landing feet per minute

[BONDENO]

if i land at 1000 or lower feet per minute my flight plan is abandoned, atc keeps telling me to desend anyway to change this thanks

[JSkorna]

Do you mean land as in actually touching down, or do you mean land as in descending from your cruise altitude down to a lower level?

[BONDENO]

sorry descending from cruise thanks

[rcd1958]

Due you get the message 'Please expedite you descent to flight level' whatever ATC has told you as I think you are not descending fast enough???

[JSkorna]

You are not landing then. In a jet you should be at 1800 FPM.

[BONDENO]

Jim i agree but surely at times as you get jets desend at 700 feet per minute at times as 1800 brings you down far to early

[BONDENO]

what i am trying to say as i get near the airport i find i should be descending at a much lower fpm

[JSkorna]

Of course and at that point ATIS will not be keeping track of your descent rate. There are different phases of a flight and they all have their own sets of guidelines.

[BONDENO]

Thanks Jim can you tell me then how far out from the airport i wont get flightplan terminated then if that makes sense

[JSkorna]

Depends on whether you are flying with a visual flight plan or instrument flight plan. For a visual you are in control and ATC will not have much to say. For a instrument plan ATIS will tell you when to descend from cruise altitude to approach altitude. Once at approach altitude then ATC will not monitor your descent rate.