Landing Area: An area of smooth and level land or of sheltered water providing sufficient space for the take-off and alighting of an aeroplane.
LANDING AREA- Any locality either on land, water, or structures, including airports/heliports and intermediate landing fields, which is used, or intended to be used, ...
(See LANDING AREA.)
TAKE-OFF DISTANCE AVAILABLE [ICAO]- The length of the take-off run available plus the length of the clearway, if provided.
Turn to landing area, keep field on wing tip
Check wind, maintain best glide speed, set flaps as required
Landing
Land as short as possible, ground loop if required
Evacuate, secure aircraft, attend to injuries, obtain help ...
Shape of the landing area changes on different angles (shapes get distorted by perspective more at lower approach angles).
Position of the landing zone in the windshield.
If you're ever faced with a forced landing at night, turn on the landing lights to see the landing area. If you don't like what you see, turn 'em back off.
The pilot must find a suitable landing area, and manoeuvre as necessary to make the intended landing area, making certain that the rotor RPM is within limits.
The word helipad is used to describe a helicopter landing pad which is a landing area for helicopters.
longer approach & landing area required, but can reach more landing areas due superior glide range
can land in less than 200 metres and can often reach another airfield. Specialised trailer needed to retrieve by road
Learning: ...
2) Select the best available landing area either straight ahead or about 45 degrees to either side.
3) Turn off the fuel and magnetos.
4) Make gentle turns if you need to avoid obstacles.
Your landing area, remember, is beyond the point where the highways join. And you should be approximately opposite the building when you touch down. (This approach is a beauty when observed or replayed with the tower view.) ...
Aerodrome elevation : The elevation of the highest point of the landing area
Aerodrome meteorological office: An office, located at an aerodrome, designated to provide meteorological service for international air navigation.
National Airspace System - The common network of US airspace; air navigation facilities, equipment and services, airports or landing areas; aeronautical charts, information and services; rules, regulations and procedures, technical information, ...
The common network of U.S. airspace: air navigation facilities, equipment and services, airports or landing areas, aeronautical charts, information and services, rules, regulations and procedures, technical information, manpower, and material.
You can then fly all the way to the landing area in ground effect. It is like a prolonged flare; you keep pulling back gradually to cash in airspeed and pay for drag.
 See also: Landing, Pilot, Flight, Aircraft, Altitude
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