Questions tagged [holding]
Holding is the practice of flying circles or circuits in order wait for an ATC clearance to proceed further.
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Can missed approach procedures be used for a PT?
I know what a procedure turn looks like, it can either be a HILPT or a teardrop course reversal, however is a missed approach procedure that is simply a hold at the station (at the VOR for a VOR ...
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Turn radius & Winds for outbound leg calculation (IFR holding)
I am trying to construct a mathematically precise holding calculator using Excel.
The more I work on it the less I feel I know, as I begin to disregard the good, but less accurate approximations I ...
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When should timing begin for the outbound leg in a DME hold?
In this example, when the aircraft is turning to the outbound leg, when do I start the timer? Is it after the end of the turn? At least, that is what I remember from 8168. Is this correct? In case of ...
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Detail an appropriate report to ATC when entering a holding pattern?
Regarding VOR holding calls, what should be included in the initial call when entering hold in the Houston TX USA area?
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Additional type of entering to holding pattern
Does anyone know any other types of entering to holding pattern besides the standard ones?
I’m trying to become a cpt and our local comission asked this question to me. They said that there is an ...
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Holding *west* on the 090 radial?
This question was on a practice instrument test:
You receive this ATC clearance: "HOLD WEST OF THE ONE FIVE DME FIX ON THE ZERO NINE ZERO RADIAL OF ABC VORTAC, FIVE MILE LEGS, LEFT TURNS…" ...
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optimal loiter speed for an eVTOL air taxi
I'm not looking for a precise answer here, just a ballpark estimate of the optimal loiter speed for any model of eVTOL air taxi aircraft. In other words, if you just want to delay (kill time) in the ...
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Holding when no hold in-lieu of procedure turn present question
If I plan to do the ILS RWY 27 at Bainbridge, can I opt to hold at LYZ instead of doing the prescribed procedure turn? If so when can I descend from our en route altitude to 1900FT MSL to begin the ...
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IAF is part of the hold at an uncontrolled aerodrome. Is the racetrack procedure necessary?
I am studying instrument approaches and I am not quite sure about this particular NDB-based approach procedure. Particularly, in regards to two things that, in my head, are conflicting:
"Direct ...
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Are Holding Speeds Regulatory?
Throughout instrument I was taught the three different holding speeds (e.g. 0-6,000' MSL is 200 KIAS) and now that I'm starting CFII I am curious about what regulation someone would be breaking if ...
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Holding Airspeed at Military Fields
I read in the AIM, 5-3-8 j.2.b.3 that holding airspeeds at USAF airfields only are 310 KIAS maximum, unless otherwise depicted. I interpreted this to mean that any holding pattern on an approach plate ...
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Station Passage for an NDB
I read somewhere that the first station passage for an NDB holding pattern is when the bearing pointer passes the 90 degree index. Then the document went on to say that for subsequent crossing of the ...
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What do these clearances by Heathrow Director mean?
For context: I know what a hold is, I know why we have them, but this is something I have not heard before.
I was recently flying VFR outside CAS (Controlled Airspace) with a friend of mine and we was ...
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Holding with no radial specified
During my instrument check ride a couple years ago I was given an unpublished hold by ATC at a fix in the approach. For the hold ATC said something to the effect of "... hold west of [fix name] .....
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Holding ***and*** the Procedure turn
On this approach (KPRC VOR12),
Is it okay to enter holding and execute the Procedure turn? I had a discussion with another pilot who wanted to do that, and thought, "Why would you ever need to ...
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