AeroSavvy

AUGUST 20, 2021

Cherokee Six instrument panel Like my airline job, I fly nearly paperless using an iPad Mini and the ForeFlight app for navigation charts. Although not a problem for airliners, flying at high altitude airports presents challenges for pilots of small piston aircraft. Santa Fe is located 6,349 feet above sea level.

Density Altitude 52

Density Altitude OAT Airplanes Fixed Base Operator 52

ABEAM

JULY 5, 2024

MHz with an airliner taking off from there: that was new ! We flew very high, and the heat (ISA +23°C) that further drove up our Density Altitude did not help for the oxygen saturation in our blood. And then we droned on from VOR to VOR over the desert.

VOR 52

VOR Density Altitude Approach Final Approach 52

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

This meant that I could land normally on the runway, not overshoot, and did not need to be concerned with the airliners on the crossing runway. I could see that the spot on the ground in the windshield that was not moving was short of the runway. Optimum” glide was not the issue here, and a visual AOA indicator would have had no value.

General Aviation 98

General Aviation Pilot Approach Airplanes 98

Pilot Institute

JUNE 26, 2024

A go-around is a maneuver performed to abort or reject a landing on the final approach or once the aircraft has already touched down. A common situation is if an aircraft is on final approach, and another holding on the runway cannot take off in time. Go-arounds have little margin for error. What Is a Go-Around?

Wind Shear 52

Wind Shear Runway Approach Aeronautical Decision-Making 52