Listen carefully for YOUR instructions,
and after passing Fisk ensure that you monitor OSH Tower on frequency
118.5.
Unless otherwise
directed, if you are at 2,300’ MSL, once you pass Fisk begin your
descent to 1,800' MSL and maintain that altitude until established on the right
downwind leg to Runway 27. If you are already at 1,800’ MSL, maintain your
altitude until established on the right downwind leg for Runway
27.
DO NOT BEGIN DESCENT
out of 1,800' MSL; UNTIL YOU ARE ON A MIDFIELD RIGHT DOWNWIND. There WILL be
aircraft departing below you off Runway 27.
Join the Runway 27 right downwind
inside of the gravel pit located ½ nm North/Northwest of the airport.
Whenever possible, keep your base
leg inside the Lake Winnebago shoreline. If your downwind extends beyond
the shoreline it makes it very difficult for the tower
controllers to both see you and sequence you.
However, it is extremely important to
wait until you have passed the Terminal Building before beginning your
right base leg (large dark brown building located at the northeast corner of
airport).
NOTE - NEW FOR 2007!!
In late 2005, the threshold for Rwy 27 was
displaced by 531'. A new vehicle perimeter road was created east of the
approach end of the runway, and the required 1000' safety area forced the
displacement of the threshold. So what sort of impact does this new threshold
create? Hopefully not too much - for either pilots or controllers.
The controller will still instruct you to land
“on the numbers” or on one of two colored “dots”. One is
“Orange” and the other “Green”.
The Orange and Green Dots were NOT moved when the
threshold was displaced. These colored dots are still located 1500'
apart and remain the most frequently used landing areas on Runway 27.
They are used to help us properly apply our reduced separation waiver
involving Category I and II aircraft.
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The “Orange Dot" is now located
approximately 1,000’
from the Runway 27 displaced threshold. Remaining
runway length from this point is 4,678’.
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The “Green
Dot"
is still located 1,500’ from
the Orange Dot. Remaining
runway length from this point is
3,178’.
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You may also see a "White Dot"
on
the departure end of Runway 27.
This is NOT to be used for
Runway 27 arrivals.
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Change of Plans
Be prepared! The control instructions may change from what you were
initially told, for instance you may have been to instructed to “land
on the "Orange Dot”. This would have been issued if there was another
aircraft ahead of you landing on the "Green Dot", however by the time you
reach the runway...
The other aircraft has exited the runway, therefore
the controller may now instruct you to “land on the Green Dot” which
will allow for another aircraft to land behind you (on the "Orange
Dot" or
on the numbers) and still provide for allowable runway separation.
These "last minute" adjustments
will probably occur no matter what runway you land on. The only difference will be the description of the
touchdown point (“the numbers” or the “Green” or
"Orange”
dots).
Stay alert for traffic ahead of you on
downwind and base and also for any traffic that will be joining the
final from straight-in over the lake.
Exiting Runways
See the “Exiting
Runways” section for
details on what is to be expected of you once you have landed.
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