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Forced Landing
An unscheduled landing when continued flight is no longer possible or safe, typically after an engine failure or similar emergency. Pilots brief forced-landing options along the route—especially near high terrain or remote airports—so a suitable field or airport remains available if power is lost.
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- Full-Stop LandingA landing in which the aircraft comes to a complete stop on the runway before taxiing clear or taking off again. Night passenger currency (14 CFR 61.57(b)), private pilot night training (10 full-stop landings under 61.109), and the solo towered-airport landing requirement specifically call for full-stop landings rather than touch-and-goes.
- G-AIRMETA graphical AIRMET product that depicts en route weather hazards such as turbulence, icing, mountain obscuration, and IFR conditions. Modern preflight briefings commonly present G-AIRMETs alongside SIGMETs and convective SIGMETs when building a route weather picture.
- GlideslopeThe vertical guidance component of a precision approach, classically the ILS radio beam that defines the desired descent path to the runway. Visual glide path systems such as PAPI and VASI provide related vertical cues for VFR and night approaches when electronic glideslope is unavailable.
- Go-AroundA rejected landing in which the pilot discontinues the approach, adds power, establishes a climb, and either re-enters the traffic pattern or follows ATC instructions. Go-arounds are a normal safety tool when spacing, wake turbulence, runway condition, or approach stability is wrong.