The Effect of Wind-Gradient on the Landing Approach of an Aeroplane

The existence of a wind-gradient gives a major effect to the flight characteristics of an aeroplane, especially at the final approach at landing. The numerical calculations show that the wind-gradient produces a considerable amount of deviation of path of an aeroplane under particular flight technique. It is very much possible that an aeroplane at landing, being accelerated by the windgradient, touches the ground down earlier than expected.