Pilot Institute

JULY 12, 2024

Key Takeaways Start by setting up your approach correctly to ensure you arrive at the threshold perfectly every time. Perfect the approach phase by managing the aircraft’s energy and using references to improve positioning throughout the pattern. The easiest way to achieve this is by flying a stabilized approach.

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Descent Weight-Shift-Control Crosswind Runway 52

Pilot Institute

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

The aerials are in a position that provides a threshold crossing height of 50ft. Approach Lighting System (ALS) The ALS helps the pilot transition from instrument flying to visual flying. It consists of lights that start at the landing threshold and extend into the approach area.

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Approach Knot Runway Distance Measuring Equipment 52

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 13, 2024

For most light aircraft, you should aim for a descent rate of 500 feet per minute on the final approach. Stabilized Approach Ideally, the goal should be to achieve a stabilized condition with a constant rate of descent. The Cessna 172, known for its forgiving nature, can encounter bounced landings if the pilot is not careful.

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Descent Runway Rudder Pilot 52

Photographic Logbook

JULY 11, 2024

Since we lost our LPV approaches due to obstructions along the final approach course, the downgraded LNAV minimum descent altitude for the approach to runway 28 was 558 feet above the ground. This was not a good setup to manage an approach down to minimums.

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Ceiling Approach Weather Runway 52

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JANUARY 14, 2024

This was my flight's final assigned gate. I spotted another green stripes livery on this A330-900neo on final approach to this airport. Finally we reached the threshold and we were on our way. After this Lufthansa's A321CEO pushed back, my aircraft arrived at this gate not long after. Goodbye Frankfurt!

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Airlines Airline Weather Turbulence 52

Fear of Landing

JUNE 14, 2024

Photograph by Robert Frola (GFDL) via Wikimedia Commons Murwillumbah Airfield has a 19/01 grass strip which the report gives as 1,045 metres (3,428 feet), however, it is commonly listed as 800 metres as it has a displaced threshold of 245 metres on runway 19, because of industrial buildings and trees at the northern end.

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Threshold Runway Approach Pilot 70

Air Facts

AUGUST 12, 2024

What if the airplane pitched over on final approach? But just as I crossed the runway threshold at 50 feet, the genie leaped from its bottle and the nose once again pitched over violently. It was like an old and friendly family dog who suddenly bites its owner for no obvious reason.

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Airplanes Runway Lift Tail 75

NYC Aviation

JUNE 17, 2020

Go Around – An aborted landing by an aircraft that is on final approach. A pair of synchronized flashing lights, located laterally on each corner of the runway approach threshold, providing rapid and positive identification of the approach end of a runway. REIL – Runway End Identifier Lights.

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Runway Air Traffic Control Approach Weather 52

Air Facts

AUGUST 28, 2024

Upon contacting Denver Approach Control, we were told that the only runway available for our landing in the west complex was Runway 34 Left, which is 16,000 feet long, and the longest paved runway in the entire country. From the threshold to taxiway D5 gave me a little over 5,000 feet to land and stop.

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Threshold Runway Approach Pilot in Command 79

Photographic Logbook

AUGUST 3, 2024

As we did so, I was annoyed by an Arrow III that announced a straight in final approach from a few miles out that forced me and Alyssa to extend our downwind to accommodate them. It was a typical turbulent, gusty, unpredictable Mackinac Island arrival.

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Airplanes Runway Weather Approach 89

Aerotime

DECEMBER 27, 2024

The International Air Transport Association (IATA) differentiates an accident from an incident by imposing a threshold of aircraft damage set at $1 million. During the landing, following an excessive pitch-up movement by the aircraft, its aft fuselage contacted the runway approximately 326 meters (1,070ft) beyond the runway threshold.

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Runway Airlines Airline Horizontal Stabilizer 261

Charles Ryan's Flying Adventure

JULY 22, 2024

Before I know it, we were on our final approach. We reached the threshold of runway 27. We were on final approach into New Delhi. Just as I was settled in, the captain announced to all of us that the flight had begun its descent and requested the crew to prepare for landing. Let's check what movies are there.

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Cabin Crew Runway Weather Ceiling 59