Phases Of Flight

Question 1

Phase 1

Answer 1

Take-off
- where the aircraft goes through transition of taxiing along the runway to flying in the air

Question 2

Phase 2

Answer 2

Climb
- the aircraft has to climb to a certain altitude (typically 30,000 or 10 km) before it can cruise

Question 3

Phase 3

Answer 3

Cruise
- cruise is the level portion of aircraft travel, where the aircraft is most fuel efficient and is the majority of the journey

Question 4

Phase 4

Answer 4

Descent
- where the aircraft decreases altitude

Question 5

Phase 5

Answer 5

Landing
- where the aircraft returns to the ground