The flow of air with respect to the ground. This will affect the performance and handling of aircraft and can be a limiting factor.
Questions tagged [wind]
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How can I know where wind is coming from by looking at water?
For ground reference maneuvers, I know there are many ways that I can know wind direction: smoke, circling, weather reports from nearby airport and so on. However, how can I determine the wind direction by looking at water? I've tried to look for…
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Are jet streams a net benefit in time and fuel savings?
Suppose a plane has a cruise speed of 400 knots TAS. In a 4000 nm route we would have a round trip of 20 hours. If there was a jet stream of 100 knots in either direction, we would have 4000/500=8 hours in the tailwind direction and 4000/300=13.3…
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Is a wind speed of 150 km/h dangerous during a flight in an Airbus A321?
I am just curious about this... during one flight on Airbus A321 we experienced turbulence and the pilot told us that the wind speed is 150 km/h, so we won't get drinks and snacks due to safety reasons. The question is: Was that wind speed 'normal'…
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Can short buildings near an airport affect runway winds?
Reddit user u/ywgflyer contends for CYYZ, Toronto International Airport,
23 is the "good" runway. The 24s are garbage in a crosswind because of the localized wind effect that all the hotels (and the terminal) have. I've never had a windshear…
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What degree is crosswind?
I know that there are three type of wind, headwind, tailwind and crosswind.
What degree of wind direction can distinguish it? 30 or 45 degree?
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How are north and east compents of the wind calculated, given a wind speed and direction?
I have a wind speed and wind direction of an aircraft. I need to find wind component along the true North axis and East axis.
Can anyone explain me how to do that?
Say wind speed is the hypotenuse in the Right angled triangle and angle is wind…
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