Clearance Descent Turbulence 
Plane and Pilot
FEBRUARY 28, 2025
And lets face it, the key to that flawless approach is often a well-planned descent. In the airline world, descent planning and execution receives a lot of attention. These tools help the pilots deal with this busy section of the flight replete with numerous checklists, changing clearances, and traffic. It depends.
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.
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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.
Fear of Landing
JUNE 7, 2024
The bad weather continued to plague them and the crew were concerned about the lightning, icing and turbulence associated with thunderstorms. The flight crew responded that they were starting the turn and requested clearance direct to Kansas City. The controller cleared the flight and said their descent clearance was being processed.
Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure
AUGUST 2, 2024
Anyway we were informed about the turbulence and for this flight, the first officer did the announcements. There were a few good bumps during take off and more of it during the descent especially flying through the clouds. Almost there now, we had to wait for an arrival before given the clearance to depart.
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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