FAAST Blast — Updated AC for Non-Towered Airport Flight Ops, Pilot Minute Video Covers Desert Survival, Gravity is Undefeated
Notice Number: NOTC3142
FAAST Blast — Week of Aug 07 – Aug 13, 2023Biweekly FAA Safety Briefing News Update
Updated Procedures and Best Practices for Non-towered Airport Flight Ops
The FAA recently published Advisory Circular (AC) 90-66C, Non-Towered Airport Flight Operations, (cancels AC 90-66B CHG 1) to reflect current procedures and best practices at airports without an operating control tower or an airport with a control tower that operates only part-time. This AC specifies the regulatory requirements, recommended operations, and communications procedures for operating at non-towered airports and recommends traffic patterns, communications phraseology, and operational procedures for use by aircraft, lighter-than-air aircraft, gliders, parachutes, rotorcraft, and ultralight vehicles.
The AC stresses safety as the primary objective and provides general operating practices including preflight actions, flying the standard traffic pattern, being alert for other than a left-hand traffic pattern, and self-announcing position and/or intentions. You can review this AC at bit.ly/AC9066C.
Notice Number: NOTC3142
FAAST Blast — Week of Aug 07 – Aug 13, 2023Biweekly FAA Safety Briefing News Update
Updated Procedures and Best Practices for Non-towered Airport Flight Ops
The FAA recently published Advisory Circular (AC) 90-66C, Non-Towered Airport Flight Operations, (cancels AC 90-66B CHG 1) to reflect current procedures and best practices at airports without an operating control tower or an airport with a control tower that operates only part-time. This AC specifies the regulatory requirements, recommended operations, and communications procedures for operating at non-towered airports and recommends traffic patterns, communications phraseology, and operational procedures for use by aircraft, lighter-than-air aircraft, gliders, parachutes, rotorcraft, and ultralight vehicles.
The AC stresses safety as the primary objective and provides general operating practices including preflight actions, flying the standard traffic pattern, being alert for other than a left-hand traffic pattern, and self-announcing position and/or intentions. You can review this AC at bit.ly/AC9066C.
