Lucas Field traffic pattern

Pattern altitude at Lucas Field (79KY) is 1,900 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL) by the standard convention — none is published for this field, and every runway end is standard left traffic. · Open on the map

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Pattern diagram

Drawn to scale from the FAA NASR runway alignments and the per end right traffic flags — pick a runway to see its pattern. Live wind picks the favored runway when 79KY reports it.

RWY 27LEFT traffic

Heading: 279° mag · 274° true
Dimensions: 5,488 × 100 ft
TPA: 1,900 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL) · standard
Surface: Concrete
Lights: 4-light PAPI (left) (4°)
Displaced thr: 508 ft

Enter the left downwind (heading 099°) on the 45° at 1,900 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL).

More details — RWY 27

Threshold elev: 898 ft
Markings: nonprecision
Approach obstacle: Pline, 60 ft, 665 ft from threshold
Threshold crossing height: 48 ft
TDZ elevation: 898 ft
End lights: REIL

Edge lights: High.

Pattern side + displaced threshold: FAA NASR · TPA standard 1,000 ft AGL (not charted) · layout: FAA runway-end coordinates

Pattern direction by runway

Runway	Pattern	Heading	Pattern altitude
09	Left traffic	099° mag	1,900 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL)
27	Left traffic	279° mag	1,900 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL)

No pattern altitude is published for 79KY; the figure above is the AC 90-66B 1,000 ft AGL convention for propeller aircraft, rounded to the field. Turbine aircraft normally fly 1,500 ft AGL. Headings are the runway alignment; downwind is the reciprocal.

Flying the pattern at 79KY

Lucas Field is non towered. AC 90-66B asks for a report on entry and on each leg, and for the standard 45° entry to downwind at pattern altitude.

All ends are left traffic, which is the FAR 91.126 default — turns to the left unless the field charts otherwise. The full entry procedure is here →

Frequently asked

What is the traffic pattern altitude at 79KY?

Lucas Field has no traffic pattern altitude published in the FAA NASR data. The AC 90-66B convention for propeller aircraft is 1,000 ft AGL, which works out to roughly 1,900 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL) here — but confirm it against the Chart Supplement before you fly, since a field can have a non standard pattern altitude that NASR does not carry.

Does 79KY have right traffic?

No. All 2 runway ends at Lucas Field use standard left traffic, so no right pattern is charted here.

More about 79KY

Pattern direction and alignment are drawn from the FAA NASR (28-day cycle); the diagram is generated, not an FAA chart. Pattern altitude is shown as published where NASR carries one, otherwise as the AC 90-66B 1,000 ft AGL convention. For planning and education only; always verify against the Chart Supplement.

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