Final Approach Runway Wind Shear 
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.
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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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.
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.
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.
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).
Chess In the Air
JUNE 24, 2022
I was listening intently to the ASOS for wind or gusts, letting it repeat 5 or 6 times with the exact same report: 9 kts straight down the runway; no gusts. That was the runway we would use to land. It’s worth noting that Shmulik had a close call in the past: a jet pulled onto the runway in front of him with no radio call.
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