I just noticed that when planes takeoff after leaving the ground, the plane steeply climbs up altitudes, however, before it touches down, the plane this time smoothly descends to the ground. Why is that the case?
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take off is a matter of performance. If you have the power to do so, you want to go up ASAP to reach those juicy altitudes that gives you low fuel consumption. Each plane type, company, and loadout has its way to do it.
Landing is a matter of safety: you commit to a runway using a “stabilized approach”. It means, you are aligned with the runway and you descend a fix glide path, a straight line to the runway. All you need to focus to is your speed, everything else is already done when you stabilize. This way, the pilot has the least possible stress during the landing. Follow the line, and watch the speed. No fancy maneuvers, no calculations. Keep the speed matching your waypoints and you are all right. Have a look to the queue of planes landing at the airport, doesn’t matter what type of plane is, they all follow exactly the same path.
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