Timeline for Is this exam question on traffic patterns wrong?
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| Mar 27, 2022 at 3:39 | vote | accept | user62723 | ||
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| Mar 20, 2022 at 22:52 | comment | added | Pondlife | @Jpe61 Note that left turns are by regulation, it’s not just in the AIM. See 91.126(b) for class G, which is referenced in the following sections for other airspace classes too. | |
| Mar 20, 2022 at 8:25 | comment | added | Jpe61 | Thanks @TypeIA, my memory seems to have failed me 👍 | |
| Mar 19, 2022 at 19:31 | comment | added | TypeIA | AIM 4-3-4(b) 5. c. "When approaching for landing, all turns must be made to the left unless a traffic pattern indicator indicates that turns should be made to the right." | |
| Mar 19, 2022 at 17:02 | comment | added | Jpe61 | @TypeIA oh, this is interesting, I thought any pattern is allowed unless specifically prohibited, and right pattern always requires clearance, or announcement if no ATC is provided. | |
| Mar 19, 2022 at 15:28 | comment | added | TypeIA | I'm not so sure about the claim that "most airfields allow both patterns." At nontowered fields there is always a "correct" pattern - left by default, right traffic if so specified in the A/FD or by the traffic pattern indicator. At towered fields the local controller will assign the pattern based on local procedures. So you're never really free to choose. (That said, I've never heard of enforcement action for flying the wrong pattern unless you cause an accident... usually the worst that happens is a snarky base operator snips at you over the UNICOM.) | |
| Mar 19, 2022 at 14:10 | history | answered | Jpe61 | CC BY-SA 4.0 |