Simple Flying

AUGUST 15, 2024

With millions of flights every year and thousands of aircraft, it can be easy to forget that every plane goes through rigorous testing before flying commercially. As the industry has significantly innovated over the past few decades, modern aircraft are tested across a variety of scenarios to ensure that they operate safely and properly.

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Crosswind Runway Jet 111

One Mile at a Time

MARCH 18, 2025

The aircraft came in to land on runway 22. Not only that, but there was quite a crosswind, as wind was blowing at a direction 40 degrees off the runway heading. The FAA is investigating this incident, and has confirmed this incident, and that the aircrafts left wing struck the runway while landing.

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Air Traffic Control Knot Runway Crosswind 114

Plane and Pilot

APRIL 1, 2025

I lined up on Runway 27. The longest runway at Palm Beach County Park Airport (KLNA) is 3,500 feet, plus fields and open spaces would be ahead of me. At 500 feet down the runway, the little airplane leaped into the air despite my plan to build more speed before taking off. I turned crosswind and attempted to shallow the climb.

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Runway Gross Weight Airplanes Crosswind 62

Ask a Flight Instructor

AUGUST 20, 2024

it is a common practice at the uncontrolled field I fly from for gliders to use a descending 1 nm+ crosswind pattern entry, crossing over the runway extended centerline at the numbers and TPA. What are the possible downsides to this entry for non-gliders and gliders alike?

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Crosswind Runway General Aviation 59

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 12, 2025

The main landing gear featured a swiveling trailing link design to allow landings in a crab, a simple version of the crosswind crab system in the mighty B-52 Stratofortress. In a crosswind, you fly an Ercoupe down the runway with whatever crab angle you need to track the centerline and let the gear figure it out upon touchdown.

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Rudder Tail Crosswind Airplanes 105

WayMan

APRIL 17, 2025

These cone-shaped fabric tubes are mounted on poles near runways, helipads, and taxiways. Pilots use this visual cue to plan their runway approach and takeoff to ensure theyre flying into the winda practice that increases lift and aircraft control. Runway planning: Selecting the best runway based on current wind data.

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Knot Runway Crosswind Pilot 52

Pilot Institute

JANUARY 3, 2025

The windsock is normally placed next to a runway or helipad so that you can easily see it when lined up for takeoff or coming in for a landing. It is your responsibility to evaluate wind conditions before selecting a runway for takeoff or landing. Why is it called a windsock? Consider a windsock as nature’s wind compass.

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Knot Weather Wind Shear Weight-Shift-Control 98

Pilot Institute

MARCH 28, 2025

As at higher altitudes, the vortex movement near the ground is affected by crosswinds. After one aircraft lands, the tailwind pushes the vortices forward into the runways touchdown zone. This lateral movement of vortices is important to know for pilots flying into airports with parallel runways.

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Turbulence Lift Drag Runway 97

Aerotime

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

The NTSB said that it is concerned that Boeing’s “mitigation to overcome a jammed or restricted rudder control system during landing could also result in a large input to the rudder pedals and a sudden, large and undesired rudder deflection sufficient to cause loss of control or departure from the runway”.

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Rudder Crosswind Airplanes Pilot 301

Plane and Pilot

MARCH 25, 2025

Whether it is a short Cub flight to the north for Coopers Bar-B-Que, a true Texas pit grilling experience, or a quick hop over to a makeshift, 1,000-foot grass runway paralleling the road at the local winery, you are sure to be entertained throughout your training. Ill roll out on the runway and slowly bring the power in, I said.

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Knot Airplanes Runway Rudder 111

Simple Flying

AUGUST 23, 2024

A crabbed landing is performed during crosswind when an aircraft is landed by pointing the nose of the aircraft into the wind on landing. As the nose of the aircraft points into the wind, the aircraft moves towards the runway. B-52 Stratrofortresses can't perform crabbed landing like normal aircraft.

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Crosswind Runway 105

Ask Captain Lim

DECEMBER 11, 2024

An Airbus A350 in a strong crosswind with nose pointing away How do pilots handle their planes in strong crosswinds? Landing in strong crosswinds is among the most challenging tasks for pilots, requiring precise techniques to ensure the aircraft touches down safely. Some airlines impose a lower limitation.

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Crosswind Pilot Approach Final Approach 52

Plane and Pilot

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The RNAV approach to the 7,000-foot Runway 31 that snakes around from the Runway 4 extended centerline, loops past Citi Field, and rolls out on a tight-in final approach. I mentioned how rolling through the intersection on Runway 4 is allowed but frowned upon, effectively making the runway shorter if you want to follow custom.

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Runway Approach Knot Jet 66

Air Facts

MARCH 5, 2025

He then returned to Vance to conduct landings from the T-38 overhead pattern on our westernmost runway (17R); thats when the wheels came off. Approximately half way down the runway, you execute a level, 60-degree bank, 180 o turn while reducing power and lowering the speed-brakes to arrive on the inside downwind.

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Pilot Knot AGL Approach 98

Pilot Institute

MARCH 19, 2025

Pilots use METARs for flight safety, runway selection, and weather planning. Ideally, they try to land into a headwind, may tolerate crosswinds , and try to avoid significant tailwinds. To accommodate this, airports will normally choose a runway number corresponding to the general wind direction. What Is a METAR?

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Weather Altimeter Runway NOTAMs 84

Air Facts

JULY 15, 2024

I did a checkride in 30 knot winds in the flatlands of Kansas, almost straight down the runway. I’ve landed in strong winds enough times that 30 knots can seem routine, as long as it’s reasonably aligned with the runway. Until I was porpoising down the runway like a first-time student. The lower I got, the worse it became.

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Knot Crosswind Rudder Turbulence 98

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

Air Facts

SEPTEMBER 25, 2024

This is not an instrument procedure, but rather a way to enter the traffic pattern when approaching from the opposite side of the runway. ” What about the old fashioned midfield crosswind, which many of us grew up flying? In other words, how you get to the runway is mostly a matter of manners , not regulations.

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Crosswind Airplanes Runway Approach 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.

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Runway Crosswind Pilot Jet 118

Pilot Institute

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Crosswind Landings : Learning no-flap crosswind landings can help improve aircraft control in high-wind conditions. This is important because crosswinds can make it difficult to control the aircraft at low speeds, so a no-flaps landing can teach you how to land with a higher approach speed. Higher kinetic energy upon landing.

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Pilot Drag Descent Approach 52

Inflight Pilot Training

MARCH 13, 2025

Example of a Proper Radio Call: Minneapolis Ground, Cessna 172, N12345 at Inflight Aviation, ready to taxi to Runway 12 for departure. Struggling with Crosswind Landings The Mistake: Many student pilots struggle with crosswind landings due to incorrect rudder use or improper control inputs.

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Pilot Crosswind Final Approach Cockpit 52

AV Web

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Two runways remain closed but operations have resumed at Toronto Pearson International Airport after a Delta Connection CRJ 900 crashed, flipped and broke apart on landing, injuring 18 of the 80 people onboard. There were no fatalities among the 76 passengers and four crew members but a child and two adults had serious injuries.

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Crosswind Runway Knot Tail 98

Flight Training Central

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

What is the purpose of the runway/runway hold position sign? Denotes intersecting runways. Denotes area protected for an aircraft approaching or departing a runway. Denotes entrance to runway from a taxiway. What is the difference between a normal landing and a crosswind landing? lean the mixture.

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Density Altitude Aileron Pilot Drag 98

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 105

One Mile at a Time

JUNE 12, 2024

Dublin Airport has submitted plans for a new plane spotting facility, and I adore this concept… Dublin Airport plans aircraft observation area As flagged by Economy Class & Beyond , Dublin Airport has announced plans for a new dedicated viewing area for the public to watch planes take off and land on the airport’s runways.

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Runway Crosswind 118

AV Web

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

In any event, with winds from the north, Approach vectored me to a crosswind to downwind for Runway 01R, which was convenient for the GA ramp at the north end. Noting a field elevation all of 312 feet, I said, Thats a long way down.

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Crosswind Runway Approach Tail 85

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

Pilot Institute

APRIL 22, 2025

In the traffic pattern, youll need to ensure that you maintain a course in relation to the runway. In the traffic pattern, this is the runway. Base to Upwind Leg As your aircraft moves from the downwind leg onto the base leg, the tailwind transforms into a crosswind. Reduce your bank angle smoothly using coordinated controls.

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Crosswind Airplanes Aileron Rudder 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Kentland has a 4,000-foot runway, east/west, with a crosswind straight out of the north. Nobody answered on unicom, and the facilities were at the west end of the airport, so I decided on left traffic for Runway 27. After I turned off the runway, I saw the traffic… a crop duster. What the…?

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Weather Runway Knot Rudder 74

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 8, 2025

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. When making a cross-wind takeoff, hold the nose gear on the runway longer and accelerate to a higher speed than normal.

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Crosswind Wind Shear Knot Airplanes 93

AOPA

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Pilots who use Selawik Airport are encouraged to weigh in this month on upgrade alternatives that could result in the loss of the crosswind runway.

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Crosswind Runway Pilot 59

Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Find the crosswind component for Runway 36 if the reported wind direction is 320 at 12 knots. Find the density altitude of an airport with a field elevation of 843, an air temperature of 7 Celsius, and a barometric pressure of 29.83. 926 175 167 Correct! knots Correct! knots Correct!

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Flight Plan True Airspeed Flight Computer Groundspeed 52

Flying Magazine

APRIL 26, 2024

The small aileron “tabs” were not doing a great job in crosswind ability. On the downwind to the westerly runway at LOWI, I experienced a lot of up and down drafts, shear, varying winds, and sloppy controls. Landing was wild, leading to the aircraft’s big wings striking the ground at times in the crosswinds approaching 35 knots.

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Crosswind Weather Knot Aileron 105

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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Airplanes Crosswind Tail Cockpit 124

Air Facts

MAY 6, 2024

As I listened in to the radio calls, I heard “Cessna November 50788 entering downwind for a full stop on runway 17” and “Twin Cessna November 61237 on final to runway 17”. She was on a left upwind leg to the airport, and would have to make crosswind, downwind, base and final legs to get set up to land. he announced.

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Runway Crosswind Airplanes Knot 98

Flight Training Central

JANUARY 27, 2025

From misjudging the flare to battling crosswinds, these mistakes can challenge pilots of all experience levels. 1) High Roundout Sometimes when the airplane appears to temporarily stop moving downward, the roundout has been made too rapidly and the airplane is flying level, too high above the runway.

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Airplanes Runway Accelerated Stall Lift 89

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 31, 2025

Brake-dependent high performance aircraft obviously need dry runway to meet their normal landing distance numbers, while light airplanes slow down reasonably well with the added drag of snow accumulation. I have made experimental touch-and-goes on an unbroken runway, but that technique carries some risk.

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Runway Airplanes Crosswind Drag 81