Pattern

Question 1

When you’re circling the airport 2 nm out, what’s an easy way to know when you’re ready to turn onto entry heading?

Answer 1

Your wing will line up with the entry heading. Then you and turn 90deg and you’re there.

Question 2

Segmented circle shows what?

Answer 2

Location of base and final

Question 3

How do you find your relative position to the airport that you need to be in order to enter pattern?

Answer 3

Reciprocal (+ or - 180 degrees) from the entry heading. So if entry heading is 180deg, you need to be 270 deg (west) of the airport.

Question 4

Standard entry angle to traffic pattern if you’re on the opposite of the side of the runway

Answer 4

Announce your intentions, cross midfield, . Then you can either “cut the corner” and turn onto downwind, or turn in a loop so you can join downwind earlier at the normal entrance spot (preferred)

Question 5

How do you choose a runway at a nontowered airport?

Answer 5

See what others are doing on the CTAF. If nobody else is there, choose the runway favored by the wind

Question 6

How do you find out the pattern direction at a nontowered airport?

Answer 6

Listen on the CTAF. Look at the segmented circle. Also check foreflight/chart supplement. See the breakdown of each specific runway. If it doesn’t say “RP” you should assume LP.

Question 7

ATC wants you to make a short approach but you need more time. What should you say?

Answer 7

“can you give me a vector to be #2 for the airport?”