The part of an aircraft's flight in which it descends directly towards a runway for landing.
his international flight is on final approach into Detroit
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Your airplane ought to be configured to land with a steady sink rate at something near your final approach speed.
The final approach was executed at a much higher speed than normal.
Using a sophisticated new computer system, Ellis could nearly instantly approve a flight path and coordinate with the tower controllers responsible for the plane's final approach.
The airplane was observed on a three-mile final approach when it entered a left bank.
Don't make that turn to final approach too steep or you might lose the airflow over the high wing.
I sit at my desk now, looking out at puffy clouds being dodged by the planes swinging around on final approach to Heathrow.
The plane continued to circle up to the northeast and then banked back to the south to make its final approach.
I turned as the aircraft passed me, heading in the opposite direction on its final approach.
If that storm hit the aircraft when it was on final approach, there is a likelihood the pilots would not have had time to recover.
I'm sure it was a sight to see this lumbering, huge airplane banking to final approach at 400 feet above the ground.