PATTERN CHANGE PECAN PLANTATION AIRPARK (0TX1): OFFICIAL NOTIFICATION
TO ALL PECAN PLANTATION AIRPARK RESIDENTS AND OPERATORS:
The Official opening of the Pecan Landings Airport (66TE) will be 1 March 2011. Effective 1 February 2011 in preparation for the opening of the Pecan Landings Airport. The traffic pattern for Pecan Plantation Airpark (0TX1) will ?OFFICALLY? change to a WEST PATTERN. That will be a right-hand traffic pattern for runway 18 and left-hand traffic pattern for runway 36. The pattern altitude will remain 1700 feet MSL.
Please be aware that the Pecan Landings Airport (66TE) is located approximately 3.5 nm east and for traffic deconfliction will have an EAST PATTERN. The Pecan Landings Airpark (66TE) traffic pattern altitude is also 1700 feet MSL with left-hand traffic for runway 17 and right-hand traffic for runway 35.
The frequency for both airports will be 122.975 MHz. Pilots should use ?PECAN LANDINGS AIRPORT? for all traffic pattern radio communications while in the traffic pattern of the Pecan Landing Airport (66TE).
As a courtesy to other Pecan Plantation residents, all pilots at BOTH airports are requested to fly the runway heading until reaching pattern altitude before making any turns to minimize aircraft noise to the adjacent homes in the Airpark. All Airpark pilots need to be aware of non-Airpark Pecan Plantation neighbors and the need for reducing unnecessary aircraft noise.
All the information listed above has been submitted and approved by the FAA. However, the information may or may-not appear in the next published revision of the SECTIONAL charts. So all PILOTS need to be ?AWARE? that there may be some resident and non-resident Pilots that ?did not receive this important information?. We request that Pilots include Left or Right in their standard pattern radio call-outs to assist in pattern deconfliction.
We ask for your support and additional vigilance during this period of change to insure continued ?Safety? during all air operations.
If you have any questions, please contact the Airport Manager or the Airport Committee. Thank you for your time.
Sincerely,
Michael Bartholomew
Pecan Plantation Airpark Manager