Texas Valley Air Field traffic pattern

Pattern altitude at Texas Valley Air Field (TA57) is 1,500 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL) by the standard convention — none is published for this field, and 33 is charted right traffic. · Open on the map

All of Texas Valley Air Field — runways, frequencies, charts and live weather

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 TA57 reports it.

RWY 15LEFT traffic

Heading: 150° mag · 156° true
Dimensions: 2,000 × 150 ft
TPA: 1,500 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL) · standard
Surface: Turf
Displaced thr: 600 ft

Enter the left downwind (heading 330°) on the 45° at 1,500 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL).

More details — RWY 15

Approach obstacle: Pline, 30 ft, 50 ft from threshold

Edge lights: Med.

Pattern side + displaced threshold: FAA NASR · TPA standard 1,000 ft AGL (not charted) · layout: schematic (headings + lengths)

Pattern direction by runway

Runway	Pattern	Heading	Pattern altitude
15	Left traffic	150° mag	1,500 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL)
33	Right traffic	330° mag	1,500 ft MSL (≈1,000 AGL)

No pattern altitude is published for TA57; 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 TA57

Texas Valley Air 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.

Watch the right traffic ends here: 33. 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 TA57?

Texas Valley Air 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 1,500 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 TA57 have right traffic?

Yes, on one runway end: 33. Every other end at Texas Valley Air Field is standard left traffic.

More about TA57

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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