Pilots Rest traffic pattern

Pattern altitude at Pilots Rest (AZ57) is 5,500 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL) by the standard convention — none is published for this field, and 26 is charted right 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 AZ57 reports it.

RWY 26RIGHT trafficRP · charted

Heading: 256° mag · 269° true
Dimensions: 3,925 × 50 ft
TPA: 5,500 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL) · standard
Surface: Gravel

Enter the right downwind (heading 076°) on the 45° at 5,500 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL).

More details — RWY 26

Threshold elev: 4,450 ft

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

Pattern direction by runway

Runway	Pattern	Heading	Pattern altitude
08	Left traffic	076° mag	5,500 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL)
26	Right traffic	256° mag	5,500 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL)

No pattern altitude is published for AZ57; 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 AZ57

Pilots Rest 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.

Watch the right traffic ends here: 26. A right pattern at a field where the other end is left is the single most common place to end up pointing at opposing traffic. The full entry procedure is here →

Frequently asked

What is the traffic pattern altitude at AZ57?

Pilots Rest 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 5,500 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 AZ57 have right traffic?

Yes, on one runway end: 26. Every other end at Pilots Rest is standard left traffic.

More about AZ57

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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