Pilot Institute

JUNE 9, 2025

Pilots use holds for traffic delays, weather, emergencies, planning, or runway changes. Wind correction is critical, especially crosswind drift on the outbound leg. Runway Changes (or Closure) Where possible, airplanes normally like to land in the wind. Yep, those runway numbers do mean something. The crosswind component.

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Airplanes Crosswind Approach Knot 52

Air Facts

JULY 15, 2024

I did a checkride in 30 knot winds in the flatlands of Kansas, almost straight down the runway. Here’s a video of a 182 flipping in 30 knot winds at Las Vegas (with jet blast the deciding factor). I’ve landed in strong winds enough times that 30 knots can seem routine, as long as it’s reasonably aligned with the runway.

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Crosswind Knot Rudder Turbulence 98

One Mile at a Time

JUNE 1, 2024

In the video, the aircraft can be seen trying to land on runway 28, which is the airport’s shortest runway, at just over 8,200 feet in length. According to the user who uploaded the video, there was no crosswind at the time of this go around, but the runway was wet. Was this just some freak incident?

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Runway Crosswind Pilot Jet 117

Professional Pilot

JANUARY 2, 2025

By combining real-time sensor inputs with advanced visual modeling, the SVS highlights runway markers, lead-ins, and airport domes. Paired with the EVS-3000 enhanced flight vision system (EFVS), the avionics deliver real-time imagery of runway lighting, terrain, and obstacles.

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Flight Deck Jet Visual Meteorological Conditions (VMC) Primary Flight Display 75

Flying Magazine

MAY 15, 2024

If utilizing Runway 17 with left traffic, the crosswind turn will be heading 080, downwind 350, base 260, etc. Don’t accept the excuses of “I can’t fly if I can’t see the runway,” or “I can’t feel the airplane.” Then the CFI should increase the winds so they are 10 knots (or more) above the demonstrated crosswind component.

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Crosswind Airplanes VOR Runway 111

Flying Magazine

JUNE 5, 2025

Carroll County Airport (4M1) is the closest airport to town center, although it does not offer jet-A fuel. Located in Berryville, Arkansas, the airport is roughly a 19-minute drive from Eureka Springs downtown business district, and it boasts a single asphalt runway.

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Runway Pilot AGL Crosswind 72

Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

The CRJ is interesting to fly with a lot of trimming required as it’s a long-bodied jet with a large swing either side of the CG. I mean, all jets I have flown are like that, but this is fairly sensitive to pitch, power, and flap configuration—all requiring lots of trimming. With a lighter corporate jet, that is powerful.

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Crosswind Weather Knot Aileron 105

Air Facts

MAY 24, 2024

We started up the engine, got the weather, asked the tower for our instrument flight plan, and began to taxi from the T-hangars on the east side of the field down the familiar route of “Hotel, Echo” to runway 18 right for a departure to the north with a turn to the east. Destin Tower told me to expect a right base for a landing on Runway 12.

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Aileron Crosswind Knot Runway 98

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 8, 2025

I can tell you the wind limitations for every jet Ive flown, as they were memory items we were required to know. Every reference to a crosswinds in the operators manual are as follows: Hydraulic disc brakes and a steerable nosewheel aid in positive directional control during taxiing and crosswind landings.

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Crosswind Wind Shear Knot Airplanes 93

Plane and Pilot

MAY 3, 2025

The rich can dream of jets and warbirds. You can see other Weick influences, such as the oil-damped tricycle landing gearall produced Cherokees are trikeswith a wide track to make crosswind landings more manageable. There were 23 runway loss of control (RLOC) events. We found six runway overrun accidents.

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Approach Airplanes Stability Weight-Shift-Control 67

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

The little plane leapt into the air almost immediately as the wind seemingly swirled from every direction along the 5,000-foot runway. Once there, he put us in a slight right turn toward our first fuel stop 60 miles ahead, continuously fighting the stick as the gusting left crosswind did its best to push us off course.

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Runway Crosswind Rudder Pilot 98

Jetwhine

JUNE 2, 2025

We hopped on a jet and flew out there and received 25 hours of training in the instructor’s Cessna 180 together. I have worked hard to keep him on the runway and not off in the weeds. Maybe in another 22 years he’ll finally nail those crosswind landings if we’re lucky. He has done pretty well for the most part.

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Airplanes Crosswind Tail Runway 52

Vintage Aviation News

OCTOBER 18, 2024

At that point, you’re simply looking down the runway, and then it lifts off. You just make one great big U-turn, that way you can kind of watch the runway the whole time. That was kind of a strange feeling to get over that squishiness as the airplane settles down on the runway.” ” Ed Storos and His Bulldog. .”

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Crosswind Airplanes Tail Cockpit 124

Plane and Pilot

AUGUST 27, 2024

Back in the early days of jet airliners, pilots long experienced in more forgiving two- and four-engine, piston-powered prop planes found themselves running out of airspeed, altitude, and ideas on the final approach to landing. Some pilots soar like eagles to a smooth touchdown, and others settle to the runway like wounded turkeys.

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Stability Approach Runway Pilot 82

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

It was go-home day and launching with our back to the storm seemed appropriate as we headed to Detroit, where we were scheduled to step onto another jet and catch a ride home to finish our trip. We were tasked with ferrying an empty jet to LaGuardia Airport (KLGA), then we’d catch a ride home in the back of a different jet.

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Runway Approach Knot Jet 52

AV Web

JULY 1, 2025

With type ratings in Canadair Challengers and Embraer Phenom jets, plus lots of experience teaching in LSAs, gyroplanes and in the AirCam twin-engine LSA in both land and sea configuration, Wilkinson has seen all kinds come through the door—from senior astronauts to film stars to jamokes like me. The RV-12 is no different.

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Gross Weight Knot Airplanes Pilot 52

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

There was a nice crosswind, and I demonstrated landing on a concrete expansion joint, offset from the runway centerline. Then off to the other runway for a full stop. Rolling out on the runway, I got distracted and went past my turnoff. I could tell that this had the CFI’s full attention.

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Pitot Tube Approach Aileron Instrument Landing System 79

Northstar VFR

JULY 2, 2023

Remember when your CFI taught you to turn crosswind around 500-700 feet? Section 4-3-3 states “If remaining in the traffic pattern , commence turn to crosswind leg beyond the departure end of the runway within 300 feet of pattern altitude.” It’s in there. In this case, Part 91 wouldn’t apply to you. As simple as that.

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Federal Aviation Regulations Aeronautical Information Manual Crosswind Pilot 52

iPad Pilot News

MARCH 27, 2025

AvioFuel is primarily designed for turboprop and jet aircraft. Boeing Company Allows Boeing flight crews to calculate takeoff analysis, landing analysis and weight and balance information, correcting for pressure variation, runway conditions, engine bleeds and MEL items.

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Weather Pilot Flight Plan Airplanes 91

Professional Pilot

JULY 3, 2024

Climate Scientist T he pilots of the intercontinental business jet had just finished transmitting their position report from FL330 over the Philippine Sea when one noticed the contrails of a commercial jet approaching their position a few thousand feet above their altitude. Understanding turbulence can be key to a smooth flight.

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Turbulence Weather Jet Pilot 40

Fly with Eva

FEBRUARY 24, 2018

So many times I flew the ILS to runway 25R, with the beautiful skyline of Barcelona on the righthand side. We tackle the first hurdle the next day: despite a proper jet lag we pass the Performance and Air Law ATPL exams. My last flight on the Boeing 737 is already two months behind me now. I really enjoy the simulator phase a lot.

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Approach Flight Deck Cargo Pilot 52

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Additionally, demand for air travel soared in the post-war years, going on to reach even higher levels once the jet age arrived in the late 1950s. The airport’s original plans called for five similar terminal buildings, all built in the central area between the runways.

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Runway Jet Threshold Crosswind 271

Pilot Institute

APRIL 12, 2025

The principle is the same whether the aircraft gets thrust from propellers or jet engines. A propeller forces air backward, while a jet engine ignites a mixture of air and fuel to generate hot gases that eject backward. In jet engines, increasing throttle increases the fuel flow, producing more exhaust gases that can be flung backward.

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Torque Lift Thrust Aileron 52

Northstar VFR

MARCH 23, 2025

You may have even seen a few YouTube videos of jets doing go-around maneuvers set to Kens song. As an aircraft enters the traffic pattern, it begins the process of getting configured to land on the runway. At least one of the visual references for the intended runway must be visible and identifiable.

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Pilot Wind Shear Instrument Meteorological Conditions Runway 52

Fear of Landing

JUNE 13, 2025

The single runway, 05/23, is 3,505 metres long (11,500 feet). Initial reports made much of the fact that on FlightRadar24, the aircraft appeared to enter the runway at an intersection without backtracking, meaning that they did not make full use of the runway., The airport elevation is 189 feet above mean sea level.

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Runway Lift UTC Cabin Crew 121

Air Facts

AUGUST 21, 2024

Below, the boats and jet skis stream across the lake—people enjoying their own adventure this evening as I fly overhead. More turns, steep banks, and soon enough I spot her orange kayak in the lake just off the end of runway 9. I make the turn off the runway, another radio call, and I taxi to the pumps.

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Groundspeed Runway Approach Crosswind 98

Flying Magazine

MAY 20, 2025

From careening the Carolinas Air Museum DC-3 (now the Sullenberger Aviation Museum in Charlotte, North Carolina) uncertainly down the runway to a rocket-like takeoff in the Cessna CJ1, my world took on a surreal, happy state. The experience gave me confidence that I could fly a single-pilot jet, so Cathy and I bought a Beechcraft Premier 1.

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Pilot Crosswind Airplanes Jet 118

Professional Pilot

MARCH 6, 2025

It had a short runway which was often contaminated with snow and ice. That day would be even more challenging because of a strong crosswind, but the companys CEO was bringing several important clients for a weekend of skiing at the resort near the airport. This often means encountering wicked and gusty crosswinds.

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Crosswind Instrument Meteorological Conditions Weather Runway 40

Vintage Aviation News

MAY 16, 2024

Next was a de Havilland “cavalcade”, one of the most famous British manufacturers, de Havilland built everything from famous training aircraft to jet fighters, the fabulous Mosquito wooden bomber, and passenger airliners including the world’s first commercial jet airliner the Comet.

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Crosswind Jet Weather Tail 52

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 7, 2025

Once youre used to those key differences, flying and landing a Stearman (without much crosswind, wink wink) is just as enjoyable, if not more, than a Cub. Imagine rolling down the runway, feeling like youre in a rocket ship, only to feel a metaphorical afterburner kick in that catapults you towards the sky.

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Airplanes Tail Pilot Jet 98

Air Facts

AUGUST 26, 2024

But too much airspeed can lead to bounced landings if the pilot tries to force the airplane on the runway or a runway excursion if the airplane runs out of room before it runs out of speed. The left wing dropped and the airplane descended off the side of the runway, impacted terrain, and cartwheeled before coming to rest.”

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Knot Runway Airplanes Pilot 98

Air Facts

JUNE 21, 2024

If there was even a puff of crosswind, the aircraft would drift left or right of centerline as the student (the “learner,” but the FAA term really doesn’t describe this guy) went into his landing flare as the crosswind blew us sideways, and he had no clue how to keep the airplane on centerline. I don’t think he believed me.

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Rudder Crosswind Knot Aileron 75

Inflight Pilot Training

MAY 22, 2025

Multiple Runways Flying Cloud features three runways: two parallel east-west runways (10L/28R and 10R/28L) and one north-south (18/36). Adaptability to prevailing winds for crosswind training. Separate patterns for different types of aircraft (jets vs. piston). Want to experience it for yourself?

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Runway Weather Pilot Checkride 52

World Airline News

JUNE 10, 2025

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Cargo Airline Airlines Jet 52