From my PPl training so far:. .Aircraft take off into the wind...because say you have a 10 kts wind down the runway (as you are stationary on the runway) towards your nose, you therefore have an relative airspeed of 10kts, while stationary with a groundspeed of 0.....say you rotate (take-off) at 65 kts, with a 10 kts headwind, you can rotate at a ground speed of 55 kts. hence use less runway on the takeoff roll....always a good thing. Saves worrying about crashing into stuff and other such issues.. .Landing....with a headwind (i.e. flying into wind) your ground speed is slower. Gives you more time to think, lower speed at landing, plus any gust down the runway gives you a relatively higher air speed. Get a strong wind up the arse end of the aircraft and you might just stop flying!. .Cheers.... .tom (with a little help from stella...)
[ 03 February 2002: Message edited by: tom775257 ]</p>