Understanding Air Traffic Control
at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
Understanding Air Traffic Control at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
ATC HOME | RUNWAY
9 | RUNWAY 27 | RUNWAYS
18L / 18R | RUNWAY 36L / 36R
VFR ARRIVAL RUNWAY PATHS
- RUNWAYS 36L and 36R (left base leg)
- Depart Fisk following Fisk Avenue
(due east).
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You may begin your
descent out of 1,800' msl after passing Fisk.
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Enter Left Base
Runway/s 36 Left/Right.
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- Be Alert!
There may be Ultralight aircraft operating in the Ultralight pattern
located at the southwest corner of the airport (at or below 1,100' msl)!
- Be Alert! High performance aircraft
may be arriving via the "Right Base" or
"Straight-In" on the Final Approach Course.
- ATC may request that you land on a
large "Purple Dot" or "Yellow Dot" painted on the
runway. This allows for simultaneously arrivals and expedites the flow
of traffic.
- If a "Go-Around" is needed,
NOTIFY ATC immediately for resequencing instructions.
"LAND LONG"
The controller will still instruct you to
land "on the numbers" or on one of two colored "dots".
One is "Purple" and the other "Yellow".
The dots are located 1500' apart. They are
used to help us properly apply our reduced separation waiver for Category
I and II aircraft. The "Purple Dot" is located approximately
1,800' from the Runway 36L threshold. Remaining runway length from this
point is 4,750'.
The "Yellow Dot" is located
1,500' from the "Purple Dot". Remaining runway length from this
point is 3,200'. You may also see a "Pink Dot" or a "Blue
Dot" further down runway towards the departure end of Runway 36L. Do
not use the either the "Pink Dot" or the "Blue Dot"
when arriving Runway 36L.
RUNWAY 36R
If you are assigned Runway 36R expect to be
asked to land long and then taxi straight ahead to the end of the runway.
From the end of the runway, EAA flaggers will direct you to parking. Do
not exit into the grass. Do not exit onto a taxiway unless instructed
to by the controller. If you must exit onto a paved taxiway, hold short
of Runway 36L! The tower controller or a controller on the ground (in
pink shirt) will advise you when you can cross Runway 36L.
CHANGE OF PLANS
Be prepared! The control
instructions may change from what you were initially told. For instance
you may have been instructed to "land on the numbers". This
would have been issued if there was another aircraft ahead of you landing
at the Purple 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 Purple
Dot" which will allow for another aircraft to land behind you (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
"purple dot")
Stay alert for traffic ahead of you on
final and also for any potential traffic that may be sequenced from the
right base.
If a
"Go-Around" is needed, NOTIFY ATC immediately for resequencing
instructions!
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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