Approach speed

Approach Speed
Approach Speed is the speed at which an aircraft travels while it is on the final straight to land at a runway, and is also shortened to Vref.

approach speed
The recommended speed contained in aircraft manuals used by pilots when making an approach to landing. This speed will vary for different segments of an approach as well as for aircraft weight and configuration ...

1. Approach speed too fast due to poor airspeed control.
2. Unable to detect/correct wind drift
3. Hard touchdown due to over-reactions during flare.
4. Likely to be below pattern altitude ...

If your approach speed includes a gust allowance and the expected gust does occur, then you are in good shape. Assuming you are at the right altitude and assuming you are not expecting any further windshear, you can just raise the nose and retrim.

Given a slightly higher approach speed, the instructor can simulate the initial bounce of a porpoise by letting the main-gear wheels touch the runway (not the nose-gear wheel!), ...

Their approach speed wanders five mph either side of where it's supposed to be. The pattern altitude is plus or minus 50 feet.

Approach speeds can be about the same-75 knots-and instrument approaches work out well in either airplane at the usual 90 to 100 knots.

During landing you must add half the gust factor to your final approach speed. It is wise to do the same on take off. Add half the gust factor to your normal lift-off speed, this should provide a safe margin.

(b) 250 feet for other runways serving small airplanes with approach speeds of 50 knots, or more.
(c) 120 feet for other runways serving small airplanes with approach speeds of less than 50 knots.

Pick a touchdown point on the runway. Many Light Sport Airplanes (LSA) recommend an approach speed of 60-70 MPH. Using these speeds for our example, select a touchdown point about two centerline stripes beyond the runway numbers.

As mentioned, one solution is to increase the air flow over the tail by pushing the throttle a bit; another solution is to keep the approach speed up; a third solution is to change the horizontal tail. We can 1) make it larger (a larger area will ...

Common practice is to fire a chicken carcass in a sabot from a pneumatic cannon at a stationary aircraft or part of an aircraft, allowing the fowl to approach speeds of over 450 mph (720 km/h).

An approach speed in the range of 80--90 KIAS (gear down) may be regarded as both medium and slow flight speed for the purposes of this book.

AAC is part of a system used by the FAA to relate airport design criteria to the operational and physical characteristics of the airplanes operating and expected to operate at an airport. The airplane approach category is based on approach speed ...

During the deceleration from approach speed to minimum sink airspeed, less power is required as the helicopter slows. This will require the helicopter pilot to be decreasing collective initially.

See also: Speed, Pilot, Aircraft, Landing, Plane