Airports Controlled and Uncontrolled Airports are classified as

Airports

Controlled and Uncontrolled • Airports are classified as controlled or uncontrolled • Controlled – Tower (ATC Services) • Uncontrolled – Non-towered © 2015 Coast Flight Training. All Rights Reserved.

Runway Layout • Airport may have more than one runway • Runway numbers correspond to magnetic direction • Magnetic direction is rounded off to nearest 10 degrees • Rate of change listed in the AFD © 2015 Coast Flight Training. All Rights Reserved.

Runway Layout • Find the layout of runways and taxiways in the Airport Diagram • Parallel and converging runways • Multiple runways designated as Left, Right, Center • More than 4 runways usually means rounded up and down © 2015 Coast Flight Training. All Rights Reserved.

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Traffic Pattern • Established to ensure traffic flows in / out of airport in orderly matter • Patterns labeled by the direction of turns: Left or right pattern • Left is standard • Pattern divided into legs • Takeoff and Land into Wind © 2015 Coast Flight Training. All Rights Reserved.

Traffic Pattern Direction of Wind Downwind Base 27 Final 09 Crosswind Base Upwind Crosswind Downwind © 2015 Coast Flight Training. All Rights Reserved.

Wind Direction Indicators • Wind Sock • Wind Tee • Tetrahedron © 2015 Coast Flight Training. All Rights Reserved.

27 09 R 05 L 05 © 2015 Coast Flight Training. All Rights Reserved. 23 23 R • Central location • Helps tell the pattern direction L Segmented Circle

27 09 R 05 L 05 © 2015 Coast Flight Training. All Rights Reserved. 23 23 R • Central location • Helps tell the pattern direction L Segmented Circle

Noise Abatement Procedures • Used to reduce the level of noise over certain noise sensitive areas • See Oceanside… © 2015 Coast Flight Training. All Rights Reserved.

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Runway Markings • Visual Runway • Non Precision Runway • Precision Runway © 2015 Coast Flight Training. All Rights Reserved.

Runway Markings • Displaced Threshold • Blast Pad • Stopway © 2015 Coast Flight Training. All Rights Reserved.

Runway Markings • Closed Runway © 2015 Coast Flight Training. All Rights Reserved.

Taxiway Markings • Yellow line down the center © 2015 Coast Flight Training. All Rights Reserved.

Hold Lines • Hold lines – do not cross • ILS hold lines • Non-movement area hold lines © 2015 Coast Flight Training. All Rights Reserved.

The Ramp Area • Do not have to talk to ground control until you want to go into a “movement area” © 2015 Coast Flight Training. All Rights Reserved.

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Runway Incursions • Any occurrence at an airport involving a person, aircraft, vehicle or object on the ground that creates a collision hazard or results in loss of separation with an aircraft taking off or intending to take off, landing or intending to land. © 2015 Coast Flight Training. All Rights Reserved.

Runway Incursions • Avoid them by: • • Study the Airport Layout Complete checklist items before taxi, or while stopped Strive for unambiguous controller-pilot communication Know your precise location while taxiing If unsure of position, stop and ask for assistance Monitor the appropriate frequency Ask for progressive taxi Stay with tower until told to change © 2015 Coast Flight Training. All Rights Reserved.

LAHSO • Land Hold Short Operation – when you land stop before another runway that intersects the runway you are landing on • The pilot MUST stop before the intersecting runway • Student pilots MAY NOT use LAHSO. Private pilots can. • What to do if you are given a LAHSO clearance • LAHSO does not preclude a go-around © 2015 Coast Flight Training. All Rights Reserved.

Airport Lighting - Beacon • Beacons are used to identify that an airport exists from far away • Normally in operation from Dusk to Dawn • May be in operation if the field is IFR • Beacons: • • Civilian: Green, White Military: Green, White Water: Yellow, White Heliport: Green, Yellow, White © 2015 Coast Flight Training. All Rights Reserved.

Airport Lighting – Glide Slop Indicators • Visual Approach Slope Indicators (VASI) • 2 or 3 -bar configurations • White over White: Fly all night • Red over White: You’re alright • Red over Red: You’ll soon be dead © 2015 Coast Flight Training. All Rights Reserved.

Airport Lighting – Glide Slop Indicators • Tri-Color VASI • Three-Beams of light • Yellow: Too High • Green: Good • Red: Too low © 2015 Coast Flight Training. All Rights Reserved.

Airport Lighting – Glide Slop Indicators • Pulsating VASI • Pulsating Red – Low • Pulsating White – High • Steady White – On Glide Path © 2015 Coast Flight Training. All Rights Reserved.

Airport Lighting – Glide Slop Indicators • Precision Approach Path Indicators • Four lights – White to Red • Roughly same as VASI © 2015 Coast Flight Training. All Rights Reserved.

Approach Lighting Systems • Helps instrument pilots transition to visual references • Can be as far as 3000 feet away from the runway • You’ll learn more about these in IFR Training © 2015 Coast Flight Training. All Rights Reserved.

Runway Edge Lighting • Row of white lights on either side of the runway • Last 2000 feet or last half of runway: Yellow edge lights • Green lights to signify the beginning of Runway (Threshold) • Red lights to signify the end of the runway © 2015 Coast Flight Training. All Rights Reserved.

Runway Edge Lighting • Some Airports have Pilot Controlled Lighting • Activate by clicking the mic 5 times • Determine by looking in the A/FD • High Intensity Runway Lighting – 7 clicks • Medium Intensity Runway Lighting – 5 clicks • Low Intensity Runway Lighting – 3 clicks • Rule of thumb: If the tower is open, just ask them to change the lighting © 2015 Coast Flight Training. All Rights Reserved.

Runway End Identifier Lights • Strobe Lights on either side of the beginning of the runway • Used in conjunction with the green threshold lights © 2015 Coast Flight Training. All Rights Reserved.

In-Runway Lighting • Runway Centerline Lighting System (RCLS) • Touchdown Zone Lighting (TDZL) • Taxiway Leadoff Lights • Hold Position Lights • LAHSO Lights © 2015 Coast Flight Training. All Rights Reserved.

Taxiway Lighting • Blue omnidirectional lights on either side of the taxiway © 2015 Coast Flight Training. All Rights Reserved.

Obstruction Lighting • White or Bright Red © 2015 Coast Flight Training. All Rights Reserved.