How airline pilot approach airport for landing?

Question

How to land a Boeing 747?

Answer 1

Most airplanes have autopilot systems that the pilots can use to land airplanes today.

ILS (instrument landing systems) approaches are a normal occurance. There is a localizer beam that keeps the aircraft on the middle of the runway. Then there is a glideslope beam that the autopilot captures and guides it down the 3 degrees to the runway.

FCC's or flight control computers have flight parameters and characteristics built in that help fly the airplane. Pilots put in heading information, whether they are on approach on landing, and other inputs.

Pilots still go through pre landing and landing checklists. These checklists make sure that the flight deck is cross checked and nothing is missed. Gear handle position, flap positions, current barometric of the airport are things that are on the check lists.

The link below shows a flight deck view of a Lauda Air 737. The autopilot mode control panel is at the top of the glareshield. Below are the primary, navigation and engine displays.

Answer 2

There are two types of airline approach, the visual approach which uses your visual senses to land the plane, and the instruiment approach or the so called instrument landing system which uses instruments, computer programs and electronic and communication devices to aid the approach of a plane. Airports do have localizers and radio stations that aides the communication needs of the pilot. Airplanes do have electronic instruments to aide the necessary information to land like the altitude, atittude, heading, rate of descent, speed, angle of descent and etc. We have also the autopilot which can land the airplane without the aide of human factors through the use of the computers and flight management system of the airplane.

Answer 3

There are 2 ways that a pilot can do to land the 747:

Option 1: The pilot take full control of the aircraft and land it using his flying skills. What he will look out for are "Aim point, Center line and Speed" untill its time to "Flare" and touch down.

Option 2: Press a button that says "Auto Landing" mode, where he will be busy asking the Air Stewardess for coffee or tea or "me" ..... The aircraft will land by itself .....

Answer 4

Although the details of several answers are correct, one thing that seems left out is that most 747's, because they use a lot of fuel and are expected and under control do not do the kind of circle the field approach that is used in small air fields by smaller planes - the pilot is put on approach dozens and dozens of miles out and the plane smoothly lines up with the runway and loses altitude to fly straight in. Only in bad weather do planes end up circling at high altitude and in the USA even that happens rarely as planes are prevented from taking off if they can't fly smoothly to their destination.

Answer 5

The tool landing device makes use of two radio transmitters on the floor, a definite radio receiver interior the plane, and particular instruments to show counsel to the pilots. One transmitter is on the some distance end of the runway on which the plane will land, and it transmits a 2-section radio sign horizontally that's exactly aligned with the runway. The ILS receiver on the plane detects the two areas of this sign and reflects a trademark to the pilots that shows how some distance the plane is from the centerline of the runway. yet another transmitter is close to to the close to end of the runway and transmits a 2-section sign vertically that's aligned with the perfect drift direction (descent direction) to the runway. The ILS receiver on the plane detects this sign to boot and reflects a trademark to the pilots showing how some distance the plane is above or below this perfect drift direction. as quickly as the plane is "ordinary" on the ILS (receiving the indicators), the pilots have the alternative of flying the plane by skill of hand so as that that's exactly aligned with the ILS paths, or beautiful the autopilot and having it persist with the ILS on their behalf. because ILS is designed for landing in unfavorable climatic circumstances, in lots of cases the autopilot is permitted to persist with it. the main superior ILS structures (obtainable purely at particular airports) will fly the plane all a thank you to landing on the runway, yet in maximum cases the pilots turn off the autopilot as quickly as the runway is obviously seen and land the plane by skill of hand.

Answer 6

Most planes have a level sensor that tells how off level the plane is. When you get towards the runway that is designated to you. You line the plane up with the center line and make sure the plane is level. When both of these have been done then slowly reduce throttle after landing has been accomplished the brakes are applied and the throttle is reduced greatly...sometimes reversed. The plane then exits the runway and goes to its gate for unloading.

Answer 7

they also use a published STAR (Standard Arrival) procedure

Answer 8

Just keep it on the ball. Roger, Ball.