages, to be level at certain waypoints on the arrival route. This may be accompanied by the deployment of spoilers on top of the wing.

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Cabin Crew Descent Runway Approach 269

Fear of Landing

JUNE 21, 2024

While the aircraft was flying at a ground speed of 453 knots (about 840 kilometers per hour), countless hailstones battered the fuselage, engines, and cockpit windows. Austrian Wings, an Austrian aviation magazine, describes the scene (translation mine). Without warning, the Airbus A320 entered a hailstorm and was violently shaking.

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Airline Airlines Weather Cockpit 97

Flying Magazine

APRIL 24, 2024

The aircraft will be expected to fly at 90 knots at an altitude of 1,000 feet, ensuring they are visible from the ground and online. More than 11 agencies, including the FAA, air traffic control, TSA, and U.S. EST on May 11. “The goal is to get aviation outside of the airport fence lines,” Ginter said.

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Airplanes General Aviation Air Traffic Control Knot 69

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Naturally, my first officer and I got a good laugh from this as our 757 was cruising along effortlessly at about 300 knots indicated airspeed, and was not yawing towards the supposedly dead engine. I simply told the purser to tell those were concerned that the engine was, indeed, running quite normally.

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Indicated Airspeed Air Traffic Control Airplanes Descent 98

Fear of Landing

JULY 26, 2024

The ASD-B data shows the Lancair’s speed decaying to 56 knots before rising again as it descended at 375 feet per minute: consistent with a stall followed by a drop. The Lancair ES brochure gives a stall speed of 65 mph, which is just over 56 knots. Photograph by Chris Reed Air Traffic Control reported the crash at 12:15.

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Approach Runway Knot Air Traffic Control 83

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 23, 2024

Around halfway, cruising at 3,000 feet at 180 knots, onboard avionics data indicates increasing temperature in one of the cylinder heads lasting about five minutes. ATC rolled the emergency vehicles and cleared her to land straight in on Runway 13, wind 080 at 6 knots, with the wingman flying escort. They took off at 4:45 p.m.

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Knot Runway Pilot Groundspeed 52

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

Before entering Class C airspace, pilots must receive clearance from Air Traffic Control (ATC). Class C airports’ speed limits require aircraft within 4 Nautical Miles (NM) of the primary airport and below 2500 feet to maintain an Indicated Airspeed (IAS) of 200 knots or less. Altitude and intentions (e.g.,

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Clearance Transponder Knot Indicated Airspeed 52

Flight Training Central

MAY 1, 2024

maximum weight and 120 knots maximum speed (a Cessna Skycatcher, for example). You can also add additional privileges or transition to the Private Pilot certificate when you’re ready–you’ll just do some additional training with an instructor on cross country, night flying and/or in airspace requiring communication with Air Traffic Control.

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Pilot in Command Pilot Airplanes Air Traffic Control 98

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 7, 2024

It’s only getting 1,700-1,800 rpm and I am going 75 knots.” Pilot: “I am only going 70 knots now. Are you talking to air traffic control right now?” He remembers the phone conversation this way: “Hey…How are you doing buddy?” Pilot: “Hey…It feels like the engine is not getting power. I can come pick you up.”

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Pilot Descent Knot Air Traffic Control 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 7, 2024

It’s only getting 1,700-1,800 rpm and I am going 75 knots.” Pilot: “I am only going 70 knots now. Are you talking to air traffic control right now?” He remembers the phone conversation this way: “Hey…How are you doing buddy?” Pilot: “Hey…It feels like the engine is not getting power. I can come pick you up.”

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Pilot Descent Knot Air Traffic Control 52

Pilot's Life Blog

JULY 10, 2024

Among these tech tools are Air Traffic Controllers who provide ATC clearance as the pilot approaches the landing area. The pilot maneuvers the plane with a 7% thrust paving the way for a 30-knot speed. Still, the pilot must know how to read signs and markings so they know where to land and where to taxi afterward.

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Runway Clearance Air Traffic Control Pilot 52

Air Facts

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Flying at the pattern altitude at the usual 300 knots, solo, at night. I was going to be over the runway in seconds but there was no Vance Air Force Base nearby. keyed the mic, and asked air traffic controller (“RAPCON”) for “vectors to Buffalo.” How can that be? I started to panic. No one did that, by the way.

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Runway Pilot Aileron Approach 98

Universal Weather

JANUARY 24, 2025

or greater and/or max cruising true airspeed (TAS) greater than 250 knots (kts). Aircraft manufactured on or after 01-JAN-2020 and has an MTOW exceeding 12,566 lbs (5,700 kgs) or having a maximum cruising true airspeed (TAS) greater than 250 knots must have ADS-B (Out) 1090 MHz applicable to RTCA DO-260B.

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True Airspeed Instrument Flight Rules Knot Air Traffic Control 59

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. I pulled the power back and set a notch of flaps to establish a 90 knot, 500 foot/minute descent.

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Approach Wind Shear Runway VOR 69

Pilot Institute

AUGUST 9, 2024

Air Traffic Control (ATC) uses these procedures to delay aircraft. For example, if you’re holding at 100 knots and have a 10-knot tailwind on the outbound leg, the outbound leg should be shorter than one minute because you’ll have a headwind on the inbound leg.

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VOR Pilot Crosswind Approach 52

Universal Weather

APRIL 9, 2024

or greater and/or max cruising true airspeed (TAS) greater than 250 knots (kts). Aircraft manufactured on or after 01-JAN-2020 and has an MTOW exceeding 12,566 lbs (5,700 kgs) or having a maximum cruising true airspeed (TAS) greater than 250 knots must have ADS-B (Out) 1090 MHz applicable to RTCA DO-260B.

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True Airspeed Instrument Flight Rules Knot Air Traffic Control 52

Aerotime

MAY 1, 2024

Flightradar24 At 00:37 local time, the 747 freighter was cleared to take off from runway 33R by Riyadh air traffic controllers. However, for reasons yet to be determined, the crew of the Air Atlanta cargo plane began their takeoff roll from taxiway K. The aircraft accelerated down taxiway K, seemingly intending to take off.

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Tarmac Runway Cargo Air Traffic Control 294

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

Horizontal wind speeds near the surface can be as fast as 45 knots, resulting in a 90-knot wind shear from headwind to tailwind across the microburst. If dangerous wind shear is detected, the LLWAS will display the hazard to air traffic controllers (ATCs), who will relay the warning to all pilots at the relevant frequencies.

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Wind Shear Weather Descent Approach 66

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Air traffic controllers saw sparks coming from the plane. The pilots abandoned takeoff at 144 knots, beyond the V1 or decision speed for the Learjet 60 – 136 knots. The aircraft was a two-year-old Learjet 60 with only 108 flight hours on the aircraft.

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Runway Knot Thrust Air Traffic Control 244