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What’s the strongest wind passenger jets can fly in?

There is no single maximum wind limit as it depends on the direction of wind and phase of flight. A crosswind above about 40mph and tailwind above 10mph can start to cause problems and stop commercial jets taking off and landing. It can sometimes be too windy to take-off or land. The limitations are in place for the safety of the passengers and crew.

Aircraft & Wind – An Overview

In aviation, speed is measured in Knots (Nautical Miles Per Hour). This is converted to Miles Per Hour (mph) by multiplying it by 1.15. The maximum wind limits for commercial aircraft depend on the aircraft, airport and the direction of the wind compared to the direction of the take-off or landing. For take-off and landing, aircraft have different limitations, and these are again split up into dry, wet or contaminated runway limitations. A contaminated runway is where is there is snow, ice or standing water on the runway.

Aircraft maximum wind limits are split up into:

Crosswind component – the side element of the wind

Headwind – amount of wind from the front of the aircraft

Tailwind – amount of wind from behind the aircraft

Total wind – total speed of the wind

Aircraft want to take off and land into a headwind as this reduces the distance they require to get airborne or distance need to bring the aircraft to a stop. If an aircraft is standing still on the runway, and has a headwind component of 20kts, that’s 20kts of air flowing over the wing and therefore giving the aircraft an airspeed of 20kts, even though it’s not moving. If it has a take-off speed of 140kts, the aircraft’s ground speed would only need to be 120kts to get airborne because it already has 20kts of airspeed from the wind.

General Limitations

In general, commercial aircraft demonstrate a capability to land with a certain crosswind at the aircraft certification stage. This demonstrated limit is not a maximum limit, but is the figure that most operators (airlines) will choose to use as a limit – it’s not sensible to have an uncapped figure. Therefore, the figures provided below for the B737-800 are typical of those dictated by an operator, not the manufacture.

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Flight following, also known as Basic Radar Service for VFR Aircraft, gives you: Safety alerts. Traffic advisories. Limited radar vectoring when requested by the pilot. Sequencing at locations where procedures have been established for this purpose and/or when covered by a LOA. That’s from the FAA’s JO 7110.65S (Change 1,) the regulation covering air traffic control procedures. Flight following is completely voluntary. You are never required to use it and an air traffic controller is not required to provide it if he or she is too busy handling IFR aircraft. If you like to tool around the countryside in your airplane with the radio volume turned off, more power to you, as long as you remain clear of controlled airspace. Here comes the “however.” However, flight following can add a layer of safety to your flight, especially when you are flying through areas with a lot of air traffic. Instead of dodging traffic and terrain using nothing but your Mark 1 eyeball, you can have the (almost) all-seeing eyes of ATC radar covering your back, (and your front, and your sides.) No sense going into battle “alone, unarmed, and unafraid,” when you can have an 800-pound gorilla at your side for absolutely free. Actually, flight following is not completely free. We can talk about why it’s not, next time.

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