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• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 4-3-5
  Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 3. Airport Operations › 4-3-3. Traffic Patterns

  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 ... 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. Traffic Pattern Operations Parallel Runways EXAMPLE-Key to traffic pattern operations…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 14-21
  Chapter 14: Airport Operations › Traffic Patterns › Example: Key to Traffic Pattern Operations— Single Runway

  Example: Key to Traffic Pattern Operations— Single Runway 1. Enter pattern in level flight, abeam the midpoint of the runway, at pattern altitude. (1,000' AGL is recommended pattern altitude unless otherwise established.) [Figure 14-39] 2. Maintain pattern altitude ... until abeam approach end of the landing runway on downwind leg. [Figure 14-39] 3. Complete turn to final at least ¼ mile from the runway. [Figure 14-39] 4. After takeoff or go-around, continue straight ahead until beyond departure…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 4-1-6
  Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 1. Services Available to Pilots › 4-1-9. Traffic Advisory Practices at Airports Without Operating Control Towers

  collision. However, if a pilot chooses to execute a straight-in approach for landing without entering the airport traffic pattern, the pilot should self-announce their position on the designated CTAF approximately 8 to 10 miles from the airport ... coordinate their straight-in approach and landing with other airport traffic. Pilots executing a straight-in approach (IFR or VFR) do not have priority over other aircraft in the traffic pattern, and must comply with the provisions…

• Airplane Flying Handbookp. 8-1
  Chapter 8: Airport Traffic Patterns › Standard Airport Traffic Patterns

  traffic pattern altitude is usually 1,000 feet above the elevation of the airport surface. The use of a common altitude at a given airport is the key factor in minimizing the risk of collisions at airports without operating control ... towers. Aircraft speeds are restrained by 14 CFR part 91, section 91.117. When operating in the traffic pattern at most airports with an operating control tower, aircraft typically fly at airspeeds no greater than 200 knots (230 miles per hour…