Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 15, 2024

Thunderstorms create turbulence, wind shear, and icing risks for aircraft. Squall line thunderstorms have the potential for severe weather conditions, including strong straight-line winds, microbursts, wind shear, and flooding. But, they bring risks like wind shear, microbursts, and hail.

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Wind Shear Weather Turbulence Flight Plan 52

Flying Magazine

APRIL 25, 2024

[Courtesy: NOAA] Additionally, the wind direction below 5,000 feet was from the north-northwest and became east-southeasterly through 8,000 feet creating directional wind shear with height.

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Weather Wind Shear Clearance Turbulence 108

Plane and Pilot

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

We often end up at higher altitudes to escape the wind shear layer, cumulus buildups, and turbulence below. They descend at their normal cruise speed and are quite happy about it all. Both of these approaches work with one significant caution.

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Descent Approach Final Approach Turbulence 54

Ask Captain Lim

MAY 21, 2024

However, careful analysis of horizontal wind shear on computer flight plans can sometimes reveal turbulence ahead. Most flight planning systems consider wind speed 1,000 feet below and 1,000 feet above the cruising level.

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Turbulence Wind Shear Cabin Crew Flight Plan 59

iPad Pilot News

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Is there wind shear at a certain altitude? There’s a lot of information on that screen, but with a little practice, it’s easy to glean a lot of information from one glance. How thick are the clouds? Can I get on top today? Is there ice on climb out? What’s the best cruising altitude?

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Weather Wind Shear Ceiling Knot 85

Plane and Pilot

JANUARY 8, 2025

Most seemed to be using more flaps than normal for takeoff, the idea being to get away from the ground as quickly as possible to minimize their time near the ground, where a wind shear could have serious consequences. Even the heavy iron wasnt playing around on this day.

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Crosswind Wind Shear Knot Airplanes 93

Pilot Institute

MARCH 6, 2025

LLWS Low-Level Wind Shear An LLWS is defined as a wind shear of 10 knots or more per 100 feet in a layer more than 200 feet thick which occurs within 2000 feet of the surface. What this simply means is that the wind speed and/or direction is rapidly changing at a relatively low altitude.

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Pilot Weather Air Traffic Control NOTAMs 52

Fear of Landing

MARCH 22, 2024

Airborne Wind Shear Detection During the 1980s and 1990s, NASA led a comprehensive research program to identify the characteristics of dangerous wind shear and validated technologies that can predict its severity while in flight.

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Wind Shear Airfoil Drag Airline 52

Vintage Aviation News

FEBRUARY 12, 2025

In the midst of the storm, the weakened ring’s structure failed as the result of a wind shear, and the upper vertical stabilizer was torn from the airship. On February 12, 1935, the USS Macon was returning to Moffett Field after participating in fleet maneuvers.

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Lift Tail Stability Wind Shear 59

Learn to Fly

APRIL 11, 2024

Wind—Is the direction and speed conducive to the runway alignment at both the departure and arrival airport? Turbulence and Wind Shear—Ironically, it’s often bumpiest when the skies are the clearest. How will the tailwind or headwind impact your ground speed and therefore fuel planning?

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Weather Wind Shear Turbulence Ceiling 40

Air Facts

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Ah, a wind shear and a lot worse was going to mess with our landing. As we turned back, the wind shear hit. I looked at the airspeed and it was jumping +/-5-10 knots. I asked the pilot to declare a missed approach and request vectors back for another ILS.

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Turbulence Wind Shear Knot Lift 52

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).

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Wind Shear AGL Lift Runway 52

Pilot Institute

FEBRUARY 15, 2025

The pilots fought to recover, but the wind shear was too strong. Key Takeaways Microbursts can cause severe wind shear and downdrafts. It is the most severe type of wind shear. Theyre a form of low-level wind shear, which is a rapid shift in wind speed or direction near the ground.

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Wind Shear Weather Descent Approach 66

iPad Pilot News

JUNE 5, 2024

To learn the finer points of atmospheric stability, wind shear, and potential cloud layers, there’s nothing better than a Skew-T log (p) chart. There’s also an excellent Apple Watch version that is a handy way to monitor changing conditions. Get the app here. SkewTLogPro.

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Weather Pilot Wind Shear NOTAMs 59

Pilot Institute

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Thunderstorms can also bring wind shear and lightning. For example, “WS” means wind shear, which is important for approach and landing, while “SLP” provides detailed sea-level pressure information for adjusting your altimeter. It stands for thunderstorms with rain, which is a tricky thing to fly through.

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Altimeter Weather Wind Shear Runway 52

Chess In the Air

JUNE 24, 2022

Moderate wind shear in some areas could make some thermals somewhat difficult to work but that, too, is typical. ” Unlike tornadoes and other twisters, microbursts are straight-line winds. You can readily see that the greatest wind speed differential, i.e. the greatest wind-shear is at altitudes below 0.2

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Pilot AGL Wind Shear Runway 52

Photographic Logbook

APRIL 19, 2024

Lined up on runway 28 at the usual 90 knot approach speed, I was buffeted by such strong mechanical turbulence that the stall horn complained, suggesting just shy of 50 knots of wind shear in that moment. I rode chaotic air currents all the way to the ground and the landing was not one of my best.

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Approach Wind Shear Runway VOR 69

Pilot Institute

OCTOBER 17, 2024

AIRMET ZULU (Icing): moderate icing (AIRMET ZULU also provides freezing-level heights.) An AIRMET is only issued if the weather conditions are widespread, which means that it covers an area of at least 3000 square miles.

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UTC Turbulence Weather Knot 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The peppering of rain on the windshield, the darkening of thick clouds, or the battering of wind shear all deliver a clear message that some piloting is now required. We never want former students to have to learn these lessons on their own—after certification.

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Runway Wind Shear Crosswind Ceiling 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 2, 2024

The peppering of rain on the windshield, the darkening of thick clouds, or the battering of wind shear all deliver a clear message that some piloting is now required. We never want former students to have to learn these lessons on their own—after certification.

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Runway Wind Shear Crosswind Ceiling 52

Professional Pilot

MAY 10, 2024

In these latitudes, pilots flying at lower altitudes, such as during takeoffs or landings, should also remember that cyclones crossing the north Atlantic will frequently include distinct and strong cold and warm fronts, which may produce squall lines, blizzards, freezing rain, low level wind shear and other common aviation weather hazards.

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Weather Turbulence Wind Shear Jet 40

Air Facts

APRIL 24, 2024

While I have speculated here as to causes (wind shear or severe turbulence—you may judge), we, in hindsight, would have been well served to have departed earlier, getting farther “ahead of it.” I told myself, if I was going to be continuing our trip that day, it would have to be on a bus.

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Turbulence Wind Shear Final Approach Ceiling 52

Pilot Institute

MAY 1, 2024

You may also include significant weather conditions, wind shear, or excessive turbulence. This is a good time to discuss anything unusual about this particular approach. Include any inoperable equipment onboard the aircraft or at the airport. If you have passengers on board, brief them on what to expect during the landing.

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Approach NOTAMs Runway Weather 52

Aerotime

JULY 26, 2024

However, the aircraft experienced wind shear, dropped below the glideslope and became thrust deficient. During the final approach, the pilot reduced engine throttles to manage airspeed and align with the Instrument Landing System glideslope. The crew did not notice the aircraft’s dropping vertical velocity until it was too late.

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Wind Shear Instrument Landing System Final Approach Runway 274

Flying Magazine

MAY 1, 2024

Some gust fronts can be completely harmless or may be a precursor for an encounter with severe turbulence and dangerous low-level convective wind shear. These gust fronts often contain severe or extreme turbulence, strong and gusty straight-line winds, and low-level convective wind shear.

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Wind Shear Weather Turbulence Knot 114

Northstar VFR

MARCH 23, 2025

Weather Hazards Low visibility and wind shear are weather hazards that can create the need to go-around. Wind shear can create landing hazards for all sizes of aircraft. The aircraft appears to be lined up with a taxiway or incorrect runway.

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Pilot Wind Shear Runway Approach 52

Plane and Pilot

OCTOBER 11, 2024

The others were an abort, a V1 cut, or wind shear. The words of a prior instructor bounced inside my brain: “Here we are, ready to go. Four things can happen, and only one of them is a normal takeoff.” The APD, in a moment of levity, cued up a song on his phone.

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Wind Shear Flight Deck Pilot Airplanes 94

Pilot Institute

JUNE 26, 2024

Weather Go-arounds due to weather occur due to wind shear caused by gusting winds or microbursts. When an aircraft encounters horizontal wind shear, it could be blown off centerline. Similarly, if an aircraft encounters vertical wind shear, it reduces or increases the sink rate.

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Wind Shear Runway Approach Aeronautical Decision-Making 52

Ask Captain Lim

APRIL 12, 2024

During final approach at Orly Airport, the crew received a wind-shear warning, prompting them to go around and discontinue with the landing. Conversely, subtle incapacitation is partial and often lasts for short periods, but posing a greater risk as it’s harder to detect.

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Wind Shear Pilot Final Approach Approach 52

One Mile at a Time

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

It could be that theres sudden wind shear on final approach, or that that visibility is below minimums, or that the aircraft is too high or too fast, etc. Generally speaking, go arounds happen for one of several reasons. As Will mentions, sometimes go arounds happen due to weather or other flying conditions.

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Airplanes Wind Shear Weather Approach 86

Plane and Pilot

JULY 2, 2024

Thunderstorms, wind shear, severe icing, thick fog, strong crosswinds, and density altitude producing a negative climb rate are all factors that absolutely must be considered in the context of our ability to fly. In the absence of such performance, we’ll consider the environment to be unsuitable for flying that day.

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Density Altitude Airplanes Wind Shear Pilot 58

Pilot's Life Blog

JANUARY 5, 2025

Review current weather conditions, including wind speed, direction, and visibility, as these can significantly impact the approach. Wind shear, turbulence, or gusty winds can create challenges during the landing phase, so knowing how to adjust for these factors is critical.

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Descent Final Approach Approach Runway 52