GAJSC Topic of the Month: Stabilized Approach and Landing
Stabilized Approach and Landing One of the most effective ways to prevent becoming a statistic is to GO AROUND if something is not right. If you choose to continue with an unstabilized approach, you risk landing too high, too fast, out of alignment with the runway centerline, or otherwise being unprepared for landing. Read More #FlySafe Printable Fact Sheet Archive #FlySafe Topic Archive on Blog Upcoming FAASTeam Events In-person/Fly-in Seminar — April 23, 18:00 Eastern, Plattsburgh Airport (PBG), N.Y. Online Webinar — April 24, 18:30 Eastern In-person/Fly-in Seminar — April 25, 10:00 Eastern, Beach Aviation Services (MYR), S.C. In-person/Fly-in Seminar
The Takeoff and Landing Performance Assessment (TALPA) Initiative
On October 1, 2016 airports in the United States began using new reporting terminology to describe contaminated paved runways in both Field Condition Notices to Airmen (FICON NOTAMs) and on Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS) messages per the Takeoff and Landing Performance Assessment (TALPA) initiative. Under TALPA, Mu (friction) values are no longer provided to pilots. Instead, a three-digit Runway Condition Code (RwyCC) is assigned to paved runways whose surfaces are more than 25% covered by: water, frost, snow, slush, and/or ice. Similar to Mu values, a RwyCC is assigned to each third of a contaminated runway (i.e. touchdown, midpoint