HOLDING AND COURSE REVERSALS

Question 1

NON PUBLISHED HOLDING INFORMATION

Answer 1

D- DIRECTION OF HOLD IN RELATION OF FIX
F- FIX
R- RADIAL OF HOLD
A- ALTITUDE
T- TURNS
E- EFC TIME

Question 2

PUBLISHED HOLD INFORMATION

Answer 2

D- DIRECTION OF HOLD IN RELATION OF FIX
F- FIX
E- EFC TIME

Question 3

DIRECT ENRTY PROCEDURE

Answer 3

PROCEED DIRECT TO THE FIX
CROSS THE FIX, MAKE TURN TO OUTBOUND HEADING AND JOIN THE OUTBOUND COURSE
BEGIN TIMING UPON CROSSING THE ABEAM POINT IN THE OUTBOUND (FLAG FLIP IN VOR) OR UPON WINGS LEVEL ON HEADING

Question 4

TEARDROP ENTRY PROCEDURE

Answer 4

PROCEED DIRECT TO THE FIX
CROSS THE FIX, TURN 30° FROM THE OUTBOUND COURSE ON THE PROTECTED SIDE
FLY THIS HEADING FOR 1 MINUTE
TURN INBOUND TO INTERCEPT THE INBOUND COURSE (SAME DIRECTION AS HOLD)

Question 5

PARALLEL ENTRY PROCEDURE

Answer 5

PROCEED DIRECT TO THE FIX
CROSS THE FIX, TURN TO THE OUTBOUND COURSE TO PARALLEL THE HOLDING PATTERN ON THE UNPROTECTED SIDE
TIME FOR 1 MINUTE, THEN TURN TOWARDS THE PROTECTED SIDE

Question 6

MAXIMUM HOLDING AIRSPEEDS

Answer 6

UP TO 6,000’ 200KIAS
6,001’-14,000’ 230KIAS
12,001-ABOVE 265KIAS

Question 7

STANDARD HOLDING TIMES

Answer 7

BELOW 14,000’ 1 MINUTE
ABOVE 14,000’ 1.5 MINUTES
GPS HOLD TYPICALLY 5 NM
DME HOLDS ATC WILL ADVISE

Question 8

WIND AND TIME CORRECTIONS IN HOLD

Answer 8

WIND: DOUBLE WIND CORRECTION ANGLE IN OUTBOUND LEG TO COMPENSATE FOR LACK OF CORRECTION IN THE TURN
TIME: ADJUST TIME ON THE OUTBOUND LEG TO CORRECT THE INBOUND LEG FOR PROPER TIMING

Question 9

PROCEDURE TURN

Answer 9

MANEUVER USED WHEN IT IS NECESSARY TO REVERSE DIRECTION TO ESTABLISH AN AIRCRAFT ON THE INTERMEDIATE APPROACH SEGMENT OR FINAL APPROACH COURSE

Question 10

WHEN IS PROCEDURE TURN NOT REQUIRED

Answer 10

S- STRAIGHT IN
H- HOLDING PATTERN IN LIEU OF A PROCEDURE TURN
A- ARC (DME)
R- RADAR VECTORS TO FINAL OR DIRECTED BY ATC
P- PROCEDURE TURN NOT AUTHORIZED (NoPT)
T- TEARDROP IN LIEU OF A PROCEDURE TURN
T- TIMED APPROACH FROM A HOLDING FIX

Question 11

PROCEDURE TURN LIMITATIONS

Answer 11

TURN ON THE DEPICTED SIDE
REMAIN WITH IN 10 NM OF NAVAID
FOLLOW DEPICTED ALTITUDES
MAXIMUM SPEED OF 200 KTS
USE STANDARD RATE TURNS
MAXIMUM 30° OF BANK
BEGIN REDUCING SPEED TO HOLDING SPEED 3 MINUTES PRIOR TO CROSSING FIX
NEVER ACCEPT CLEARANCE WITHOUT AN EFC