Understanding Air Traffic Control
at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
Understanding Air Traffic Control at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh
The following
routes have been developed for AirVenture to enable pilots to more easily
navigate from Fisk to their assigned landing runway. The advertised active
arrival runway(s) will be included on the NEW
AirVenture arrival ATIS on frequency 118.75.
ATC
Home | Runway
9 | Runway 27 |
Runway 18R only | Runway
18R / 18L | Runway 36L / 36R
VFR ARRIVAL RUNWAY
PATHS - RUNWAY 9 (straight-in
entry)
After reaching Fisk, if the controller there
instructs you to continue for landing on Runway 9, continue northeast
past Fisk on the railroad tracks.
You may see some flashing strobes at
Fisk, however DO NOT FLY OVER THE STROBES
- fly directly over the railroad
tracks!
Listen carefully for your
instructions and after passing Fisk, ensure that you "monitor"
OSH tower on frequency 118.5. You may begin your descent to the
airport. Continue following the railroad tracks - then join the final
approach course for Runway 9.
The controller may instruct you to land
“on the numbers” or “on the White Dot”. The
“White Dot” is located 1,500’ from the Runway 9 threshold.
Remaining runway length from this point is 4,678’.
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You may also see
"Green" and "Orange" Dots on the departure end
of Runway 9. These are NOT to be used for Runway 9 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 numbers”.
This would have been issued if there was another aircraft ahead of you
landing at the White 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 White
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 “white dot”)
Stay alert for traffic ahead of you on
final and also for any potential traffic that may be sequenced from the
left (or base) near the gravel pit.
See the “Exiting
Runways”
section for details on what is to be expected of you once you have
landed.
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