Why do planes fly so low over my house?

Why are the airplanes flying so low over my house? Aircraft are limited in the direction they fly because they must land into the wind. Therefore, the flexibility of air traffic is dependant on the wind patterns of the day or, even, the hour, as winds can change rapidly.

How do planes stay at the same altitude?

As they get a faster airflow at the top, and as the air accelerates down the wing, it generates a lift force in the opposite direction that then enables the plane to move upwards, and also to maintain altitude. The more air that the aerofoil deflects, the greater the lift force.

What is the minimum distance between aircraft landing on the same runway?

The super or heavy to aircraft landing behind a departing/arriving super or heavy on the same or parallel runways separated by less than 2,500 feet. The B757/large aircraft to a small aircraft landing behind a departing/arriving B757/large aircraft on the same or parallel runways separated by less than 2,500 feet.

How do you separate aircraft when approaching an airport?

When aircraft are approaching from the same side of the airport and the lead aircraft is assigned the nearer runway, approved separation is maintained or pilot-applied visual separation is provided by the succeeding aircraft until intercepting the farther adjacent runway extended centerline.

What happens when a plane leaves one airspace and enters another?

As the plane leaves that airspace division and enters another, the air traffic controller passes it off to the controllers responsible for the new airspace division. Some pilots of small aircraft fly by vision only (visual flight rules, or VFR).

When does an aircraft not have to cross the runway end?

If you can determine distances by reference to suitable landmarks and the other aircraft is airborne, it need not have crossed the runway end if the following minimum distance from the landing threshold exists: Category I aircraft landing behind Category I or II- 3,000 feet .