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Aviation vocabulary · Flight Phases

Landing

Meaning in aviation, with examples

/ˈlændɪŋ/nounCore term

In aviation, landing means: The final phase of a flight, in which the aircraft comes down onto the runway, touches the ground and slows to taxi speed.

In Turkish: iniş, piste iniş

How it is used

Pilots discuss landing distance, landing weight and landing performance; the tower gives a landing clearance with 'cleared to land'. Passengers comment on a smooth or a hard landing. The verb is simply 'land'.

Example sentences

  1. After a hard landing, the captain wrote it up in the technical log for an inspection.

  2. Cabin crew, prepare for landing.

Common collocations

  • smooth landing
  • hard landing
  • landing clearance
  • landing distance
  • prepare for landing
  • approachThe phase of flight after the descent in which an aircraft is guided towards the runway it will land on, usually following a published procedure.
  • runwayA long, specially prepared strip at an airport that aircraft use to take off and land. Each runway is named by a number based on its magnetic direction.
  • go-aroundA manoeuvre in which the pilots stop an approach, add power and climb away instead of landing, usually to try again or to go to another airport.
  • landing gearThe wheels, legs and brakes that support an aircraft on the ground. On most aircraft the gear folds up into the body or the wings after takeoff.
  • flapsMovable panels on the rear edge of the wings that extend to give more lift at low speed. They are used mainly for takeoff and landing.

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