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can be found in Chapter 4, “Air Traffic Control,” of the AIM. Pilots can find traffic pattern information and restrictions, such as noise abatement in the Chart Supplement U.S. (formerly Airport/Facility Directory). 

## Example: Key to Traffic Pattern Operations— Single Runway 

1. Enter pattern in level flight, abeam the midpoint of the runway, at pattern altitude. (1,000' AGL is recommended pattern altitude unless otherwise established.) [Figure 14-39] 

2. Maintain pattern altitude until abeam approach end of the landing runway on downwind leg. [Figure 14-39] 

3. Complete turn to final at least ¼ mile from the runway. [Figure 14-39] 

4. After takeoff or go-around, continue straight ahead until beyond departure end of runway. [Figure 14-39] 

5. If remaining in the traffic pattern, commence turn to crosswind leg beyond the departure end of the runway within 300 feet of pattern altitude. [Figure 14-39] 

6. If departing the traffic pattern, continue straight out, or exit with a 45° turn (to the left when in a left-hand traffic pattern; to the right when in a right-hand traffic pattern) beyond the departure end of the runway, after reaching pattern altitude. [Figure 14-39] 

## Example: Key to Traffic Pattern Operations— Parallel Runways 

1. Enter pattern in level flight, abeam the midpoint of the runway, at pattern altitude. (1,000' AGL is recommended pattern altitude unless otherwise established.) [Figure 14-40] 

2. Maintain pattern altitude until abeam approach end of the landing runway on downwind leg. [Figure 14-40] 

3. Complete turn to final at least ¼ mile from the runway. [Figure 14-40] 

4. Do not overshoot final or continue on a track that penetrates the final approach of the parallel runway 

5. After takeoff or go-around, continue straight ahead until beyond departure end of runway. [Figure 14-40] 

