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  • Chapter 11: Night Operations › Airport and Navigation Lighting Aids

    distance of 2,000 feet from the far end of the runway to indicate a caution zone. At some airports, the intensity of the runway edge lights can be activated and adjusted by radio control. The control system consists ... clicks. This 3-step control turns on lighting facilities capable of either 3-step, 2-step, or 1-step operation. The 3-step and 2-step lighting facilities can be altered in intensity, while the 1-step cannot. All lighting…

  • Chapter 8: Airport Traffic Patterns › Airport Traffic Patterns and Operations

    know and abide by the applicable rules and operating procedures. In addition to checking the traffic pattern and operating procedures for airports of intended use in the Chart Supplements, pilots should know how to interpret any airport visual markings ... diminish the pilot’s responsibility to see and avoid other aircraft from ramp-out to ramp-in. When operating at an airport with an operating control tower, the pilot receives a clearance to approach or depart, as well as pertinent…

  • Chapter 8: Airport Traffic Patterns › Standard Airport Traffic Patterns

    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 ... most airports with an operating control tower, aircraft typically fly at airspeeds no greater than 200 knots (230 miles per hour (mph)). Sensible practice suggests flying at or below these speeds when operating in the traffic pattern of an airport…

  • 14 CFR § 91.126 Operating on or in the vicinity of an airport in Class G airspace.

    Operating on or in the vicinity of an airport in Class G airspace. (a) General. Unless otherwise authorized or required, each person operating an aircraft on or in the vicinity of an airport in a Class G airspace area ... must comply with the requirements of this section. (b) Direction of turns. When approaching to land at an airport without an operating control tower in Class G airspace— (1) Each pilot of a powered fixed-wing aircraft must make…

  • Chapter 7: Radio Communication Procedures › Traffic Advisory Practices at Airports without Operating Control Towers › Airport Operations without Operating Control Tower

    this alphabet to identify their aircraft. [Figure 7-1] Traffic Advisory Practices at Airports without Operating Control Towers Airport Operations without Operating Control Tower There is no substitute for alertness while in the vicinity of an airport. It is essential ... that pilots be alert and look for other traffic a when operating at an airport without an operating control tower. This is of particular importance since other aircraft may not have communication capability or, in some cases, pilots…

  • Chapter 11. Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) › Section 7. UAS Operations on Airports › 11-7-1. UAS Operations on Airports

    protocols and agreements with local ATC, often operate under IFR. b. sUAS operations on airports require coordination with the airport operator and respective air traffic control facility, Spectrum, the FAA Regional Airport District Office, or the State Department of Aviation ... where applicable. Due to the complex nature of these operations, requests for on-airport operations within controlled airspace must be submitted via DroneZone for coordination with the air traffic control facility. On-airport operation requests are evaluated on a case…