Non-Towered Operations: The FAA issues new guidance!
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- Опубликовано: 26 июн 2024
- There are 20,000 non-towered airports in the United States. On June 6th of this year, the FAA updated their best-practices for airport flight operations at these airports. Are you interested in learning the FAA’s latest guidance for entering and flying the pattern? Are you ready to learn at least one thing the FAA would like you to stop doing? Buckle up, because we're about to learn the ins and outs of non-towered pattern procedures!
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Other than overflying midfield and turning left into the downwind, as an alternative to tear-dropping right into the 45, this is what I’ve always been taught.
Excellent. Thanks for sharing!
I would say fly over the field at a 1000 ft if doing the teardrop. The problem with 500 ft is that jets and turbos fly the pattern at 1500 ft and further out.
Excellent suggestion! The circular says to use at least 500 ft above pattern. The Airplane Flying Handbook further suggests (as you did) to use at least 1000 ft above pattern if large or turbine aircraft operate at the airport, so as not to conflict with their traffic pattern. Thanks for the comment!!
Thanks for this, I am about to do my first cross-country solo and was having trouble finding the runway direction for KRRL 16-34 which I now assume is left traffic after watching this. Yup, I have the latest chart supplement and it does not show runway direction for 16-34 but does show it for 7-25.
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Thank you very good information
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Great video and the visual diagrams were a perfect complement. Nice job!
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When entering the pattern from the upwind side, if you fly over and two miles past, then you are turning your back to the airport. I (a student pilot) did that on my one and only night flight and lost sight of the airport - it freaked me out.
Maintaining situational (and locational) awareness is much more difficult at night. The lack of visual cues can cause disorientation very quickly. Interestingly, in Canada, to fly VFR at night you need to earn a Night Rating which is at least 10 hours of training after Private Pilot.
Having said all that, there are two, approved upwind-side pattern entries. If it is night and the airport is not busy, using the second pattern entry method is perfectly acceptable. Perhaps as you get more night experience it will be easier to utilize the teardrop entry.
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No pilots preferring straight-in approaches will be swayed by this. In my experience non-towered airports are the wild wild west
You are, likely, correct. I attended a fly-in this summer where aircraft were entering the pattern straight in, as well as using many other “creative” pattern entries. It was scary. I also had a conversation with a non-towered airport operations manager about the document who then posted the guidance as the airport’s new Standard Operating Procedures. While not everyone will comply, my hope is that by spreading the word and sharing the document, most pilots will change their behavior and avoid accidents or incidents because they are making better decisions.
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Scott, I really enjoy your short and concise tips but I'm confused. In the video on AC 90-66C, you indicate that the new guidance when staying in the pattern is to initiate a turn to crosswind 1/2 mile past the end of the runway and within 300 Ft of pattern altitude. The 1/2 mile makes sense to me as it would help keep aircraft that can reach that altitude in a shorter distance over the ground from cutting off slower climbing aircraft when turning downwind. But for the life of me, I can't find it in the circular. The only reference I can find for 1/2 mile is on page A-1 # 6 for departing traffic. The examples on pages A3 & A4 #5 say to initiate the crosswind turn after the end of the runway and within 300 Ft. of pattern altitude. Where should I look for the reference to 1/2 mile? Thanks
Hollis. Thank you for the comment. You are right. In looking back through my notes (and the circular) I seem to have combined two notes. As you’ve discovered, the circular notes that pilots should turn base after the end of the runway, but does not give a specific distance.
To add to the confusion, there is a bit of an inconsistency between A-1 #6 and 11.8. A-1 #6 notes to start the turn at 1/2 mile and 300 ft below pattern altitude. 11.8 notes that before turning you should be beyond the end of the runway and AT pattern altitude. Plus, if you look at the diagrams of pattern operations, it appears the turn to crosswind and the turn to 45° seem to happen at the same point. Of course, all of these are rationalizations.
I am impressed you downloaded the circular and have been reviewing it. That is awesome! Thank you for the question and for pointing out the inconsistency. Keep up the excellent work!
What’s straight-in approach?
Thank you for the question. In IFR flight straight-in approach has a very specific meaning. It is “An instrument approach where final approach is begun without first having executed a procedure turn”. However, when used in reference to VFR flight, it usually means intercepting the extended runway centerline without flying any other portion of the traffic pattern (crosswind, downwind, or base). Flying VFR straight-in approaches puts aircraft in positions other VFR aircraft are not expecting them to be, and can make it more difficult to “see and avoid” these aircraft. I hope this helps. Thanks again for the question.
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