Pilot Institute

MAY 4, 2024

Not only must you fly unnervingly slow, but you also have to pick a spot on the runway and hit it. It’s a runway that is too short for a normal takeoff or landing but still usable with certain precautions. This allows them to safely operate into and out of these tight runways. You’re not alone.

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Weight-Shift-Control Runway Approach Descent 52

Flying Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

If utilizing Runway 17 with left traffic, the crosswind turn will be heading 080, downwind 350, base 260, etc. Don’t accept the excuses of “I can’t fly if I can’t see the runway,” or “I can’t feel the airplane.” Then the CFI should increase the winds so they are 10 knots (or more) above the demonstrated crosswind component.

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Crosswind Airplanes VOR Runway 105

Aviators of Tomorrow

JUNE 15, 2023

Some airports present unique challenges due to their location, runway characteristics, or surrounding terrain. This airport is notorious for its precarious location and demanding approach. The 1,729 feet (527 meters) long runway is situated on a slope and ends with a steep drop into a valley, leaving little room for error.

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Runway Approach Weather Pilot 52

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. You had a crosswind , so the wind wasn’t helping you out, but that’s all right. 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.

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Knot Runway Pilot Air Traffic Control 84

Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

The small aileron “tabs” were not doing a great job in crosswind ability. On the downwind to the westerly runway at LOWI, I experienced a lot of up and down drafts, shear, varying winds, and sloppy controls. Landing was wild, leading to the aircraft’s big wings striking the ground at times in the crosswinds approaching 35 knots.

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Crosswind Weather Knot Aileron 105

Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2024

Unlike paved runways, every soft landing surface is different. Obstructions: Ensure the runway is clear of obstacles, from stones to animals. You can walk down the length of the runway. If the runway is too wet, it might be temporarily closed. They’re happy to tell you the status of the airport and runways.

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NOTAMs Runway Approach Descent 52

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

This approach gives perspective on all factors, including those that might otherwise be ignored or unrecognized. NTSB ERA22LA169 describes a funny engine noise that prompted an earlier than planned turn to crosswind for an anticipated return to the airport. NTSB ERA22LA393 shows an airplane slow on approach that flared high.

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Runway Gross Weight Airplanes Pilot 66

Air Facts

JUNE 19, 2024

The more challenging the flight conditions–low ceilings, rain, crosswinds, high density, etc–the higher the anxiety level. A calm landing differs from a headwind landing versus a crosswind landing. Thrown in an occupied runway or contanimated runway and the whole calculation is turned on its head.

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Pilot Crosswind Cockpit Runway 82

Flight Training Central

JANUARY 15, 2024

All pre-takeoff checklist items should be completed before taxiing onto the runway for departure. All engine instruments should be checked for proper and usual indications, and all controls should be checked for free movement as you enter the departure runway. Set flaps as appropriate – ensure that flaps come down equally.

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Density Altitude Indicated Airspeed Runway Lift 52

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. You had a crosswind , so the wind wasn’t helping you out, but that’s all right. 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.

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Knot Runway Pilot Air Traffic Control 52

Air Facts

MAY 6, 2024

As I listened in to the radio calls, I heard “Cessna November 50788 entering downwind for a full stop on runway 17” and “Twin Cessna November 61237 on final to runway 17”. She was on a left upwind leg to the airport, and would have to make crosswind, downwind, base and final legs to get set up to land. he announced.

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Runway Crosswind Airplanes Knot 75

Northstar VFR

JULY 21, 2024

TAKEOFF We’ve been cleared for takeoff, and now you’re lined up on the centerline of the runway. Correct rudder use here is evident, because if you don’t apply right rudder you’ll see how quickly your plane wants to travel left and off the runway. APPROACH AND LANDING Now we’re approaching the airport and ready to land.

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Rudder Airplanes Pilot Stability 52

Pilot Institute

AUGUST 9, 2024

The pilot will fly a specific entry based on the sector from which they approach the holding fix. Your outbound leg is provided on certain types of approach charts. You are looking for the RNAV approach into runway 17R. If there is a left crosswind, your heading will be less than 174.

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VOR Approach Pilot Crosswind 52

Professional Pilot

JULY 3, 2024

Climate Scientist T he pilots of the intercontinental business jet had just finished transmitting their position report from FL330 over the Philippine Sea when one noticed the contrails of a commercial jet approaching their position a few thousand feet above their altitude.

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Turbulence Weather Jet Pilot 40

Air Facts

AUGUST 26, 2024

But too much airspeed can lead to bounced landings if the pilot tries to force the airplane on the runway or a runway excursion if the airplane runs out of room before it runs out of speed. The left wing dropped and the airplane descended off the side of the runway, impacted terrain, and cartwheeled before coming to rest.”

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Knot Runway Airplanes Pilot 86

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

The little plane leapt into the air almost immediately as the wind seemingly swirled from every direction along the 5,000-foot runway. Once there, he put us in a slight right turn toward our first fuel stop 60 miles ahead, continuously fighting the stick as the gusting left crosswind did its best to push us off course.

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Runway Crosswind Rudder Approach 70

Pilot Institute

JUNE 26, 2024

A bad approach results in a bad landing. 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. These include a runway collision, porpoising, bouncing, or possible overrun. In other words, it is an unstabilized approach. What Is a Go-Around?

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Wind Shear Runway Approach Aeronautical Decision-Making 52

Air Facts

MAY 24, 2024

We started up the engine, got the weather, asked the tower for our instrument flight plan, and began to taxi from the T-hangars on the east side of the field down the familiar route of “Hotel, Echo” to runway 18 right for a departure to the north with a turn to the east. Approach switched me to Tower.

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Aileron Crosswind Knot Runway 72

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 14, 2024

I spotted another green stripes livery on this A330-900neo on final approach to this airport. Anyway, on our approach to Athens, we were greeted with a spectacular view of the landscape but there was quite a bit of crosswind which made the ride slightly uncomfortable but not long after we landed smoothly on runway 21L.

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Airlines Airline Weather Runway 52

Fly with Eva

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

I remember the emotions during the last approach into Barcelona airport. So many times I flew the ILS to runway 25R, with the beautiful skyline of Barcelona on the righthand side. Now is my last approach and final landing with a cabin full of passengers. I struggle to fly a nice approach, coordinating my rudder and thrust.

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Approach Flight Deck Cargo Pilot 52

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

It was hoped that this approach would avoid another overspill situation as previously encountered at Le Bourget and Orly. Given that a single runway can only accommodate around 40 movements per hour, the designers knew they would have to build an airport with at least four runways for the anticipated growth in air traffic.

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Runway Jet Crosswind Threshold 274

Flight Training Central

JANUARY 1, 2024

Some high performance aircraft POHs admonish you to refrain from actually landing in this configuration, but there is value in experiencing the different deck angle that results from a no flap approach before you actually have to do it – at night – in reduced visibility – for real. Instrument Approach 14 CFR 61.57

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Crosswind Approach Rudder Airplanes 52

Pilot Institute

APRIL 19, 2024

As your aircraft smoothly climbs away from the runway, nothing seems amiss. Your first instinct is to turn around and land on the lovely, long runway from which you just departed. It involves a steep bank at low airspeed and a turn of more than 180 degrees to reach the runway. The goal is to head back and land on the runway.

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AGL Runway Descent Lift 52

Air Facts

AUGUST 21, 2024

More turns, steep banks, and soon enough I spot her orange kayak in the lake just off the end of runway 9. As I approach 10 nm out, I make a call on 122.7 The radio is quiet as I approach, and the turn to the 45 degree entry is easy and smooth. I make the turn off the runway, another radio call, and I taxi to the pumps.

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Runway Groundspeed Approach Crosswind 75

Air Facts

JUNE 21, 2024

I taxied the Cessna 172 out, took off, and approached the Blue Ridge Mountains and Shenandoah River, like in John Denver’s song “Country Roads” except for a lot more propeller noise. Wing low, opposite rudder” is how I learned to fly in crosswinds in the Cessna T-37, the “Tweet,” but that advice didn’t stick to his big doctor brain.

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Rudder Crosswind Knot Aileron 76

AeroSavvy

JANUARY 16, 2024

Pilots often “refresh” METARs when approaching an airport with poor weather to monitor trends and have the most current decision-making information available. I chose the default setting of 15 knots because the max demonstrated crosswind component of our Cherokee Six is 17 knots.

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Weather Ceiling Knot Visual Flight Rules 52

Photographic Logbook

JULY 6, 2024

It is an old school approach and feels like a throwback to my earlier flying days. Specifically, I was told by Potomac Approach in 2023, "I cannot give you direct to destination out of College Park." Airport Incognito While still on with Harrisburg Approach, the inevitable IFR re-route came. miles from the US Capitol building.

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Pilot Flight Plan Air Traffic Control General Aviation 52