Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Though its rare, your destination airport could become unusable due to a thunderstorm moving in, or a disabled airplane on the runway. If either the ceiling or visibility is forecast to be less than 2,000 feet or 3 statute miles during that arrival window, you are required to file an alternate.

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Ceiling Weather Approach Flight Plan 52

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 26, 2024

The weather on that day, September 12, 2024, was rather miserable, but not atypical for Alaska with fall a few days away45 degrees F, ceiling less than 500 feet, and a cold, steady rain.

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Cargo Runway Ceiling Weather 116

Flight Training Central

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

GPS technology revolutionized how pilots fly instrument approaches to runways when the ceiling and visibility are low. A great example is the LPV instrument approach, which provides similar lateral and vertical guidance as an ILS approach, but without the need for expensive radio equipment to be installed for each runway service.

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Approach Ceiling Runway Pilot 98

One Mile at a Time

DECEMBER 26, 2024

This part of the lounge also has among the best views, as its in the corner, overlooking the apron and runway. This area has great views, thanks to the floor-to-ceiling windows. Japan Airlines Sakura Sky View Lounge Haneda lockers The last thing I want to highlight is that this lounge has really gorgeous views of the apron and runway.

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Airlines Airline Runway Ceiling 115

Vintage Aviation News

DECEMBER 29, 2024

In January 1939, the Army Air Corps formally invited Consolidated to submit a design study for a bomber with longer range, higher speed and greater ceiling than the B-17, and the Consolidated Model 32 would be developed as the XB-24.

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Tail Airfoil Drag Ceiling 98

Flight Training Central

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Though it’s rare, your destination airport could become unusable due to a thunderstorm moving in, or a disabled airplane on the runway. If either the ceiling or visibility is forecast to be less than 2,000 feet or 3 statute miles during that arrival window, you are required to file an alternate.

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Ceiling Pilot Weather Approach 98

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. No ceiling so no hold for us today!

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Aileron Crosswind Knot Runway 98

Flight Training Central

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Among the performance elements are takeoff and landing distances, rate of climb, ceiling, speed, payload, and fuel economy. What is the headwind component for a landing on Runway 18 if the tower reports the wind as 215° at 30 knots? What is ground effect? What effect does high density altitude have on aircraft performance?

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Density Altitude Knot Ground Effect True Airspeed 105

Cranky Flier

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

We landed on runway 27R which is the northernmost runway, nearly in Wisconsin. It’s just as I remembered it from when I worked at United 20 years ago with low ceilings, narrow corridors, and a McDonaldʻs shining like a beacon of familiarity at the base of the Y where concourses E and F split.

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Runway Ceiling Airlines Airline 130

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

The conditions were a mile of visibility and about 500 feet of ragged ceiling, barely enough to maintain orientation by landmarks passing below. Soon, the eagerly expected runway came into view, and the briefest of traffic patterns put us on the pavement, rolling out in relief. We descended to ILS minimums to see only solid murk.

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Weather Ceiling Approach Clearance 81

Fear of Landing

DECEMBER 6, 2024

By now, it was dark and the weather in Gaithersburg had deteriorated with fog and low cloud ceilings. However, the METAR for their destination showed an overcast ceiling at 200 feet above ground level and fog. Runway 14, a 4,202 foot runway , was in use. View of GPS track when viewed from landing runway (NTSB) At about 1.25

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Approach Runway Air Traffic Control Descent 97

Photographic Logbook

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

Over the last three years, The Bear has expressed great interest in visiting Alton Bay, the only FAA-authorized ice runway in the continental United States. A very brief 2022 season for the ice runway eliminated opportunities to return that year. The Bear was furious that she missed out. The Bear and me flying to Alton Bay!

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Runway Knot Weather Turbulence 89

AV Web

SEPTEMBER 29, 2024

I’d yet to land on that fabled grass runway, the Augusta National of general aviation, and this would be the year. But Anderson was reporting 300-foot overcast ceilings and everywhere else was just about as bad. He also pens a weekly online column called Words Aloft and this is this week’s offering. Except it wasn’t meant to be.

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Weather Runway Ceiling Lift 98

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

The Instrument Landing System (ILS) is a precision approach and provides both lateral and vertical guidance to a runway. For most general aviation operations, it allows a pilot to descend to as low as 200′ AGL and assist a pilot in locating the runway in as low as 3/8 mile visibility.

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Approach Instrument Landing System AGL Ceiling 52

Air Facts

MAY 10, 2024

An acceptable meteorological combination of ceiling, visibility, and wind. What is the runway lighting? Only accurate within 10 degrees of runway heading). If you choose to fly a Circle-to Land approach to a runway without a VASI or PAPI, you are greatly increasing your vertical flight error path (possibility/probability).

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Approach AGL Descent Runway 97

Air Facts

JANUARY 6, 2025

We had just been cleared for the ILS approach to runway 30R when a mayday was declared on frequency. Or do we continue towards a runway only six miles ahead, hidden by water droplets that were now becoming quite hazardous. The flight had been unremarkable for a wintery Midwest afternoon, typical with low ceilings and IFR conditions.

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Drag Runway Approach Ceiling 98

Flight Training Central

JULY 12, 2024

When taxiing towards the starting point of a runway, you may see a red sign on the left with the letters ILS. There will also be a corresponding yellow marking on the taxiway, which looks like a ladder.

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Instrument Landing System Threshold Ceiling Runway 52

iPad Pilot News

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The app allows you to check local weather and complement your preflight planning with favorite and nearby airport details like runways, NOTAMs, and much more. The first thing you’ll see at the top of the screen is local weather based on your current location, including winds, visibility and ceiling.

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Weather NOTAMs Ceiling Runway 52

Inflight Pilot Training

MARCH 30, 2025

Theres nothing quite like breaking out of a thick layer of clouds to find the runway right where it should beor shooting a perfect RNAV approach to minimums. An Instrument Rating is an FAA certification that allows you to fly under Instrument Flight Rules (IFR). IFR flying is where skill, knowledge, and precision come together.

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Pilot Weather Approach Visual Flight Rules 52

Photographic Logbook

JULY 5, 2024

Dramatic Ceiling Date Aircraft Route of Flight Time (hrs) Total (hrs) 05 Jul 2024 N21481 SDC (Sodus, NY) - LKP (Lake Placid, NY) - SDC 3.2 Descending over Sodus Bay on approach to runway 10 at the Williamson Sodus Airport. It was late morning, I was hungry, the weather was perfect for flying, and I had no additional plans for the day.

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Clearance Ceiling Weather Runway 78

Cranky Flier

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Hawaiian 10 September 10, 2024 From Honolulu ➤ Scheduled Departure: 755a ➤ Actual Departure: 815a, returned 838a, out again 1126a, returned 1157a, gave up ➤ From Gate: D2, returned to A12, moved to A6, returned to C3 ➤ Wheels Up: don’t care ➤ From Runway: ?? To Los Angeles ➤ Wheels Down: a couple hours after I got back ➤ On Runway: ??

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Airplanes Runway Cargo Ceiling 130

Photographic Logbook

JULY 11, 2024

Moments after climbing through the ceiling over Beverly, MA. We made an IFR departure that morning on runway 16 and climbed above the ceiling in short order. Approaching the Green Mountains of Vermont, the ceiling began to close back up. This meant that there would be no getting into Sodus unless the ceiling lifted.

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Ceiling Approach Weather Runway 52

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 8, 2025

Dawn had broken bright and clear, and while icing , ceiling, and visibility had been my preoccupationrightfully so, given our arrival into Portlandthe actual threat of the day was wind. When making a cross-wind takeoff, hold the nose gear on the runway longer and accelerate to a higher speed than normal.

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Crosswind Wind Shear Knot Airplanes 96

Airline Reporter

MAY 10, 2023

Read on for a photo and video walkthrough around the gorgeous Terminal B, with plenty of amazing views of the ramp and runways. The LaGuardia redesign team had a real challenge on their hands because of how little real estate there is between roadway and runway. You get some partial runway views too.

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Ceiling Runway 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.” VFR to MVFR…then 2 miles visibility and a ceiling of 1,200 feet agl. It’s an ATD. What could go wrong?

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Crosswind Airplanes VOR Runway 105

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Runway visual range (RVR) under 2,400 feet triggers a SPECI, and another is issued if it rises to 2,400 feet or more within 10 minutes. Cloud ceilings below 1,500 feet or cumulonimbus clouds can trigger a SPECI. Well, these events can quickly affect visibility or runway conditions so much that they call for a special report.

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Altimeter Weather Wind Shear Runway 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

The conditions were a mile of visibility and about 500 feet of ragged ceiling, barely enough to maintain orientation by landmarks passing below. Soon, the eagerly expected runway came into view, and the briefest of traffic patterns put us on the pavement, rolling out in relief. We descended to ILS minimums to see only solid murk.

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Weather Ceiling Approach Clearance 52

Northstar VFR

JANUARY 4, 2023

For at least 1 hour before and for 1 hour after the estimated time of arrival, the ceiling will be at least 2,000 feet above the airport elevation and the visibility will be at least 3 statute miles. Ceiling 600 feet and visibility 2 statute miles. (B) Ceiling 800 feet and visibility 2 statute miles. (2)

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Instrument Meteorological Conditions Ceiling Approach Weather 52

AV Web

OCTOBER 3, 2024

A Bonanza was in front of me, to the rear were a Baron, a Saratoga, Cessna 185 on floats, and another Baron, each piled almost to the ceiling with aid supplies. A long line of general aviation birds waited their turn to unload. Winging toward the disaster zone, I’d kept thinking of how things might play out.

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Airplanes Drag Cargo Payload 98

Air Facts

JULY 1, 2024

But he had the habit of jamming power at the approach end of the runway and with a shove on the throttle, and a quick pull on the yoke, he would take off. After lining up on the runway, I slowly and deliberately advanced the throttle marking the airspeed, oil pressure, and speeds. The aircraft was a like a glove on his hands.

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Knot Approach Pilot Runway 97

Photographic Logbook

FEBRUARY 4, 2024

More often than not, winter flying in Upstate New York is contingent on the ceiling. Ceilings are often too low to fly beneath and slowly climbing through a cloud layer of indeterminate thickness in sub-freezing temperatures risks icing. However, a persistent low ceiling scuttled those morning plans.

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Ceiling Approach Pilot Weather 52

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Weather reporting at the destination isnt required so long as some reliable source says theres at least 1000-foot ceilings and three miles visibly. Another point is that when youre cleared for a visual to a towered airport, itll often be a visual to a specific runway. Thats a clearance, and changing runways requires permission.

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Approach Pilot Clearance Runway 52

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

Weather reporting at the destination isnt required so long as some reliable source says theres at least 1000-foot ceilings and three miles visibly. Another point is that when youre cleared for a visual to a towered airport, itll often be a visual to a specific runway. Thats a clearance, and changing runways requires permission.

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Approach Clearance Runway Ceiling 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 2, 2024

While instructors idly watch, airplanes go off the runway, landings become too harsh, structure gets overstressed, and tolerances are exceeded. No flying in winds exceeding 10 knots, no chance of obscuring precipitation, no use of runways shorter than 5,000 feet, no risk of encountering darkness or lowering ceilings.

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Runway Wind Shear Crosswind Airplanes 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 2, 2024

While instructors idly watch, airplanes go off the runway, landings become too harsh, structure gets overstressed, and tolerances are exceeded. No flying in winds exceeding 10 knots, no chance of obscuring precipitation, no use of runways shorter than 5,000 feet, no risk of encountering darkness or lowering ceilings.

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Runway Wind Shear Crosswind Airplanes 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

This rating should end any temptation to “scud run” around TV towers or under a low ceiling and eliminate the dreaded VFR-into-IMC trap. One more thing: Just because you have earned an instrument rating, there is no requirement to go out and fly in low ceilings and visibilities. The ATC service is better.

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Pilot Ceiling Clearance Pilot in Command 85

Air Facts

DECEMBER 30, 2024

I completed the rest of the leg with a routine flight and some more mountain terrain with spectacular views although I did encounter solid cloud ceilings with the terrain sometimes less than a thousand feet below me and the cloud layer 500 feet above. I saw tumbleweeds blowing by and just had to laugh.

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Weather Approach VFR On Top Knot 98