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.

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Runway Final Approach Clearance Approach 105

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. One of the first items on before taxi checklists is to set the take-off flaps well before the aircraft approaches the runway.

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Cabin Crew Runway Clearance Knot 269

Aerotime

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

These served to further enhance operational efficiency and the overall passenger experience at Zayed International Airport.

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Cargo Clearance Runway Airline 243

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 108

AV Web

JANUARY 21, 2025

The report targets pilot error (one aircraft lining up for the wrong runway), controller mistakes, and controller staffing shortages as probable causes in the accident. The Mirage was cleared from the north for a left downwind to the visual approach to Runway 30L and acknowledged the clearance.

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Clearance Runway Approach Flight Plan 119

AV Web

OCTOBER 24, 2024

According to FAA audio recordings, the King Air crew contacted the local controller to report their approach on a 6-mile final for runway 33. The controller informed them about another aircraft waiting on the runway, stating that it would take off before the King Air’s arrival, and subsequently issued a landing clearance for runway 33.

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Clearance Runway Final Approach Approach 98

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

In the United States, an average of 1,600 runway incursions occur annually. Yet, despite the FAA citing runway incursion reduction as one of their top priorities, we have not seen a sustained or substantial reduction in occurrences. Key Takeaways Definition: Unauthorized presence on active runways or taxiways.

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Runway Clearance Air Traffic Control Pilot 52

One Mile at a Time

AUGUST 27, 2024

While the aircraft was being given taxi clearance, there was a minor misunderstanding, which wasn’t a big deal (but I still think it’s important context, since the Aeromexico pilot is in the wrong here): ATC: “Aeromexico 401, cross runway 31R at echo, follow the 777 ANA on charlie.” That’s seven miles.”

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Air Traffic Control Pilot Clearance Runway 124

Fear of Landing

DECEMBER 13, 2024

The airport has a single north-south asphalt runway (01/19) of 2,515 metres (8,250 feet). The runway elevation is 646 feet above mean sea level. QNH one zero two zero, ILS approach runway one nine, information Uniform. SwiftAir DHL flight 18D : 4,000 feet, QNH one zero one niner, expecting ILS runway one niner.

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Runway Approach UTC Knot 87

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

For an instrument pilot, though, there is one key difference between a smaller, non-towered airport and a larger one with an air traffic control tower: obtaining an IFR clearance. Call for your IFR clearance, including route, altitude, and transponder code. Here are three ways to get a clearance at a non-towered airport.

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Clearance Air Traffic Control Airplanes Transponder 52

Flight Training Central

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

This means you need to contact the tower on the appropriate frequency and receive clearance to enter. Read Back Clearances : When you receive instructions or clearances from the tower, read them back to confirm you’ve understood them correctly. This provides a memory and visual aid to ensure your arrival on the correct runway.

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Clearance Runway Weather Approach 97

AV Web

MAY 22, 2024

As we waited for clearance to cross Runway 13/31, the ground controller said, “Southwest 123 cleared to cross Runway 13/31 on Echo. After clearing me to cross the runway a minute later, ground control instructed the second 737, “Southwest 456, taxi to the holding line; caution prop wash.”

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Clearance Runway Jet 95

Flight Training Central

MAY 28, 2024

The numbers 4 and 22 on the approach ends of the runway indicate that the runway is orientated approximately 004° and 022° true. If the wind is as shown by the landing direction indicator, the pilot should land on Runway 9 and expect a crosswind from the right. Runway 31 directly into the wind. 040° and 220° true.

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Crosswind Runway Clearance Air Traffic Control 98

One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 7, 2025

181 people on board pic.twitter.com/9rQUC0Yxt8 BNO News (@BNONews) December 29, 2024 The localizer antenna (used for aircraft navigation) was a couple of hundred meters down the end of the runway, which isnt unusual. We know the plane had initially been given clearance to land on runway 1.

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Runway Clearance Cockpit Pilot 106

One Mile at a Time

JULY 11, 2024

At 1:26PM local time, the aircraft took off from Milan Malpensa Airport’s runway 35L. However, while rotating, the jet struck its tail on the runway. As a result, runway 35L was closed for inspection. Flight performed a fuel dump and landed safely at 12:50 UTC on runway 35R. So, what happened here?

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Tail Runway UTC Clearance 118

One Mile at a Time

JULY 29, 2024

As the Delta 737 made a right turn onto a taxiway to get onto the runway, the winglet hit the tail of the Delta Airbus A320 in front of it. That’s because the runway direction had to be changed, as the wind speed picked up. Delta 2046 pilot: “We can get in there, Delta 2046.” Pilots are always supposed to err on the side of caution.

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Air Traffic Control Clearance Runway Jet 119

Air Facts

DECEMBER 18, 2024

One of the things I had to learn was getting my IFR clearance at a non-towered airport on my cell phone while flying with a nose mounted turbine engine. We filed IFR and got our clearance in the usual way from ground control at Punta Gorda, then flew eastward to the uncontrolled Sebring, Florida airport. Now fast forward to 2024.

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Clearance Airplanes Annual Inspection Pilot 96

One Mile at a Time

JULY 20, 2024

Around 2hr50min after departure, the plane was on approach to runway 10 at Tampa Airport. As the plane was coming in over Tampa Bay, while around four miles from the runway, it descended as low as 150 feet, according to ADS-B data. ATC: “Southwest 425, roger, cancel approach clearance, go around runway 10.

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Air Traffic Control Altimeter Runway Weather 141

AV Web

AUGUST 7, 2024

He was subsequently cleared to land on the yellow dot on runway 36L and acknowledged the clearance. miles from the end of runway 36L, catching fire and destroying the plane. The pilot confirmed he had them “in sight” and initiated a left turn. The report noted that the aircraft crashed into a soybean field about 1.5

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Clearance Runway Weather Pilot 98

Flight Training Central

MAY 14, 2024

To taxi from the ramp to the runway at a towered airport, (across the “movement area”), you need to receive a taxi clearance from the Ground controller. This makes it easy for the controller to quickly plan how to get you from your current location to the active runway that’s most aligned with where you’re going.

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Runway Pilot Clearance AGL 52

One Mile at a Time

JANUARY 6, 2025

In this particular incident, a NetJets aircraft with the callsign Execjet 636 was on approach to runway 24 at Teterboro Airport (TEB), but the pilots couldnt seem to follow the (very basic) instructions. 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.

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Air Traffic Control Pilot Approach Clearance 116

AV Web

MAY 22, 2024

As we waited for clearance to cross Runway 13/31, the ground controller said, “Southwest 123 cleared to cross Runway 13/31 on Echo. After clearing me to cross the runway a minute later, ground control instructed the second 737, “Southwest 456, taxi to the holding line; caution prop wash.”

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Clearance Runway Jet 72

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 17, 2024

These systems are designed to help you stay on the correct glide path as you approach the runway. The Visual Approach Slope Indicator (VASI) is a Visual Glide Slope Indicator (VGSI) placed near a runway to help you land safely. Two-Bar VASI As the name suggests, the two-bar VASI uses two sets of lights placed alongside the runway.

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Runway Approach Threshold Clearance 98

One Mile at a Time

OCTOBER 9, 2024

For example, he gives takeoff clearance without stating for which runway. Next, it’s a good thing this guy is working at a small municipal airport and not a major international one, because if this is his definition of “a lot of aircraft” to deal with, then he’d be shocked by what happens at some other airports.

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Air Traffic Control Pilot Clearance General Aviation 121

Pilot's Life Blog

JULY 10, 2024

It also keeps planes organized on the runway, but what is it exactly? Aviation taxiing is when an airplane or other aircraft with wheels rolls off, on, or along the runway at a slow, consistent speed. It’s simply when the plane moves around the runway for other reasons. Learn more from the best flight school in Arizona here.

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Clearance Runway Air Traffic Control Pilot 52

Flying Magazine

APRIL 25, 2024

While we were sitting in the airplane on the morning of the flight, the pilot received his IFR clearance, which kept us on the eastern route. New York clearance delivery would not give us a southwestern departure because of heavy flow in and out of the congested New York airports. The ice began to melt.

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Weather Wind Shear Clearance Turbulence 108

Air Facts

MAY 10, 2024

If you depart MDA on the downwind or base leg, you’re on your own as far as obstacle clearance. What is the runway lighting? Only accurate within 10 degrees of runway heading). Consider the following as a proactive technique: “The pilot who sees the runway in the turn, should be the pilot who flies the approach.

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Approach AGL Descent Runway 97

Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

It’s happened to us that we get a clearance, load the passengers, and start up. We finally get to the runway, but have to wait another 30 to 40 minutes with the engines burning 400 lb of fuel an hour. It would be nice if we could get a notice of the route change when we get the clearance on the ground. hour gate hold.

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Clearance Pilot NOTAMs Weather 98

One Mile at a Time

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

BREAKING : Two Delta Airlines planes collide on runway at Georgia airport. Were the Delta A350 pilots a bit too aggressive with their taxiing, and with ensuring there was sufficient clearance with the CRJ-900? As you’d expect, both aircraft are damaged, and flights ended up being canceled. Fortunately no injuries were reported.

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Tail Jet Air Traffic Control Clearance 116

Professional Pilot

AUGUST 8, 2024

According to the FAA Safety Team (FAASTeam), a stable approach is defined as one in which the pilot establishes and maintains a constant angle glidepath toward a predetermined point on the landing runway. This internal bargaining effect sets a potentially dangerous precedent because there’s no objective limit to defining an unstable approach.

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Approach Descent Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) Runway 105

Pilot Institute

APRIL 26, 2024

Touch and go – aircraft lands on the runway and then accelerates to take off again. Practice requesting and receiving clearances. Before you request your first clearance, follow these inflight tips. Be Ready to Receive the Clearance After you have requested a clearance from ATC, ensure you are ready to receive it.

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Clearance Runway Approach Pilot 52

Photographic Logbook

JULY 5, 2024

While I have an instrument rating in my back pocket and the option to request a pop-up IFR clearance, I try to avoid playing that card unless it's truly necessary. Asking for pop-up IFR clearances too frequently strikes me as evidence of poor planning. Descending over Sodus Bay on approach to runway 10 at the Williamson Sodus Airport.

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Clearance Ceiling Weather Runway 78

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Gone are the days of making an educated guess on a route, only to have ATC respond with a full route clearance with intersections and airways. It now takes only a moment in ForeFlight, Garmin Pilot or FltPlan.com to enter a departure and destination airport and then see recently issued clearances to other aircraft flying the same route.

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Clearance Weather Approach Runway 52

AV Web

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

The Unicorn Clearance It was a quiet morningthe pondering kind. And there it is, the unicorn, the never-used clearance. I can count on one hand, with half my fingers, rounded down, how many times Ive issued this clearance. But despite being my first actual issuance, this clearance didnt feel that way at all. Why was that?

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VFR On Top Clearance Approach Weather 53

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Soon, the eagerly expected runway came into view, and the briefest of traffic patterns put us on the pavement, rolling out in relief. My companion claimed to spot runway lights directly below as I executed the miss. The DH or MDA is just that, a minimum, at which point you either see the runway environment or execute the miss.

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Weather Ceiling Approach Clearance 83

Gary's Flight Journal

MAY 3, 2024

I launched from runway three-two and pointed for the Snow Hill VOR. I already had set up for Patuxent approach so I switched from CTAF to Pax to pick up my clearance. On departure I flew runway heading for a good distance. I think it was a combination of altitude and the active runway at Myrtle Beach.

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Runway Approach Weather VOR 99

Flightworx

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Make permit clearance your pre-flight priority for a smooth and seamless journey. Flightworx draws on years of experience to clear the runway for your smooth journey, no matter the destination. Don’t leave access to chance. The experience, however, can differ depending on the airport you arrive at.

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Runway Jet Fixed Base Operator Flight Plan 52