Traffic Pattern
Posted by CryptographerHuge682@reddit | flying | View on Reddit | 15 comments
Hello quick question, is there a limit of aircraft doing touch and goes at your home airports ?
Here in mine they only allow two at the same time and sometimes when there is VFR traffics coming in to the airport for full stop landing, the ATC sends one or both of the traffics to a visual reporting point to hold until the other traffic lands, I find it interesting.
Lord_Giles@reddit
My home airport in the middle of the United states is untowered near a large city with 3 flight schools within 10 miles... There are no limits, but when there are around 4 to 6, people start to circle for spacing and extending downwinds or going somewhere else :)
Occasionally an ancient pilot that probably should have sold their plane 10 years ago will join and do something like land the opposite direction of traffic only calling their final on the radio.
The last midair collision here was 34 years ago, but i've seen 3 people have to maneuver to avoid one since i've been flying (~200h)
CryptographerHuge682@reddit (OP)
I think uncontrolled airports are the scariest ones for me luckily we don’t have many of them in Europe but definitely and thing a everyone should experience once at least
ExtremePast@reddit
It's traffic, not traffics
CryptographerHuge682@reddit (OP)
Thank you man, English is not my first language
Accomplished_Beat418@reddit
I’ve been cleared to land number 14 once. We get real busy. I need to buy the tower guys some food one of these days.
bgrant902@reddit
KLAF?
Canadian47@reddit
We have an annual "take your controller for a flight" day where we take the controllers and airport staff (and a +1) for a short local flight. It's good for them to see the other side and has been great for the relationship between us pilots and everyone who supports us at the airport.
CryptographerHuge682@reddit (OP)
14!!!! Haahahahaha that’s absolutely crazy for me, experience is key
Pseudo-Jonathan@reddit
There's no hard and fast rule. It depends on the controllers comfort level, the configuration of the airfield, etc... Some of my local airports will have 6+ in the pattern without trouble, and others will get overloaded at 3.
CryptographerHuge682@reddit (OP)
Wow I feel like 6 traffics in a traffic pattern is not smth I’m used to, I’m kinda worried about if I will have to fly in an airport where there is that many traffics in the traffic pattern and I’m not used to that.
Pseudo-Jonathan@reddit
Just follow instructions the same as you would with 2 or 3. Look for this traffic ahead, follow that traffic, cleared touch and go. Maybe more downwind extensions, but otherwise no different.
vanhawk28@reddit
Just wait till you do 6 in pattern at an uncontrolled. Lots of ppl become assholes and everyone’s extending to New York on downwind lol
old_flying_fart@reddit
Two? Is there a lot of 121 traffic?
The controllers here certainly allow up to 5, but will hand out 360s and extended downwinds like candy when the 121s and Gulfstreams show up.
CryptographerHuge682@reddit (OP)
Is basically some military training flights (maybe like 1 or 2 at the same time in the air) and my school (like 7 aircrafts in the air at the same time but traffic pattern the only allow 2 for touch and goes) nothing else,
rFlyingTower@reddit
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Hello quick question, is there a limit of aircraft doing touch and goes at your home airports ?
Here in mine they only allow two at the same time and sometimes when there is VFR traffics coming in to the airport for full stop landing, the ATC sends one or both of the traffics to a visual reporting point to hold until the other traffic lands, I find it interesting.
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