PL.III.C.S1
SkillIdentify and interpret airport/heliport/helipad/landing area runways, taxiways, markings, signs, and lighting.
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- 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…
- Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 3. Airport Operations › 4-3-11. Pilot Responsibilities When Conducting Land and Hold Short Operations (LAHSO)
pilot-in-command has the final authority to accept or decline any land and hold short clearance. The safety and operation of the aircraft remain the responsibility of the pilot. Pilots are expected to decline a LAHSO clearance if they ... compromise safety. 4. To conduct LAHSO, pilots should become familiar with all available information concerning LAHSO at their destination airport. Pilots should have, readily available, the published ALD and runway slope information for all LAHSO runway combinations at each airport…
- Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 3. Airport Operations › 4-3-21. Exiting the Runway After Landing
Pilots must not exit the landing runway onto another runway unless authorized by ATC. At airports with an operating control tower, pilots should not stop or reverse course on the runway without first obtaining ATC approval. b. Taxi clear ... runway unless otherwise directed by ATC. An aircraft is considered clear of the runway when all parts of the aircraft are past the runway edge and there are no restrictions to its continued movement beyond the runway holding position markings…
- Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 1. Services Available to Pilots › 4-1-9. Traffic Advisory Practices at Airports Without Operating Control Towers
Where there is no tower, FSS, or UNICOM station on the airport, use MULTICOM frequency 122.9 for self-announce procedures. Such airports will be identified in appropriate aeronautical information publications. 4. Straight-in Landings. The FAA discourages VFR straight ... approaches to landings due to the increased risk of a mid-air 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…
- Chapter 2. Aeronautical Lighting and Other Airport Visual Aids › Section 1. Airport Lighting Aids › 2-1-6. Runway Status Light (RWSL) System
will be issued by ATC. 2. What a pilot would observe: A pilot in position to depart from a runway, or has begun takeoff roll, will observe THLs illuminate in reaction to an aircraft or vehicle on the runway ... entering or crossing it. Lights will extinguish when the runway is clear. A pilot may observe several cycles of illumination and extinguishing depending on the amount of crossing traffic. 3. When a pilot observes the red light of the THLs…
- Chapter 4. Air Traffic Control › Section 3. Airport Operations › 4-3-3. Traffic Patterns
Sectional, Aeronautical, and VFR Terminal Area Charts, right traffic patterns are indicated at public-use and joint-use airports with the abbreviation “RP” (for Right Pattern), followed by the appropriate runway number(s) at the bottom of the airport data ... indicates special conditions exist and refers pilots to the Chart Supplement. 3. Right traffic patterns are not shown at airports with full-time control towers. e. Wind conditions affect all airplanes in varying degrees. Figure…