Approach Flight Plan Groundspeed 
iPad Pilot News
MARCH 11, 2025
IN-FLIGHT ALERTS 500 AGL Alerts – Alerts when descending through 500 ft. The alert will only sound once every 60 seconds and is automatically disabled if groundspeed is less than 40 knots. Traffic On Runway – Alerts when approaching to land on a runway, and ForeFlight detects another aircraft on that runway.
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.
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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’.
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.”
Air Facts
AUGUST 16, 2024
I fly a Rockwell Commander 114B which I flight plan at 14 gph and 140 kts. It turns out that an Air Canada flight from Toronto to Orlando would have cost $1,646.00 (CND with taxes) but going Air Phil is way more fun. hours flight time. With a screaming tailwind, I was seeing a groundspeed of 185 kts at 6,500 feet.
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