Approach Flight Plan Groundspeed 
Flight Training Central
JANUARY 10, 2025
Descent planning is a critical yet often overlooked aspect of managing your flight. And if not planned properly, a poorly executed descent can present challenges and unnecessary risks when transitioning to an approach or the traffic pattern. Lets explore a number of strategies to plan your next arrival.
Air Facts
APRIL 29, 2024
A pit stop at North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina (KCRE) was planned, and after a weather briefing, I filed an IFR flight plan. At the current groundspeed, I believed it shouldn’t be of much concern unless the cell began producing lightning. ATC then informed us we were number two for the approach and to maintain 4,000’.
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iPad Pilot News
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Student pilots can take advantage of all these benefits and use the iPad to save time and money during flight training with great apps available from the App Store. LiveATC provides over 1,000 live audio feeds from all over the world of towered airport, approach and ARTCC frequencies. LiveATC Air Radio is available for $3.99
iPad Pilot News
OCTOBER 8, 2024
Student pilots can take advantage of all these benefits and use the iPad to save time and money during flight training with great apps available from the App Store. LiveATC provides over 1,000 live audio feeds from all over the world of towered airport, approach and ARTCC frequencies. LiveATC Air Radio is available for $3.99
Plane and Pilot
NOVEMBER 27, 2024
Flight idle and nose down, which normally produced a 2,000-3,000-feet descent rate, resulted in a 2,000-feet-per-minute climb. Airspeed was approaching VMO. Our return flight was by a safer, much smoother route. We had just been caught by Mother Nature’s roller coaster. We had been lifted above our assigned altitude.”
Pilot Institute
APRIL 5, 2024
Plan for crosswind conditions with step-by-step procedures. Learn to avoid common mistakes during approach, roundout, touchdown, and rollout. A headwind lowers groundspeed , making landing easier. We have two main challenges when performing crosswind landings: Staying aligned with the extended centerline on the approach.
Air Facts
AUGUST 21, 2024
My Sonex cruises about 130 mph at this power setting, but headed southeast into the wind I am losing an easy 15 mph on my groundspeed. 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. What I lose going there I will get back headed home.
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