traffic pattern operations
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Traffic Pattern Operations
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Airport Landing Indicator
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Wind Considerations
WINDSOCK WIND
With the depicted wind, which way will we be taking off and landing?
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Wind Considerations
WINDSOCK WIND
Takeoffs and Landings should always occur into the wind. This allows for better performance and increased aircraft controllability.
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Leg Names
UPWINDFINAL
DOWNWIND
BASE CROSSWIND
These leg names will be used to help communicate your location during flight training. This pattern is called left traffic, as all turns are made to the left. If the wind direction was reversed, we would flying a right traffic pattern.
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See AFD to that specific airport.
What if the winds are calm?
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Standard Traffic Pattern
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1. Enter pattern in level flight, abeam the midpoint of the runway, at pattern altitude. (1,000' AGL is recommended pattern altitude unless established otherwise. . .)
2. Maintain pattern altitude until abeam approach end of the landing runway on downwind leg.
3. Complete turn to final at least 1/4 mile from the runway.
4. Continue straight ahead until beyond departure end of runway.
5. If remaining in the traffic pattern, commence turn to crosswind leg beyond the departure end of the runway within 300 feet of pattern altitude.
6. If departing the traffic pattern, continue straight out, or exit with a 45 degree turn (to the left when in a left-hand traffic pattern; to the right when in a right-hand traffic pattern) beyond the departure end of the runway, after reaching pattern altitude.
Key to Traffic Pattern Operations
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Runways are identified by numbers which indicate the nearest 10-degree increment of the azimuth of the runway centerline.
Use of Runways
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Declared Distances
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Takeoff Run Available (TORA) – The runway length declared available and suitable for the ground run of an airplane taking off.
Takeoff Distance Available (TODA) – The takeoff run available plus the length of any remaining runway or clearway beyond the far end of the takeoff run available.
Declared Distances
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Accelerate-Stop Distance Available (ASDA) – The runway plus stopway length declared available and suitable for the acceleration and deceleration of an airplane aborting a takeoff.
Landing Distance Available (LDA) - The runway length declared available and suitable for a landing airplane.
Declared Distances
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Always announce your intentions when operating on the flight line or on ground in Uncontrolled Airport. For example:
“Taxiing” “Taking off” “Landing ”
Things to remember…
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Air Traffic Control (ATC) will use a signal lamp to give you instructions and clearance limits. The light gun has a focused bright beam and is capable of emitting three different colors: red, white and green. You have to look closely but they are visible from a surprising distance away.
ATC GUN SIGNALS
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ATC GUN SIGNALS
Flashing Green On The Ground
Cleared to taxi
Flashing Green In The Air
Cleared to approach airport, or return to land.
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Steady Green On The Ground
ATC GUN SIGNALS
Steady Green In The Air
Cleared for Takeoff Cleared to Land
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Steady Red On The Ground
ATC GUN SIGNALS
Steady Red In The Air
Stop Continue to circle, give way to other aircraft
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Flashing Red On The Ground
ATC GUN SIGNALS
Flashing Red In The Air
Immediately taxi clear of runway in use
Airport unsafe, do not land
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Alternating
Red/Green On The Ground
ATC GUN SIGNALS
Alternating Red/Green In The Air
Exercise extreme caution
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Flashing White On The
Ground
ATC GUN SIGNALS
Return to starting Point
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Correct X-Wind Taxi Technique
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