Flying Magazine

MAY 3, 2024

The NTSB released its final report into the fatal April 2022 accident that occurred when the pilot was on approach to Burley Municipal Airport (KBYI). The standard for airspeed after passing the final approach fix was 120 kias indicated, according to the Flight Maneuvers Description Manual (FMDM).

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Pilot Descent Aeronautical Information Manual Approach 122

Flight Training Central

MAY 29, 2024

This week’s tip shows how to fly a stabilized final approach and help you visualize the steps necessary to transition from the roundout and flare to the touchdown. Landing an airplane is one of the most challenging, yet satisfying tasks you’ll learn to master on your path towards becoming a private pilot.

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Flying Magazine

MAY 6, 2024

Subscribe Now Featured A) Two Radials Depicted From the STL VOR, there are two radials depicted that intersect with the final approach path—the R-144 and the R-194. C) FAF Identification No DME is offered for this approach, but you could use an IFR GPS to help with identification of the final approach fix waypoint at the EAVES LOM.

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VOR Final Approach Approach NDB 59

Flight Training Central

MAY 28, 2024

But as the destination traffic pattern approaches, workload increases dramatically. A firm understanding of the proper terminal area procedures is essential for staying safe as you depart or approach the airport. a long straight in final approach to the active runway. Safe obstruction clearance in the approach area.

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Crosswind Runway Air Traffic Control Approach 98

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

Flight Training Central

MAY 18, 2024

Then on the return flight back to Jacksonville’s Craig field, Spencer shows how to work with ATC in a busy traffic pattern, where 4 planes are lined up on the final approach leg in the sequence to land.

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Final Approach Approach Pilot 52

iPad Pilot News

MAY 31, 2024

At the top of any FAA approach chart for that airport. Where can you find details on the approach lighting for an airport? In the Runways tab on the Airports screen Enable the Approach Lighting overlay from the Settings menu on the Maps screen They are depicted on the custom ForeFlight Airport Diagram Correct!

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Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

ATC gave me a priority approach and landing in the lake. On final approach to the water another awful wave of pain ran through me making this landing a one-shot event in my mind. The cars were both there waiting when we docked.

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Final Approach Approach Pilot Runway 85

ABEAM

JULY 5, 2024

Hurghada Approach passed us off to Cairo Control and they refused to give us a direct to the first Saudi VOR WEJ at the east side of the Red Sea due to unknown reasons. Finally they vectored us again onto the localiser and we received a very late landing clearance from Kuwait Tower about 2 miles out.

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VOR Density Altitude Approach Final Approach 52

Fly With Stan

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

Not every day we get the chance to pass under the rainbow arc just on the final approach. Looks like the autumn is starting here as well, some precipitations will be coming, which is good after all those dry months.

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Final Approach Weather Approach 52

Flight Training Central

MAY 30, 2024

There are several strategies (see below), but regardless of which method you choose, make sure that each time you approach your simulator you treat it as an airplane and not a toy. Although approaches done on a non-certified system do not count towards the required FAA 61.57

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Air Facts

APRIL 29, 2024

Continued along at 6,000’ I advised ATC that the weather was received and requested the RNAV 24 approach. I was soon cleared to descend to 4,000’ and entered IMC during the descent while I located the approach chart to brief. ATC then informed us we were number two for the approach and to maintain 4,000’. RNAV 24 at KCPC.

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Descent Approach Weather Runway 71

iPad Pilot News

JUNE 7, 2024

Last year, the app added Traffic on Runway alerts to notify pilots about potential conflicts between aircraft on final approach with another aircraft on the runway. The visual depiction of the wake provides an aid to situational awareness when approaching wake turbulence. It will not trigger again for at least one minute.

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Turbulence Runway Airplanes Final Approach 98

Fear of Landing

AUGUST 9, 2024

An airfield traffic pattern, also known as a circuit, is a standard path used by air traffic approaching the runway. Note here the base leg, which is a common point to join the pattern ready for the turn to final approach and the runway. The gyroplane was on the base leg, approaching the runway from the south.

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Runway Cockpit Pilot Final Approach 88

Aerotime

JULY 19, 2024

The approach to Sioux City With the aircraft at a range of about nine miles from touchdown at Sioux City, the crew made visual contact with the airport. During the final approach, Haynes noted a high sink rate alarm from the aircraft’s ground proximity warning syst em (GPWS).

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Runway Horizontal Stabilizer Airlines Airline 301

Air Facts

MAY 10, 2024

Danger lurks in circling approaches Air Facts Journal the circling approach maneuver is designed as a last resort, non-precision approach. The very first question that should pop up into our head during a circling approach is “Why are we circling in the first place”? The n ext one is “What are our other options?”

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Approach AGL Descent Runway 70

Inspire

JUNE 15, 2021

Crazy wind gusts on final approach with very poor visibility through the windshield made for a very close call that could have been a disaster. A summer thunderstorm in Tennessee quickly turned a very nice sunset flight into a landing nightmare. The post Lessons Learned: When Not to Fly first appeared on Hangar Flying.

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Final Approach Approach Airplanes Hangar 40

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

What is the best IFR route and which approach can I expect? On longer flights, the best time to start planning for the arrival and approach is when things are quiet during cruise and while several hundred miles from the destination. How is the weather developing? Call the controller or a flight service specialist. Where is the traffic?

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Clearance Weather Approach Runway 52

Photographic Logbook

SEPTEMBER 24, 2023

We departed Sodus VFR and contacted Rochester Approach for our instrument clearance. I requested the RNAV-5 instrument approach from Albany. As we maneuvered for the approach, we passed through an invisible rain shower in the darkness of sufficient vigor that the sound of rain ticking on the windshield penetrated our headsets.

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Pilot Institute

JULY 12, 2024

Key Takeaways Start by setting up your approach correctly to ensure you arrive at the threshold perfectly every time. Perfect the approach phase by managing the aircraft’s energy and using references to improve positioning throughout the pattern. Flying the Approach Haphazard approaches are very likely to lead to haphazard landings.

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Descent Weight-Shift-Control Crosswind Runway 52

Photographic Logbook

JUNE 1, 2024

"Hey, November Four Eight One, I have a question for you," asked the Syracuse Approach controller during a lull. laughed Syracuse Approach before returning to his real job of separating aircraft. Albany Approach and the Cirrus pilot were calling each other on the radio, but neither could hear the other's transmissions.

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Fear of Landing

JUNE 14, 2024

The aircraft was filled to full fuel and the pilot’s departure and flight to Murwillumbah was uneventful until the final approach to Murwillumbah. There was another person on the airfield, who was standing outside of a hangar at about halfway along the runway as the Cessna approached. The engine made a loud bang.

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Threshold Runway Approach Pilot 63

Pilot Institute

APRIL 5, 2024

Learn to avoid common mistakes during approach, roundout, touchdown, and rollout. We have two main challenges when performing crosswind landings: Staying aligned with the extended centerline on the approach. Staying Aligned on the Approach Crosswinds try to “push” the aircraft off the approach course.

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Air Facts

MAY 20, 2024

As we neared the Hawaiian Islands, approach control kept asking all the various heavies converging on Honolulu to divert to Maui, Hilo or Kauai. On our initial contact with Honolulu approach, we were told that we would be intercepted by Hawaiian Air National Guard F-15s and be inspected before being allowed to proceed to HNL.

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

Say you are approaching the Grand Prairie Municipal Airport from the south in a Cessna 12345 and want to make a full stop landing. You check the weather, get information Charlie, and then tune up tower frequency. Closed traffic Aircraft does not plan to leave traffic pattern Go ahead Proceed with your message – does not refer to any movement.

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Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

This approach gives perspective on all factors, including those that might otherwise be ignored or unrecognized. Weeks prior to the incident I had flown many approaches in IMC in which IMC was maintained at and beyond the FAF.” NTSB ERA22LA393 shows an airplane slow on approach that flared high.

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Gross Weight Runway Airplanes Pilot 66

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

As I approached the river, the plane started to settle faster than it had. As I approached the center of the river and cliff, suddenly I was below the runway, looking up at the cliff. It dawned on me what probably happened on my final approach. What can be hard about a straight-in, even if I had never done one?

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Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

Say you are approaching the Grand Prairie Municipal Airport from the south in a Cessna 12345 and want to make a full stop landing. You check the weather, get information Charlie, and then tune up tower frequency. Closed traffic Aircraft does not plan to leave traffic pattern Go ahead Proceed with your message – does not refer to any movement.

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Air Facts

APRIL 24, 2024

But, with a frontal system approaching, the conditions were expected to worsen over the hours subsequent to our passing through, including the chance for moderate to severe turbulence. That was the longest, most terrifying final approach—actually the only terrifying final approach—I’ve ever experienced.

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Turbulence Wind Shear Final Approach Ceiling 52

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 25, 2024

So I parked my car and started to walk around to where the offices and ramp were when someone approached me and asked if I was there for the ride?! The final approach to land was 85kt and quite a short run for the final landing. Another turn and it was back for a water drop over the lake.

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Pilot Cockpit Approach Primary Flight Display 102

Pilot Institute

MAY 1, 2024

For new instrument pilots, flying an approach to minimums is a big challenge. Adding an approach briefing to the mix feels like one task too many. Luckily, mastering approach briefings is not as hard as it seems. This article breaks down how to deliver a top-notch approach briefing, every time. Final approach course.

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Approach NOTAMs Runway Weather 52

Flight Training Central

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Most modern training airplanes provide a comfortable, warm cabin up in the air, even as the temperature approaches 0° F outside. You’ll quickly learn the importance of speed control on final approach and how to make real-world use of the soft-field takeoff and landing techniques.

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Weather Runway Airplanes Final Approach 52

Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

For the final approach, I calculated V REF of about 128 was fought with much shear, with airspeed variances of up to 20 to 30 knots, providing a wild ride. 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

Photographic Logbook

JULY 9, 2024

I requested flight following to Boston for a city tour from Beverly Ground and we were handed off to Boston Approach shortly after getting airborne. November Four Eight One, Boston Approach, radar contact, say request." Continuing our orbit of the city, we approached the Inner Harbor. Niles Pond. Inner Harbor, Gloucester.

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NYC Aviation

JUNE 17, 2020

Go Around – An aborted landing by an aircraft that is on final approach. Missed Approach – The procedure followed when an instrument approach cannot be completed to a full stop landing. The first step in executing a missed approach is to initiate a go around. REIL – Runway End Identifier Lights.

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Runway Air Traffic Control Approach Weather 52

Aerotime

JULY 26, 2024

The aircraft touched down about 100 feet (30 meters) short of the runway, causing the rear radome to strike the ground and the main landing gear to hit the approach lighting system. The incident occurred while the crew was conducting a low-visibility approach through dense fog. The mishap led to the crew ejecting from the aircraft.

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Wind Shear Instrument Landing System Final Approach Runway 274

ABEAM

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

After some vectoring by Green Bay approach, we were cleared for the RNP runway 30 approach at Appleton. While on final approach, we received for the first time in my flying life a Land-and-hold-short clearance (LAHSO) on runway 30 before runway 21. The change of ATC service was remarkable and refreshing.

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