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Cleveland airport advisory board recommends limiting touch‑and‑go operations when four or more aircraft are in the pattern
Summary
The Cleveland Airport Advisory Board voted to recommend publishing advisory language discouraging touch‑and‑go operations when four or more aircraft are operating in the traffic pattern, and will forward the recommendation to the City Council for final action; flight schools urged caution about enforcement and practicality.
The Cleveland Airport Advisory Board voted to recommend that airport supplement language be published stating that "touch and go operations are prohibited when 4 or more aircraft are operating in the traffic pattern," and will forward the advisory recommendation to Cleveland’s City Council for final approval.
Board Chairman Hugh MacFarlane opened a special meeting on traffic‑pattern safety and showed ADS‑B screenshots he said demonstrated moments when four to six aircraft were in the Runway 16 left‑traffic pattern. "I think 4 is a reasonable number," MacFarlane said, arguing a lower limit would be punitive to local flight schools and operators while a higher limit would fail to reduce…
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