A/FD to Include all Traffic Pattern Altitudes

FAA has decided to publish “all traffic pattern altitudes, standard and non-standard” in the Airport/Facility Directory. At present, FAA is adding information about TPA to the National Airspace System Resources (NASR) database. Once the data are in the system, TPA will appear in the A/FD as it is revised.

The decision to include all TPA in the A/FD comes from a topic of discussion at the the Aeronautical Charting Forum. FAA has starting publishing contact information for airport managers in the A/FD.

The latest update came at the ACF meeting on April 29, 2014 outside Washington, DC. .

For more information about the NASR, see AC 150/5200-35 and the website for the National Flight Data Center (NFDC).