The circuit
Fly the circuit around the field and learn what you do and say on each leg.
Republic Tower 118.800
Runway 24 · left-hand circuit · wind 240/10 kt
Circuit height: often 1,000 ft above the field; the aerodrome chart tells you.
Upwind
ClimbingYou take off into wind and climb straight ahead over the extended centreline. Do your after-take-off checks. Turn only once you are past the end of the runway and high enough: your school and the aerodrome chart give the numbers.
- You
Republic Tower, N123CL, holding short runway 24, ready for departure
- Tower
N123CL, runway 24, cleared for takeoff
- You
Runway 24, cleared for takeoff, N123CL
At the holding point, when you are ready to go.
Wind and runway
- Runway in use
- 24
- Headwind
- 10 kt
- Crosswind
- 0 kt
You take off and land into wind. Your groundspeed is then lower, so you need less runway. That is why the runway in use follows the wind.