Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 16, 2024

Briefing A pre-landing briefing highlights essential points critical to the approach and landing phase. It also allows you to focus on flying during the last stages of the approach and landing. Descent Point Nominate a descent point that will give you a constant 3° profile to the threshold. Not sure where to begin?

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Airplanes Descent Approach Runway 52

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The ILS approach has revolutionized aviation and the types of weather we can fly in. Including how it became the most reliable approach for pilots in aviation history. The ILS is a type of approach pilots use to land. It is a precision approach aid based on two radio beams. This is most likely thanks to the ILS.

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Approach Knot Runway Distance Measuring Equipment 52

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. The easiest way to achieve this is by flying a stabilized approach.

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Descent Weight-Shift-Control Crosswind Runway 52

Photographic Logbook

JULY 11, 2024

I had no interest in flying one hour north only to be shut out of our destination by weather below minimums for the available instrument approach procedure. ATC was great, the FBO (FlightLevel - Beverly) treated us well and charged reasonable fees, and radar services were managed by the perennially capable Boston Approach.

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Ceiling Approach Weather Runway 52

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 13, 2024

Everything seems to be going well on approach, and then out of nowhere, you feel the jolt. For most light aircraft, you should aim for a descent rate of 500 feet per minute on the final approach. For example, The Cessna 172 has an approach speed of 65 knots with full flaps. What do you do?

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Descent Runway Rudder Pilot 52

Photographic Logbook

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Camera at the Ready We passed from Syracuse, through multiple sectors of Boston Center, and ultimately to Boston Approach once within the boundaries of New Hampshire. The Bear wielded her trusty Nikon like a pro and captured our approach and landing. Alton Bay's floating bandstand about 100 feet south of the runway threshold.

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Runway Knot Weather Turbulence 89

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

So that added another 10 minutes of flight time but I was treated to a spectacular view of the city during approach. Turning left, heading towards the threshold. At this point, we were on final approach. Later on just before arrival, we were slightly delayed to arrive at Fukuoka due to heavy traffic at that time.

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Cabin Crew Weather Airline Airlines 59

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

MARCH 13, 2025

Photo: EPS1) After 10 minutes of taxi, we were near the threshold of the runway. At the threshold, we were cleared to depart. The approach and landing in Taipei was a smooth affair. On final approach We touched down 13 minutes late. Passing by one of JAL's aircraft in the special livery. We started descending.

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Weather Cabin Crew Threshold Turbulence 59

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 14, 2024

This was my flight's final assigned gate. I spotted another green stripes livery on this A330-900neo on final approach to this airport. Finally we reached the threshold and we were on our way. After this Lufthansa's A321CEO pushed back, my aircraft arrived at this gate not long after. Goodbye Frankfurt!

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Airline Airlines Weather Turbulence 52

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 Airline Airlines 301

AV Web

JANUARY 22, 2025

The airplane came to rest about 1600 feet from the Runway 31 threshold and about 250 feet right of the extended centerline. Yet all indications are he succumbed to a simple stall on final approach. Sixty-six percent of the downwind-to-base stalls and a full 80 percent of base-to-final stalls resulted in death.

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Final Approach Airplanes Drag Pilot 52

Fear of Landing

JUNE 14, 2024

Photograph by Robert Frola (GFDL) via Wikimedia Commons Murwillumbah Airfield has a 19/01 grass strip which the report gives as 1,045 metres (3,428 feet), however, it is commonly listed as 800 metres as it has a displaced threshold of 245 metres on runway 19, because of industrial buildings and trees at the northern end.

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Threshold Runway Approach Pilot 89

Photographic Logbook

JANUARY 25, 2025

Not Cool, Man After transitioning across multiple sectors of Boston Center's vast airspace, the home stretch found us on with Boston Approach under a crisp, blue New Hampshire sky. Rolling out on final approach, I was surprised to see another airplane stopped right at the runway threshold. Joe asked.

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Runway Airplanes Threshold Approach 68

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 2, 2024

As I approached the river, the plane started to settle faster than it had. It looked like I was still on a descent to touch down at the threshold on Runway 15. 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.

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Runway Threshold Approach AGL 74

Photographic Logbook

AUGUST 3, 2024

This lesson was rapidly approaching for Alyssa. Unfortunately, the airport was socked-in with highly localized fog and conditions were below minimums for even the most precise instrument approach procedure available. Climbing away from Harry Browne Airport, I contacted Great Lakes Approach for flight following to Mackinac.

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Airplanes Runway Weather Approach 86

Air Facts

AUGUST 12, 2024

What if the airplane pitched over on final approach? I entered a left base, lowered the landing gear and set the flaps to the approach setting with no pitch problems. But just as I crossed the runway threshold at 50 feet, the genie leaped from its bottle and the nose once again pitched over violently.

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Airplanes Lift Runway Tail 97

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

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) differentiates an accident from an incident by imposing a threshold of aircraft damage set at $1 million. Numbers for 2024 are likely to be similar, given what we already know as we approach the end of the year. This definition has been in place since 2005.

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Runway Airline Airlines Horizontal Stabilizer 261

Air Facts

AUGUST 28, 2024

Upon contacting Denver Approach Control, we were told that the only runway available for our landing in the west complex was Runway 34 Left, which is 16,000 feet long, and the longest paved runway in the entire country. From the threshold to taxiway D5 gave me a little over 5,000 feet to land and stop.

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Threshold Runway Approach Pilot in Command 98

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JULY 22, 2024

One of them informed us about the weather and possible thunderstorm at Delhi Airport and he mentioned about the smooth ride when they flew in from Delhi so we could be expecting smooth ride during cruising but possible turbulence when we approach Delhi. Before I know it, we were on our final approach.

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Cabin Crew Runway Weather Ceiling 59