kcos airfield orientation

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Colorado Springs Airport


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Runways

Runway Length Width

17L-35R 13,501 150

17R-35L 11,022 150 *12-30 8,269 150

*30 Displaced 356 feet (terrain)


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Runway Safety Areas

All COS runway safety areas are 1,000 x 500


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Approaches

Runway 35R: ILS, GPS

Runway 35L: ILS, NDB

Runway 17R: GPS

Runway 17L: ILS, GPS

Runway 30: GPS


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Taxiways

All Taxiways on the movement area are at least

75 feet wide.


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Taxiway Safety Areas

All Taxiway Safety Areas are 171 feet

wide.


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Taxiway System

Parallels: A, B, C, E

Stubs: A1-A7, B1-B6, C1-C7, E1-E8

Stubs: M, N, P Cross field: G, H

Taxiway F

Mil/IMOS


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Ramps

Air carrier

Peterson

ADACG IMOS


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Movement Areas

All Runways and Taxiways are controlled by

FAA ATC.


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Non-Movement Areas

All Taxilanes and Ramps

Not controlled by ATC


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Runway Markings

Rwy 17L-35R, 17R-35L

Threshold

Designation

Centerline

Touchdown Zone

Aiming Point

Fixed Distance

Edge

Rwy 12-30

Threshold

Designation

Centerline

Displaced Threshold


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Runway Markings

20Threshold Markings

Runway Designation Markings

Centerline Markings

Aiming Point Markings

Touchdown Zone Markings


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Cont. Runway Markings

20

Displaced Threshold Markings


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LAHSO Markings

Land and Hold Short markings

Rwy 35L short of 12-30

Rwy 30 short of 17R-35L


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Taxiway Markings

Mandatory hold

Centerline

Enhanced centerline Edge

ILS critical area

Movement area


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Taxilane Markings

Centerline

Mandatory Hold


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Taxiway Markings

Runway Hold

Position

Markings:Indicated by two solid and twobroken yellow lines.


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Cont. Taxiway Markings

Non-MovementArea Boundary

Markings:Indicated by a solid and dashed

yellow line.

ILS Critical AreaHolding Position

Marking:Indicates location on a taxiway

where an aircraft or vehicle is to

stop when it does not have

clearance.


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Cont. Taxiway Markings

TaxiwayMarkings:

Indicated by yellow lines with

black outlines.

End of

Pavement


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Ramp Markings

Lead-in or J-line Markings


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Signs

Mandatory Hold (white on red)

Approach (white on red)

ILS (white on red)

Directional (black on yellow)

Location (yellow on black)

Inbound and Outbound Destination (black on yellow)

Runway Distance Remaining (white on black)


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Airfield Signage

Hold PositionIndicated bywhite numbers

on a red background.

Taxiway

Location :Indicated byyellowletters

on a blacksign.


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Cont. Airfield Signage

OutboundDestination

SignIndicates the directionof runway for outbound

aircraft.

Inbound

Direction Sign:Indicates the direction of

destinations for pilots. This

sign indicates direction to

the Military installation.


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Mandatory Hold

Position Signs for

Runway:Do not proceed beyond this sign

without clearance from ATCT.

Hold Position

Signs for Runway

Approach Areas:Installed on Taxiways that are

located in the approach areas.


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Runway Distance

Remaining Sign:Sign number indicates the

length of runway remaining in

1,000 of feet.

ILS Critical

AreaMark the boundary of an ILS critical

area, and advice operators where to stopto avoid interfering with aircraft

navigational signals.


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Direction Sign:Sign number indicates the

length of runway remaining in

1,000 of feet.


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Runway Lighting

Edge (white/amber)

Threshold (green/red)

LAHSO In-pavement lights (17L-35R)

Centerline

Touchdown Zone


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Taxiway Lights

Edge (Blue)

TAXIWAY edges

are indicated by

Blue lights.


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Airfield Lighting

20

RUNWAY edges are

indicated by White

lights, followed byAmber and then Red

as you move closer

to the end of the

runway.


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Visual Approach Aids

Rwy 17L: MALSR

Rwy 35R: REIL

Rwy 17R: REIL Rwy 35L: MALSR, PAPI

Rwy 12: REIL, PAPI

Rwy 30: REIL, PAPI


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View of VASI

from approach.

Visual Approach Slope Indicator (VASI)

The VASI is a system of lights onthe side of an airport runway that

provides visual descent guidance

information during the approach to

a runway


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Standard VASI

Consist of two sets of lights

Each set designed to appear eitherwhite or red depending on angleviewed.

If on Glide Slope, first set of lightswill appear white and second set red.

If High on Glide Slope, bothappear white.

If Low on Glide Slope, both appearred.

Most common type of VASI system

Standard VASI system

viewed from approach.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/a/a1/Vasi-1.JPG


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Precision Approach Path Indicator

(PAPI)

A light system that consists of two,

three, or four boxes of lights that

provide a visual indication of an

aircrafts position on the glidepath.

Depending on the angle, lights will

appear red or white.

On glidepath when two white and two

red lights are viewed.

If high more white lights will be visible.

If low more red lights will be visible.

Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI)


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Airport Information Phone Numbers

ATIS (Automatic Terminal Information Service): (719) 596-7040

ASOS (Airport Surface Observation Service): (719) 637-9696

Airfield Conditions Report (24 hours automated message): (719) 550-1942

COS Airport Communications Center: (719) 550-1918


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