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Ron Natalie wrote:

Orval Fairbairn wrote:
In article ,
Tim923 wrote:

I don't have an aviation background. What is the typical angle of
landing/approach for commercial airliners? There's an illusion for
novices, and it seems like the angle is much greater, even 30 degrees
or more, but I remember hearing it is much less, like under 10. At
what angle would the passengers complain of a rough landing.

They follow a three degree glideslope to landing. They do, however,
flare for landing, which raises the deck angle at touchdown.

The deck angle isn't the same as the glideslope during a lot of
the approach (and the same goes for takeoff). That's a common
misconception that non-pilots have...that the airplane is always
flying along it's longitudinal axis.

I wasn't sure what the poster wanted -- whether he meant glide angle (as
seen from an observer on the ground) or the deck angle (as seen by a
passenger aboard). I think that he meant deck angle.