At night, darkness may amplify those illusions by reducing the visual references available to orient yourself—and that lack of visual cues creates some illusions specific to night flight. When landing at night, use the VASI or PAPI and any available navaids to help you maintain a normal descent.

The glassy-water technique involves setting a landing attitude and a shallow rate of descent, and waiting for touchdown. The same idea works for night landings without the landing light. Rather than trying for a full-stall landing, leave in a bit of power and slowly ease down, ‘feeling’ for the runway.