Clearance Runway Weather 
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.
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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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. First, listen to the current ATIS broadcast (weather). Taxiways that cross narrow runways or runways that meet at odd angles are common culprits.
Aerotime
NOVEMBER 22, 2024
These figures are vital for the crew to be able to calculate the actual take-off speed of the airplane in the prevailing weather conditions (as we’ll see later). One of the first items on before taxi checklists is to set the take-off flaps well before the aircraft approaches the runway.
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.
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. Investigators found weather conditions at the time of the crash to be VMC with a visibility of 10 miles.
One Mile at a Time
JULY 20, 2024
The plane took off roughly on schedule, at 4:15PM, and most of the flight was routine, though it took a bit longer than usual due to weather enroute, as the plane made several detours. On top of that, weather conditions in Tampa weren’t great that day, with rain and strong gusts, so it was a tricky approach.
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