Clearance Descent Turbulence 
Air Facts
APRIL 29, 2024
I requested a descent from 6,000’ down to 4,000’ and was denied due to traffic. I was soon cleared to descend to 4,000’ and entered IMC during the descent while I located the approach chart to brief. I began a rapid descent from 3,000’ down to the 2,000’ for the IAF. The IAF was looming closer. Sometimes simpler is better.
Flight Training Central
FEBRUARY 21, 2024
You can’t cancel IFR, because you won’t be able to maintain VFR cloud clearance requirements. Approval for a contact approach lets you make a legal, visual descent to land without fuss and while retaining your IFR status. Navigate to the Airport You may begin your descent once you’re cleared, un-less ATC instructed otherwise.
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Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure
MARCH 28, 2024
The turbulence was not as bad as what I was anticipating and for most parts of the flight, it was smooth. Finally before started our descent, our female Captain came on and updated us on our arrival and weather update and with a prediction of light turbulence during our approach. Off we go, fortunately it wasn't turbulent.
Plane and Pilot
AUGUST 6, 2024
Even though synthetic vision might help me perform an emergency descent to a valley that might not be cloud filled, that’s pretty sketchy as a risk-mitigation strategy. Also, from when I lived out West, there was the mountaintop clearance guideline—1,000 feet for every 10 knots of wind, with 30 knots meaning no-go.
NYC Aviation
JUNE 17, 2020
EDCT – Expected Departure Clearance Time. It warns pilots of a too high or too low descent path. Turbulence – Momentary, erratic changes in altitude or attitude. The runway release time assigned to an aircraft operating in traffic management programs.
Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure
NOVEMBER 2, 2023
Once everyone settled down, the captain announced about our flight details and warn us about the expected turbulence during takeoff. After take off, we hit some turbulence while climbing to our assigned flight level. Was the turbulence as bad as my BOA (VVI-GRU) flight? This is when the turbulence started.
Photographic Logbook
JULY 11, 2024
But I accepted the clearance knowing that I could change it with a local Approach control like Syracuse. At one point, we entered a region of sufficient turbulence that I disengaged the autopilot to hand-fly. We reached the minimum descent altitude and the airport was nowhere to be seen. This was even better than I requested.
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