How Do Runway Conflict Alert Systems Work?
Simple Flying
JANUARY 4, 2025
A year ago, Japan Airlines flight 516, a domestic flight from Sapporo to Tokyo , was on its final approach to the capitals Haneda airport shortly after sunset.
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Simple Flying
JANUARY 4, 2025
A year ago, Japan Airlines flight 516, a domestic flight from Sapporo to Tokyo , was on its final approach to the capitals Haneda airport shortly after sunset.
Aerotime
MAY 22, 2024
According to Times of India, the B777-330ER, with registration A6-ENT, was descending to make its final approach on the airport’s runway 27 when it crossed paths with a flock of flamingos flying north to Kutch, a known feeding and breeding ground.
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Aerotime
JULY 19, 2024
The approach to Sioux City With the aircraft at a range of about nine miles from touchdown at Sioux City, the crew made visual contact with the airport. During the final approach, Haynes noted a high sink rate alarm from the aircraft’s ground proximity warning syst em (GPWS).
Aerotime
DECEMBER 20, 2024
Having been cruising along at around 500 miles per hour (800 kph) or so, depending on aircraft type, the crew will need to reduce this to around 150 mph (240 kph) for the final approach, and even lower for the actual landing itself. At this point, the use of the aircraft’s flaps becomes critical.
Fear of Landing
DECEMBER 13, 2024
On the 25th of November 2024, a Boeing 737-400 crashed on final approach to Vilnius airport with one fatality. 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. Screenshot from ADSB Exchange; click for detail.
AV Web
JANUARY 16, 2025
Photo By Terk Williams Flight line as the sun was just coming up behind an A6 Photo By Michael Phillips Doc on final approach to runway 26 at KCMA Photo by Peter Coen Taken Thanksgiving evening while en route to Salisbury, NC Photo By William Keller The post Picture Of The Week: January 17, 2025 appeared first on AVweb.
Simple Flying
JULY 23, 2024
On a foggy winter morning in February 2009, Turkish Airlines Flight 1951, using a Boeing 737-800, was on a seemingly routine final approach into Amsterdams Schiphol Airport when it suddenly stalled and fell out of the sky about a mile from the runway.
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 King Air was on a 2-mile final approach to runway 33, while the American flight was directed to hold short of runway 1, waiting for another aircraft to clear the runway.
AV Web
JANUARY 14, 2025
Data from FlightRadar24 shows the path of the United Boeing on a long final approach to KPHX coming within a few hundred feet of the Delta Airbus, which was turning toward the runway from the north above Estrella Village, about 10 miles west of the airport. Air traffic control issued corrective instructions to both flight crews.
AV Web
JULY 21, 2024
The FAA continues to investigate a Southwest Airlines flight that descended to within 150 feet of the surface some four miles from the end of the runway at Tampa International Airport in Florida, according to ADS-b data posted by FlightAware. At that point in the GPS approach, the aircraft should have been at 1,600 feet.
One Mile at a Time
JANUARY 14, 2025
There are runways 7L and 7R (which are parallel, at a heading of 70 degrees), and then theres runway 8 (which is nearly parallel, as its at a heading of 80 degrees). The runway layout at Phoenix Airport The United 737 was coming straight in to land on runway 7R. Meanwhile the Delta A330 was on a base leg for runway 8.
Flying Magazine
MAY 3, 2024
The NTSB released its final report into the fatal April 2022 accident that occurred when the pilot was on approach to Burley Municipal Airport (KBYI). The aircraft collided with an exhaust stack that lies directly beneath the extended centerline of Runway 20. The accident happened shortly after 8:30 a.m.
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.
Professional Pilot
AUGUST 8, 2024
Challenger 604, G-IV Contributing Writer Pilatus PC-12 on approach at ORL. Air traffic control instructions often lead to unstable approaches. The request to make a short approach or maintain a higher-than-normal speed to the final approach fix is the most common reason pilots don’t meet stable approach criteria.
Pilot's Life Blog
JANUARY 5, 2025
Learning how to land a Piper Seminole means becoming comfortable with these avionics, which help guide the aircraft through the landing procedure, ensuring optimal approach speeds and alignment with the runway. The aircrafts landing gear is retractable, which must be extended during the final approach.
iPad Pilot News
JUNE 7, 2024
Last year, the app added Traffic on Runway alerts to notify pilots about potential conflicts between aircraft on final approach with another aircraft on the runway. In recent years, ForeFlight has made great strides in using this ADS-B traffic data to better alert pilots of potential hazards beyond en-route avoidance.
Fear of Landing
AUGUST 9, 2024
The FFZ airfield has a 900-foot grass runway (18/36) and a low-altitude traffic pattern, allowing for spectators to watch the demonstrations of the slower aircraft. An airfield traffic pattern, also known as a circuit, is a standard path used by air traffic approaching the runway.
Air Facts
MAY 10, 2024
What is the runway lighting? Only accurate within 10 degrees of runway heading). If you choose to fly a Circle-to Land approach to a runway without a VASI or PAPI, you are greatly increasing your vertical flight error path (possibility/probability). What speed on final approach? No later than).
Pilot Institute
OCTOBER 17, 2024
They are the Visual Approach Slope Indicator and Precision Approach Path Indicator. These systems are designed to help you stay on the correct glide path as you approach the runway. VASI and PAPI each have their own approach. nautical miles from the runway threshold.
Aviation Bussiness News
NOVEMBER 25, 2024
Swiftair Boeing B737-400 performing flight from Leipzig to Vilnius was on final approach when the aircraft crashed about 1-2 miles from the runway impacting a building and burst into flames. One of the occupants onboard received fatal injuries. The other three occupants were taken to hospital.
Photographic Logbook
JUNE 1, 2024
In my case, I reached a midfield left downwind simultaneously with another Cherokee on a right midfield downwind for the same strip of pavement, runway 2. As I watched the other aircraft make a turning descent toward the runway numbers, I wondered if the tower was going to want to call my base as a way of sequencing us.
Air Facts
APRIL 29, 2024
I would then level off, slow down, dirty up, run a tight circle to land on the opposing runway. ” As I broke out of the clouds on the final approach course, I flew about 1.5 The approach end of runway 24 came into view, followed by the rest of the airport as we entered the left downwind to runway 6.
Flying Magazine
MAY 6, 2024
Subscribe Now Featured A) Two Radials Depicted From the STL VOR, there are two radials depicted that intersect with the final approach path—the R-144 and the R-194. C) FAF Identification No DME is offered for this approach, but you could use an IFR GPS to help with identification of the final approach fix waypoint at the EAVES LOM.
Fear of Landing
DECEMBER 6, 2024
Runway 14, a 4,202 foot runway , was in use. During the final stages of the flight, air traffic control told the pilot to expect the RNAV A approach to Montgomery County. The pilot asked for the RNAV GPS RWY 14 approach, which had lower minimums. View of GPS track when viewed from landing runway (NTSB) At about 1.25
iPad Pilot News
DECEMBER 26, 2024
When approaching to land at an airport, how can you display a final approach path aligned with the planned landing runway? Tap the airport location on the moving map, select the Runway tab and tap the number of the planned runway. Reference the airport NOTAMs for runway braking conditions.
Air Facts
SEPTEMBER 2, 2024
Two distraught souls were loaded on to the seaplane and taking off from the lagoon was always an easy runway. ATC gave me a priority approach and landing in the lake. On final approach to the water another awful wave of pain ran through me making this landing a one-shot event in my mind.
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. In other words, how you get to the runway is mostly a matter of manners , not regulations. The AFH specifically recommends overflying the pattern by two miles before turning inbound.
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. Several of these unstabilized approaches resulted in major aircraft damage or worse. No pressure.
Fear of Landing
APRIL 19, 2024
It shows the helicopter flying normally, aligned to the runway, and then begin a gentle climb. The pilot told the airport tower controller that he may need the runway. The controller asked the pilot to report when two miles out and to expect runway 28. It rotated several times before crashing into the grass north of runway 28.
Pilot Institute
OCTOBER 16, 2024
But landing it safely on the runway is a skill. Brief that you will use the right rudder to align the aircraft straight with the runway and the left aileron to counteract drift. If you aren’t in alignment with the runway at 500 ft or are off speed or profile, go around. Brief the runway conditions.
Air Facts
SEPTEMBER 13, 2024
The instructor was able to complete the turn, but the airplane overshot the runway. The pilot flying wrote, “After completing the turn back to the field we saw the airport environment and we were located over the runway but more than halfway down runway 17. NTSB ERA22LA393 shows an airplane slow on approach that flared high.
iPad Pilot News
JANUARY 7, 2025
For example, ForeFlight presents both visual pop-up and aural alerts for runway proximity, traffic, cabin altitude, destination weather, terrain, TFRs, final approach runway, low altitude, traffic conflicts and more.
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. We were cleared for the approach and throwing out the landing gear over Queens when a pesky amber caution message popped up: antiskid fail.
Ask Captain Lim
DECEMBER 11, 2024
Recently, the pilot of a Malaysia Airlines A350 earned praise on social media for expertly handling a demanding final approach in London’s Heathrow Airport during a storm that struck Britain. In contrast, Boeing aircraft often use the wing-low technique, maintaining alignment with the runway throughout the approach and landing.
Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure
AUGUST 2, 2024
The airpoort has 4 runways: 09/27, 10/28 , 11L/29R and 11R/29L. It's not easy to arrive early at Mumbai due to the heavy traffic and also the airport operates a single runway for both departure and landing. Pushing back The taxi ride to the runway didn't take long. Just a few more mins to the runway. Almost there!
Pilot Institute
NOVEMBER 19, 2024
A VHF Omnidirectional Range (VOR) approach might seem challenging at first, but like anything, practice makes perfect. This type of approach is a non-precision instrument procedure that uses ground-based radio signals to guide you safely to a waypoint or the runway, even when visibility is poor.
Flying Magazine
APRIL 26, 2024
On the downwind to the westerly runway at LOWI, I experienced a lot of up and down drafts, shear, varying winds, and sloppy controls. For the final approach, I calculated V REF of about 128 was fought with much shear, with airspeed variances of up to 20 to 30 knots, providing a wild ride.
Pilot Institute
DECEMBER 19, 2024
Runway incursions are caused by lapses in awareness and communication. Its key elements include: Upwind leg: After takeoff, you fly straight out, climbing away from the runway. Crosswind leg: You turn 90 degrees to the upwind leg, flying perpendicular to the runway. Determining the Active Runway Where is the active runway based?
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. We were cleared for the approach and throwing out the landing gear over Queens when a pesky amber caution message popped up: antiskid fail.
Flight Training Central
DECEMBER 4, 2023
The final approach speed for a soft field approach and landing should be the same as is used for a short field technique to minimuze float once you enter ground effect. If gusty conditions are present, increase final approach airspeed by one half the gust factor.
Pilot Institute
DECEMBER 12, 2024
Understanding MDA and DA in IFR Approaches How do you land an aircraft if you cant see well because of clouds or fog? Pilots use special paths called IFR approaches to help them line up with the runway. IFR approaches use something called approach minimums. Once you reach the MDA, check if you can see the runway.
Pilot Institute
OCTOBER 13, 2024
A bounced landing is a condition where the aircraft lands on the runway, but instead of rolling on the surface after touchdown, it rebounds/bounces off the ground. This can happen for several reasons: Landing Too Fast At high speeds, your aircraft may be unable to slow down enough before touching down on the runway.
ABEAM
JULY 5, 2024
After the necessary paperwork issues, we took off from runway 34R at Hurghada and got cleared to the right over the Red Sea. In Kuwait, we were told to expect the ILS of runway 33R approach, but when getting near to the ILS, Approach kept us high and even vectored us through the final approach course.
Pilot Institute
MAY 1, 2024
There are two primary providers for approach plates: the FAA and Jeppesen. The heading contains the city, state, airport, runway, and approach name. An approach plate has four main sections: Pilot briefing information. Final approach course. Approach notes. Missed approach procedures.
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