Aerotime

MARCH 10, 2025

Robinson Helicopters The R88 will be available with standard skids or optional high skids for increased ground clearance and compatibility with a firefighting water tank. A fold-down, truck-bed style rear door simplifies cargo loading and can also accommodate a full-sized patient stretcher when operating in air medical roles.

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Payload Cockpit Cargo Clearance 269

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 3, 2025

With how tight Hong Kongs departure path is into the east, Im puzzled as to how they can issue near simultaneous clearance for jets. Its normal to provide clearance with a bit of spacing, but one wonders what exactly happened here. Did the air traffic controllers actually clear both planes at virtually the same time?

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Air Traffic Control Clearance Runway Cargo 110

One Mile at a Time

MAY 30, 2024

However, there’s one major snag with the new terminal, which involves the current US Pre-Clearance situation. The basics of Abu Dhabi’s US Pre-Clearance facility A decade ago (in 2014), a US Pre-Clearance facility opened at Abu Dhabi International Airport. early to complete all of this.

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Clearance Airline Airlines 99

Aviation Bussiness News

MARCH 14, 2025

Kale Logistics Solutions (Kale) has automated the customs clearance operations of CKTS Company Limited (CKTS), a major ground handler at Kansai International Airport, Osaka, Japan.

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Clearance Cargo Airline Airlines 40

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Additionally, the introduction of biometric touchpoints, including check-in desks, self-service baggage drops, and e-gates, have all streamlined the passenger journey and increased speed and efficiency, says the company.

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Cargo Clearance Runway Airline 222

Simple Flying

APRIL 7, 2025

A typical takeoff on an airliner looks something like this - the pilot-flying (PF) lines up their jet on a runway, and the pilot-monitoring (PM) receives clearance from the tower controller to depart. The PF advances the throttles slowly and checks the engine gauges to ensure that both motors are stable.

Clearance 110

Clearance Runway Pilot Jet 110

AV Web

DECEMBER 25, 2024

In a preliminary report released Wednesday, the Japan Transport Safety Board (JTSB) identified crew confusion as the primary cause of the incident, noting that the JCG crew mistakenly believed they had clearance to enter the runway before being struck by Japan Airlines jetliner at Tokyos Haneda Airport.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Clearance Jet 111

Aerotime

JUNE 7, 2024

Twenty seconds after the Delta 737 began its takeoff roll, an American Airlines B777 bound for London Heathrow Airport (LHR), carrying 149 passengers and crew, crossed the same runway without clearance.

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Air Traffic Control Runway Clearance Airplanes 283

Aerotime

MARCH 19, 2025

According to the report the flight crew said that were initially given a clearance to taxi to runway 22L via F taxiway and to hold short of 4L. What the Flexjet flight crew reported The Flexjet flight crew told investigators after asking for taxiing instructions from the airport ground control the response did not make sense to them.

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Runway Pilot Approach Clearance 173

Simple Flying

JANUARY 4, 2025

Having been given clearance to land on runway 34R, the Airbus A350-900 touched down and almost immediately hit another aircraft, a stationary Dash-8-300 of the Japan Coast Guard. A year ago, Japan Airlines flight 516, a domestic flight from Sapporo to Tokyo , was on its final approach to the capitals Haneda airport shortly after sunset.

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Runway Final Approach Clearance Approach 105

Flight Training Central

MARCH 5, 2025

The rugged design of a tailwheel airplane and its extra prop clearance opens up the opportunity to land at a wide variety of off-airport locations with soft surfaces, like sand, gravel bars, grass and even mud.

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Clearance Pilot Airplanes Approach 97

Simple Flying

FEBRUARY 2, 2025

The answer lies in the previous statement - to allow larger engines and sufficient ground clearance. The Boeing 737 MAX family features larger, more powerful engines, and its landing gear struts are taller than those of the previous generation 737s.

Clearance 111

Clearance 111

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

You have two pilots in the flight deck, and before crossing a busy runway, youd think that theyd make sure that they do in fact have clearance to cross, and also make sure that theres not any plane on short final. The Southwest aircraft had been given clearance to land, while the Flexjet aircraft had been told to hold short of the runway.

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Runway Air Traffic Control Pilot Clearance 117

Aerotime

JUNE 27, 2024

Clearance to resume deliveries of 737 MAX aircraft is expected in a matter of weeks, according to Bloomberg. Delivery of new Boeing aircraft was stopped in May 2024, for the Civil Aviation Administration of China (CAAC) to conduct a review of batteries used in the 25-hour cockpit voice recorder.

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Clearance Cockpit Jet Airline 301

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 14, 2025

This incident happened in the early morning hours of March 2, 2025, and involves the pilots of an All Nippon Airways Boeing 777, who were trying to get taxi clearance. Like, youre on request isnt a standard term to tell pilots to stand by for their taxi clearance. As soon as this aircraft lands, Ill get you moving.

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Air Traffic Control Pilot Clearance Runway 112

AV Web

MARCH 19, 2025

In its report, the NTSB cited crew interviews, in which the Flexjet pilots described confusion as to their taxi clearance, which included clearance to turn left and taxi on Runway 04L, cross Runway 31L and hold short of Runway 31C.

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Runway Clearance Final Approach Approach 81

Aerotime

JULY 26, 2024

This is due to the need for stringent background checks and security clearances. For example, hiring aviation staff in Berlin-Brandenburg typically takes at least one month just to obtain security clearance from the Aviation Authority for a new worker.

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Clearance Approach Airline Airlines 251

Flight Training Central

APRIL 18, 2025

The FAA points out that recent data shows several incidents and accidents where crews misjudged terrain clearance, failed to adequately plan descent profiles, or were late in configuring the aircraft for landing. ATC expectations : Pilots should not assume ATC will provide obstacle clearance during a visual approach.

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Approach Aeronautical Decision-Making Clearance Stability 52

Aerotime

JUNE 13, 2024

The moment the captain asks to fly, we do all the clearances for them, the dispatch, the ground handling the fueling the catering, so it’s a one stop shop for everything.” “When our guests book a flight with us, they just don’t book the flight, they get the clearance, the dispatch…everything,” he added. “We

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Jet Clearance General Aviation Airline 279

Pilot Institute

JANUARY 24, 2025

Special VFR is a clearance issued by Air Traffic Control (ATC) that allows pilots to operate in weather conditions below the standard VFR minimums. Lets take a look at special VFR clearances in detail so that you can make an informed decision about using them in the future. Student pilots cannot request Special VFR clearances.

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Clearance Pilot in Command Ceiling Weather 52

One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 6, 2025

Air traffic controller: I thought we agreed that you were gonna cross WHEEZY at two, so this is the second clearance that youre not abiding. I want to know why youre not complying with the clearance that Im giving you. NetJets pilot: Execjet 636, roger. Air traffic controller: No, roger isnt the answer.

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Air Traffic Control Pilot Approach Clearance 117

AV Web

APRIL 8, 2025

Types of Runway Incursions An incursion results when a pilot crosses a runway-hold marking, takes off, or lands, without clearance. A vehicle deviation occurs if it crosses a runway-hold marking without ATC clearance. The most common incursion is failing to hold short of an assigned clearance limit, especially a runway hold marking.

Runway 52

Runway Clearance Approach Pilot 52

Aerotime

JUNE 10, 2024

[link] pic.twitter.com/O1ccRpJn39 — Flightradar24 (@flightradar24) June 9, 2024 An IndiGo spokesperson told the Times of India that the IndiGo flight from Indore was given a landing clearance by the air traffic control tower.

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Air Traffic Control Lift Pilot in Command Runway 261

AV Web

MARCH 11, 2025

The NTSB briefing, as well as the Preliminary Report, included a graphic (shown above) illustrating that a mere 75 feet of altitude clearance separated Route 4 from the normal descent profile to Runway 33. They crashed into the Potomac River, killing all 67 on board both aircraft.

Runway 110

Runway Descent Clearance Approach 110

Aerotime

JULY 9, 2024

With clearance given by air traffic controllers, the flight left its assigned altitude of 34,000ft, descending at around 3,000ft per minute according to data obtained from Flightradar24. The crew then requested an emergency descent to an altitude below 10,000ft where oxygen masks would no longer be required by all those onboard the flight.

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Descent Air Traffic Control Transponder Clearance 284

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Having received clearance to do so, the plane turned south and began its descent back towards Schiphol. However, just six minutes later having reached an altitude of 6,000ft (1,830m), the crew leveled the aircraft off and requested an immediate return to the airport.

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Air Traffic Control Cargo Runway Descent 284

AV Web

MARCH 21, 2025

Cancel takeoff clearance. A Southwest crew got their aircraft up to 70 knots on a taxiway in Orlando before a controller noticed and ordered them to stop on Thursday. 3278 stop, 3278 stop. Stop Southwest 3278, stop! CNN quoted the controller as saying. Youre on H taxiway Southwest 3278.

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Clearance Knot Runway Airline 71

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

However, theres not much to it the aircraft received clearance to land, and that was the end of the communication. [link] pic.twitter.com/4ie8my5n01 News Channel3 Now (@newschannel3now) February 17, 2025 Below is the air traffic control audio from the incident, per VASAviation.

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Knot Air Traffic Control Crosswind Clearance 114

iPad Pilot News

APRIL 9, 2025

If you receive a clearance to hold at a waypoint currently entered in your flight plan, tap that waypoint ID in the Route Editor and select the Hold function. Learn more in this ForeFlight video tip from Sportys Flying with ForeFlight online training course.

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Clearance Flight Plan Weather Pilot 52

Aerotime

DECEMBER 25, 2024

It has been reported by Kyodo News that Japan is even contemplating pre-clearance for visitors from South Korea. Record numbers of South Koreans have been visiting Japan in 2024, with 3.73 million arriving in the first half of the year alone, according to the Japan National Tourism Organization. million visitors in 2019.

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Airline Airlines Clearance Lift 268

Aerotime

DECEMBER 23, 2024

However, by 2019, the type had received FAA clearance to be operated by air taxi and charter operators. Originally the Vision Jet was intended for personal usage and for pilots flying other existing Cirrus products (such as the SR20 and SR22 piston propellor general aviation aircraft) who were seeking an upgrade in the equipment they flew.

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Jet General Aviation Clearance Knot 284

Aerotime

MAY 13, 2024

Dublin Airport is committed to providing world-class facilities and experiences, exemplified by the US pre-clearance facilities available for Delta flights, ensuring seamless journeys for passengers, the statement adds.

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Clearance 261

World Airline News

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

Summary  Now that final clearance has been received from regulators, Alaska Airlines can close the transaction and shift focus to obtaining a single operating certificate from the FAA.

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Clearance Airline Airlines 64

Aerotime

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

At this point, the pilots will contact ATC for push and start clearance , allowing the plane to be pushed back from its parking position (if applicable, depending on the airport) and to start its engines in sequence.

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Cabin Crew Runway Clearance Knot 274

One Mile at a Time

OCTOBER 18, 2024

The issue here is that the tower controller gave a plane clearance for takeoff literally one second after another plane had been given clearance to cross that same runway. Once the controller figures out what’s going on, here’s how the communication goes: San Diego Tower: “Southwest 1478, cancel takeoff clearance.”

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Runway Clearance Air Traffic Control Knot 117

Simple Flying

AUGUST 23, 2024

Theres still some haze over the proposed merger of Alaska-Hawaiian Airlines, as several reports are now examining the slight change in the language of Alaskas official statement regarding the clearance of the DOJ review period.

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Clearance Airline Airlines 116

Fear of Landing

APRIL 18, 2025

Once they’d received clearance to start the engines, he began running through the BEFORE START checklist with the captain. The marshaller signalled back clearance to start. The ground controller had given him clearance to start the engines and taxi from the stand on that occasion as well. Remember the pneumatic system?

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Weight-Shift-Control Cargo Clearance Cockpit 72