Title: Describe wake turbulence characteristics and avoidance techniques.
Course: Aircraft Pilot Training I (20053-I) > Section: Describing Aircraft Performance

Description should include the concept that wingtip vortices are greatest when the generating aircraft is heavy, clean, and slow. This condition is most encountered during approaches or departures because an aircraft’s AOA is at the highest to produce the lift necessary to land or take off to

- minimize the chances of flying through an aircraft’s wake turbulence
- avoid flying through another aircraft’s flight path
- rotate prior to the point at which the preceding aircraft rotated when taking off behind another aircraft
- avoid following another aircraft on a similar flight path at an altitude within 1,000 feet
- (when landing behind another aircraft) approach the runway above a preceding aircraft’s path and touch down after the point at which the other aircraft wheels contacted the runway.

PLT509

Process/Skill Questions:

- What is wake turbulence?