Understanding Turbulence in Aviation Management

Aviation Management
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What is Turbulence?
• Turbulence represents one of the most unpredictable
weather phenomenon that hold significance for pilots.
• It is basically an irregular motion of air resulting from
the eddies and the vertical currents.
• It might either throw few annoying bumps or might
hold the severity of causing structural damage or
throws the airplane out of control (Vinnichenko, 2013).
• It is associated with the thunderstorms and wind shear.

Intensity of Turbulence
• Light Turbulence: It causes slight erratic
changes in the altitude with slight
bumpiness
• Moderate Turbulence: It causes minor
changes in the altitude without any loss
in control of airplane
• Severe Turbulence: It causes abrupt and
large changes in the altitude resulting in
the large variations of the air speed with
the airplane going out of control
• Extreme Turbulence: Here the airplane is
tossed violently and becomes impossible
to control thereby resulting in structural
damage.