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Board proposes voluntary traffic‑pattern guidance to ease pattern saturation at Cleveland Airport
Summary
Members discussed voluntary procedures and outreach to flight schools after repeated pattern congestion; staff will consult FAA and TxDOT and draft language for stakeholders.
The Cleveland Airport Advisory Board discussed voluntary traffic‑pattern mitigation on Sept. 4 to address pattern saturation caused by training flights and multiple flight‑school operations.
Dean McFarland, chairman of the Cleveland Airport Advisory Board, opened discussion saying the airport is “a busy, uncontrolled airport” and that any measures absent a control tower must rely on voluntary compliance. Board members and pilots described times when multiple aircraft in the pattern made operations difficult for…
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