Airport Operations & Traffic Pattern Operations

LAHSO RUNWAY INCURSIONS
TRAFFIC PATTERN
WIND INDICATORS
ATIS
AIRPORT LIGHTING
Created By: Edwin A. Pitty
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Is a location where aircraft such as fixed-
wing aircraft, helicopters, etc. T/O and Land.
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AIM 2-3-3
Visual Non-Precision PrecisionCreated By: Edwin A. Pitty
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Sometimes construction,
maintenance, or other
activities require the
threshold to be relocated
towards the rollout end of the
runway.
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The soft concrete bed, called EMAS, for
engineered material arresting systems,
extends about 600 feet from the runway's
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AIM 4-3-11
Land and Hold Short Clearances (LAHSO) are
issued by ATC at towered airports to increase
efficiency
• Hold short points can be:
– Intersecting runway.
– Intersecting taxiway.
– Other designated hold short point.
• Pilots must stop the aircraft prior to reaching the
designated hold short point.
– Failure to do so may compromise safety.
– The pilot has the option to decline a LAHSO clearance
when issued.
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• Pilot has final authority to accept LAHSO
• Become familiar with LAHSO operations at destination prior
to departure
– Consult A/FD
• In the event of a rejected landing, maintain safe separation
and notify ATC immediately
• Readback all LAHSO clearances in full
– Do not make controller ask for a readback
• Maintain situational awareness
– Have airport diagram and ALD info available
• Brief other cockpit crewmembers
• Pilots should only be issued LAHSO clearances with ceilings
at least 1,000’ and visibility 3 SMCreated By: Edwin A. Pitty
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Airport lighting may include one or more of the following:
– Airport beacon
– Visual glideslope indicators
– Runway lighting
• Edge lighting
• Runway centerline lighting
• Touchdown zone lighting
• Taxiway lead-off lights
– Taxiway lighting
• Edge lighting
• Taxiway centerline lighting
– Approach lighting system
– Obstruction lighting Created By: Edwin A. Pitty
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Visual glideslope indicators are light systems
which indicate your position in relation to the
desired glide path to the runway
– Visual Approach Slope Indicator (VASI)
– Tricolor VASI
– Pulsating Approach Path Indicator (PLASI)
– Precision Approach Path Indicator (PAPI)
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• Normally set at 3 glide path
• Safe obstruction clearance within 10 of center-line
and 4 NM
• Visible from 3-5 miles (day) and 20 miles (night)
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• Three-bar VASI provides two glide paths
– Near and middle bars same as 2 bar VASI
– Middle and far bars form an upper glide path for
large aircraft
• ¼ degree steeper than first VASI set
• 700 feet beyond middle bars
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Tri-Color VASI
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• Single light unit projecting a two color visual
approach path
• Range is 4 miles (day) and 10 miles (night)
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• Obstructions not in the vicinity of an airport
– Red or white beacons and/or flashing lights are
used to mark man-made obstructions and hazards
to aerial navigation
• Airport obstruction lighting
– Steady red lights mark obstructions and hazards
in the vicinity of an airport
• Includes end-of-runway lights
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RWLS
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• AC 91-73A
– Five major categories:
• Planning
• Situational Awareness
• Use of Written Taxi Instructions
• ATC/Pilot Communications
• Taxiing
• AC 120-74A
– Adds one more category:
• Intra-Flightdeck/Cockpit Verbal Coordination
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ICAO Station
Winds
Visibility & Obstructions to Visibility
Temperature
Altimeter Setting
Ceiling Conditions
Runway in Use
Ceilings and visibility may not be reported if
ceilings are above 5,000 feet, and/or the visibility is
greater than 5 SM. Created By: Edwin A. Pitty
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