Flight Training Central

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

The electronic E6B is equally useful when in the airplane, to help determine actual winds aloft, true airspeed, fuel burn, and descent planning. Find the crosswind component for Runway 36 if the reported wind direction is 320 at 12 knots. Calculate the actual true airspeed given the following flight conditions.

Flight Plan 52

Flight Plan True Airspeed Flight Computer Groundspeed 52

Flight Training Central

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

What is the headwind component for a landing on Runway 18 if the tower reports the wind as 215° at 30 knots? Inability to get airborne even though airspeed is sufficient for normal takeoff needs. What true airspeed should a pilot expect at 9,000 feet on a standard day with 65 percent maximum continuous power?

Density Altitude 105

Density Altitude Knot Ground Effect True Airspeed 105

Air Facts

MAY 10, 2024

Particular attention to true airspeed vs. turn radius. 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).

Approach 97

Approach AGL Descent Runway 97

Pilot Institute

MARCH 26, 2025

This means that if you encounter these conditions on a particular day, you would need to achieve a higher true airspeed to produce the same lift that would be generated at lower airspeeds in denser air. Miscalculating density altitude can lead to runway excursions and fatalities. Resulting in a decreased rate of climb.

Density Altitude 52

Density Altitude Pilot True Airspeed Lift 52

Plane and Pilot

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

I knew we were right-side up, but…two seconds later, the runway appeared where it should have been, and my pulse slowed to triple digits. On one trip home, we had a 50-knot headwind, really annoying at a true airspeed of only 125. I looked up and saw the lead-in strobe lights above me, reflected in the clouds.

Knot 89

Knot Weather Density Altitude True Airspeed 89

Professional Pilot

MAY 13, 2024

SID (Intl, Amílcar Cabral, Cape Verde) offers a long runway and is a good technical stop on this route. With jet cruise true airspeeds between 400 and 500 kts, this has a big effect on ground speed, and therefore on cruise performance and efficiency. TER is a mixed civil military airport, and has the longest runway.

Jet 98

Jet Weather True Airspeed Turbulence 98

Professional Pilot

MAY 13, 2024

SID (Intl, Amílcar Cabral, Cape Verde) offers a long runway and is a good technical stop on this route. With jet cruise true airspeeds between 400 and 500 kts, this has a big effect on ground speed, and therefore on cruise performance and efficiency. TER is a mixed civil military airport, and has the longest runway.

Jet 98

Jet Weather True Airspeed Turbulence 98