August 8, 2009
Please fly an FAA standard left
traffic pattern; please enter the pattern on a forty-five degree leg.
Use your radio to self-announce your position and intention. According
to the Aeronautical Information Manual, Chapter 4-1-9g, "traffic in the
area please advise" is NOT a recognized self-announce position and/or
intention phrase and should NOT be used at the fly-in.
The radio frequencies at Thomasville airport are:
119.175 AWOS
123.075 Unicom
123.300 ground advisory -- used only during the fly-in
We have had complaints about landing
on runway 4 and taxiing up to the 14/32 intersection. We do this at the
fly-in for two reasons. The number one reason is to keep you and
spectators safe by keeping the ground traffic flowing in same
direction. Otherwise we would have head-on traffic on taxiway Alpha.
Our second reason is that we have people at the intersection copying your N
number, make and model to get a count of the number of aircraft
arriving. If you turn off early, you don't get counted. Runway
4/22 is 5,500 feet long. From the approach end of runway 4 to the
intersection of 14/32 runway is 3,168 feet. What is your landing roll?