Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

To cope with these challenges, airline glass flight decks contain a vertical navigation function (VNAV) that keeps the autopilot, and the crew, on the right path to arrive at the final approach fix, or downwind leg, at speed and on altitude. Both of these approaches work with one significant caution. When to Start Down?

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Descent Approach Final Approach Wind Shear 55

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 steep gradient is also noted on the RNAV 20 approach plate.

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Pilot Descent Aeronautical Information Manual Wind Shear 122

Chess In the Air

JULY 4, 2022

Considering the delay in the AWOS reporting, it may also be helpful to proactively use the radio to ask anyone on the ground for the current winds (e.g. Microbursts are not the only source of severe wind-shear close to the ground. Sudden and very powerful surface winds can have various other causes. the local FBO).

Wind Shear 52

Wind Shear AGL Lift Runway 52

Photographic Logbook

APRIL 19, 2024

But a wall of haze ahead did not bode well for the arrival to Northeast Philadelphia and the airport ATIS (automatic terminal information service) indicated that arrivals were using the RNAV instrument approach procedure to runway 6. I intercepted the approach course and after a few moments, reached the final approach fix at JUNIA.

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Approach Wind Shear Runway VOR 69

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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Approach NOTAMs Runway Weather 52

Air Facts

APRIL 24, 2024

After a few minutes of flying through the “chop,” our runway was in sight. Then, descending through just a few hundred feet AGL, and a few hundred yards from the end of the runway, the turbulence diminished. That was the longest, most terrifying final approach—actually the only terrifying final approach—I’ve ever experienced.

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Turbulence Wind Shear Final Approach Ceiling 52

Aerotime

JULY 26, 2024

The United States Air Force has published its final report on the accident involving an Air Force B-1B from the 28th Bomb Wing at Ellsworth Air Force Base in South Dakota which occurred on January 4, 2024. The incident occurred while the crew was conducting a low-visibility approach through dense fog.

Wind Shear 269

Wind Shear Instrument Landing System Final Approach Runway 269