What does “to the numbers” mean in landing clearance?What is the correct traffic pattern at a towered...
Coworker is trying to get me to sign his petition to run for office. How to decline politely?
The Longest Chess Game
Which was the first story to feature space elevators?
Could Comets or Meteors be used to Combat Global Warming?
How can I portray body horror and still be sensitive to people with disabilities?
STM32 PWM problem
Short story where Earth is given a racist governor who likes species of a certain color
Taking an academic pseudonym?
Why does the Binomial Theorem use combinations and not permutations for its coefficients?
What did Putin say about a US deep state in his state-of-the-nation speech; what has he said in the past?
Sauna: Wood does not feel so hot
TikZ-Tree with asymmetric siblings
How to scroll to next div using Javascript?
How can changes in personality/values of a person who turned into a vampire be explained?
Last Reboot commands don't agree
How bad is a Computer Science course that doesn't teach Design Patterns?
How to know if I am a 'Real Developer'
Why is the meaning of kanji 閑 "leisure"?
Why do we divide Permutations to get to Combinations?
80-bit collision resistence because of 80-bit x87 registers?
Sing Baby Shark
Reading source code and extracting json from a url
How can a kingdom keep the secret of a missing monarch from the public?
What happens if you declare more than $10,000 at the US border?
What does “to the numbers” mean in landing clearance?
What is the correct traffic pattern at a towered airport?Where should I enter the pattern when instructed to report a 2-mile left base?What does the ATC instruction “Make left traffic, runway 19L” mean?Does a request for a Pop-Up IFR clearance constitute filing a flight plan?Is it bad form to call “ready to depart” when you know you won't be cleared yet?What does “square the base” mean?What is the correct phraseology for changing the runway of a landing clearance?When is the descent clearance requested from ATC?If you turned base early, cutting off other traffic, what is the safest way to rejoin downwind?Does Clearance Delivery operate in the same way for airports in Bravo, Charlie and Delta airspace?
$begingroup$
Last night I was left downwind, abeam the tower, on my second circuit of the pattern. The controller said “helicopter xyz, cleared for the option runway 24, to the numbers”. I already had been given a restriction to stay east of rwy 18; as there was an airplane in right traffic there. What is the significance of “to the numbers” in this clearance? Is he just telling me not to land long?
traffic-pattern clearance
edited 9 hours ago
Peter Mortensen
30327
asked 18 hours ago
John HutchinsonJohn Hutchinson
1529
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Last night I was left downwind, abeam the tower, on my second circuit of the pattern. The controller said “helicopter xyz, cleared for the option runway 24, to the numbers”. I already had been given a restriction to stay east of rwy 18; as there was an airplane in right traffic there. What is the significance of “to the numbers” in this clearance? Is he just telling me not to land long?
traffic-pattern clearance
edited 9 hours ago
Peter Mortensen
30327
asked 18 hours ago
John HutchinsonJohn Hutchinson
1529
$endgroup$
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Last night I was left downwind, abeam the tower, on my second circuit of the pattern. The controller said “helicopter xyz, cleared for the option runway 24, to the numbers”. I already had been given a restriction to stay east of rwy 18; as there was an airplane in right traffic there. What is the significance of “to the numbers” in this clearance? Is he just telling me not to land long?
traffic-pattern clearance
edited 9 hours ago
Peter Mortensen
30327
asked 18 hours ago
John HutchinsonJohn Hutchinson
1529
$endgroup$
Last night I was left downwind, abeam the tower, on my second circuit of the pattern. The controller said “helicopter xyz, cleared for the option runway 24, to the numbers”. I already had been given a restriction to stay east of rwy 18; as there was an airplane in right traffic there. What is the significance of “to the numbers” in this clearance? Is he just telling me not to land long?
traffic-pattern clearance
traffic-pattern clearance
edited 9 hours ago
Peter Mortensen
30327
asked 18 hours ago
John HutchinsonJohn Hutchinson
1529
edited 9 hours ago
Peter Mortensen
30327
asked 18 hours ago
John HutchinsonJohn Hutchinson
1529
edited 9 hours ago
Peter Mortensen
30327
edited 9 hours ago
Peter Mortensen
30327
edited 9 hours ago
Peter Mortensen
30327
30327
asked 18 hours ago
John HutchinsonJohn Hutchinson
1529
asked 18 hours ago
John HutchinsonJohn Hutchinson
1529
asked 18 hours ago
John HutchinsonJohn Hutchinson
1529
1529
add a comment |
add a comment |
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
$begingroup$
Typically it's phrased as "direct to the numbers" and means you should proceed in a straight line from your present position to where the runway numbers are painted on the pavement. This instruction can be issued to fixed-wing aircraft as well, but perhaps not from as wide a range of starting positions. It relieves you of any previous restrictions.
edited 9 hours ago
Pondlife
51.4k8139285
answered 18 hours ago
pericynthionpericynthion
2,4401019
$endgroup$
3
$begingroup$
Ok, I see this described elsewhere as nonstandard phraseology for “make short approach”
$endgroup$
– John Hutchinson
15 hours ago
add a comment |
Your Answer
StackExchange.ifUsing("editor", function () {
return StackExchange.using("mathjaxEditing", function () {
StackExchange.MarkdownEditor.creationCallbacks.add(function (editor, postfix) {
StackExchange.mathjaxEditing.prepareWmdForMathJax(editor, postfix, [["$", "$"], ["\\(","\\)"]]);
});
});
}, "mathjax-editing");
StackExchange.ready(function() {
var channelOptions = {
tags: "".split(" "),
id: "528"
};
initTagRenderer("".split(" "), "".split(" "), channelOptions);
StackExchange.using("externalEditor", function() {
// Have to fire editor after snippets, if snippets enabled
if (StackExchange.settings.snippets.snippetsEnabled) {
StackExchange.using("snippets", function() {
createEditor();
});
}
else {
createEditor();
}
});
function createEditor() {
StackExchange.prepareEditor({
heartbeatType: 'answer',
autoActivateHeartbeat: false,
convertImagesToLinks: false,
noModals: true,
showLowRepImageUploadWarning: true,
reputationToPostImages: null,
bindNavPrevention: true,
postfix: "",
imageUploader: {
brandingHtml: "Powered by u003ca class="icon-imgur-white" href="https://imgur.com/"u003eu003c/au003e",
contentPolicyHtml: "User contributions licensed under u003ca href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/"u003ecc by-sa 3.0 with attribution requiredu003c/au003e u003ca href="https://stackoverflow.com/legal/content-policy"u003e(content policy)u003c/au003e",
allowUrls: true
},
noCode: true, onDemand: true,
discardSelector: ".discard-answer"
,immediatelyShowMarkdownHelp:true
});
}
});
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2faviation.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f60372%2fwhat-does-to-the-numbers-mean-in-landing-clearance%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
1 Answer
1
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
active
oldest
votes
$begingroup$
Typically it's phrased as "direct to the numbers" and means you should proceed in a straight line from your present position to where the runway numbers are painted on the pavement. This instruction can be issued to fixed-wing aircraft as well, but perhaps not from as wide a range of starting positions. It relieves you of any previous restrictions.
edited 9 hours ago
Pondlife
51.4k8139285
answered 18 hours ago
pericynthionpericynthion
2,4401019
$endgroup$
3
$begingroup$
Ok, I see this described elsewhere as nonstandard phraseology for “make short approach”
$endgroup$
– John Hutchinson
15 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Typically it's phrased as "direct to the numbers" and means you should proceed in a straight line from your present position to where the runway numbers are painted on the pavement. This instruction can be issued to fixed-wing aircraft as well, but perhaps not from as wide a range of starting positions. It relieves you of any previous restrictions.
edited 9 hours ago
Pondlife
51.4k8139285
answered 18 hours ago
pericynthionpericynthion
2,4401019
$endgroup$
3
$begingroup$
Ok, I see this described elsewhere as nonstandard phraseology for “make short approach”
$endgroup$
– John Hutchinson
15 hours ago
add a comment |
$begingroup$
Typically it's phrased as "direct to the numbers" and means you should proceed in a straight line from your present position to where the runway numbers are painted on the pavement. This instruction can be issued to fixed-wing aircraft as well, but perhaps not from as wide a range of starting positions. It relieves you of any previous restrictions.
edited 9 hours ago
Pondlife
51.4k8139285
answered 18 hours ago
pericynthionpericynthion
2,4401019
$endgroup$
Typically it's phrased as "direct to the numbers" and means you should proceed in a straight line from your present position to where the runway numbers are painted on the pavement. This instruction can be issued to fixed-wing aircraft as well, but perhaps not from as wide a range of starting positions. It relieves you of any previous restrictions.
edited 9 hours ago
Pondlife
51.4k8139285
answered 18 hours ago
pericynthionpericynthion
2,4401019
edited 9 hours ago
Pondlife
51.4k8139285
edited 9 hours ago
Pondlife
51.4k8139285
edited 9 hours ago
Pondlife
51.4k8139285
51.4k8139285
answered 18 hours ago
pericynthionpericynthion
2,4401019
answered 18 hours ago
pericynthionpericynthion
2,4401019
answered 18 hours ago
pericynthionpericynthion
2,4401019
2,4401019
3
$begingroup$
Ok, I see this described elsewhere as nonstandard phraseology for “make short approach”
$endgroup$
– John Hutchinson
15 hours ago
add a comment |
3
$begingroup$
Ok, I see this described elsewhere as nonstandard phraseology for “make short approach”
$endgroup$
– John Hutchinson
15 hours ago
3
3
$begingroup$
Ok, I see this described elsewhere as nonstandard phraseology for “make short approach”
$endgroup$
– John Hutchinson
15 hours ago
$begingroup$
Ok, I see this described elsewhere as nonstandard phraseology for “make short approach”
$endgroup$
– John Hutchinson
15 hours ago
add a comment |
Thanks for contributing an answer to Aviation Stack Exchange!
- Please be sure to answer the question. Provide details and share your research!
But avoid …
- Asking for help, clarification, or responding to other answers.
- Making statements based on opinion; back them up with references or personal experience.
Use MathJax to format equations. MathJax reference.
To learn more, see our tips on writing great answers.
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
StackExchange.ready(
function () {
StackExchange.openid.initPostLogin('.new-post-login', 'https%3a%2f%2faviation.stackexchange.com%2fquestions%2f60372%2fwhat-does-to-the-numbers-mean-in-landing-clearance%23new-answer', 'question_page');
}
);
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Sign up or log in
StackExchange.ready(function () {
StackExchange.helpers.onClickDraftSave('#login-link');
});
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Sign up using Google
Sign up using Facebook
Sign up using Email and Password
Post as a guest
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
Required, but never shown
