The feeling of flying and being above the ground excites many enough, and most people want their plane journey to go smoothly. At some times, flights may be affected by adverse weather conditions. Do adverse weather conditions affect landings? How do pilots land when the runways are wet? How does this affect passengers? Pilots receive detailed information about airports and runways before landing in the squares where they will arrive. For example, they get information such as runway length, weather conditions, wind speed and direction, visibility distance, characteristics of the runway to be landed, whether the runway is wet or snowy, runway width. Pilots who receive detailed information perform calculations to perform a landing that can be very hard for passengers. These conditions are important for pilots to be able to see the distance to stop the aircraft after putting the wheels of the aircraft on the ground and how far it remains to the end of the runway.
Why Is Hard Landing Taking Place?
There are certain lengths of runways where aircraft must land and they must land in that area. In bad weather, planes need longer runways to land. Since this is unlikely, the aircraft must land on the runway at a harder level than usual. Pilots consciously put hard wheels on the runway. Because they want the wheels to sit exactly on the track, hitting the ground, and the braking systems to be activated as soon as possible. In wet weather, a water bed is formed between the plane that puts wheels on the runway and the concrete decking of the runway. This condition is quite dangerous and is called hydroplaning.
How Are Passengers Affected?
Passengers don’t like hard landings. Most passengers are able to harshly criticize the pilot. But it should be noted that hard landings performed in adverse weather conditions are performed to land as safely as possible and brake on the track.
