COPPERSTATE Fly-In
Casa Grande, Arizona (KCGZ)
October 23-26, 2008
COPPERSTATE 2007 Helicopter Procedures
NOTE: Airspace within 5 miles of CGZ will be controlled by a temporary FAA control tower. Check NOTAMS before you depart & listen to ATIS on 132.7 before you enter CGZ airspace. This page of information is an excerpt. Click here to see the entire Official FAA NOTAM for the event and for graphics.
Helicopter Procedures
All helicopter operators are encouraged to familiarize themselves with both helicopter and fixed-wing arrival/departure routes, and to utilize flight paths that do not conflict with the flow of fixed-wing traffic. To avoid rotor-wash damage to persons and property on the ground, no helicopter operations are permitted over aircraft parking areas, vendor exhibit areas, etc.
The marked helicopter pad on the main ramp, west-northwest of the terminal building, will be closed for the duration of the event. A temporary helicopter Landing Zone (LZ) has been designated north of the terminal building, just south of the parallel taxiway, at the edge of the main ramp in the “racetrack” area. All helicopters will land and park at the east end of the racetrack area. There will be helicopter rides in progress throughout the event, operating from the extreme eastern end of the LZ; transient helicopters can expect ground guidance to land just west of the helicopter ride LZ. Helicopter ride operators will ingress and egress the area at 300’ agl and will monitor Helicopter Ops frequency on 128.4.
Helicopter Arrivals
1. Obtain arrival information via ATIS on 132.7.
2. Contact COPPERSTATE Tower on 119.8, ten miles from the airport, for arrival instructions. Unless otherwise instructed, pilots should use the Helicopter Arrival Route (see below).
3. When directed by COPPERSTATE Tower, contact HELO OPS on frequency 128.4.
4. Look for ground support personnel to provide hand signal guidance to your assigned LZ.
Helicopter Departures
1. Obtain departure information via ATIS on 132.7.
2. Contact HELO OPS on 128.4 prior to engine start.
3. When ready for departure and released by HELO OPS, contact COPPERSTATE Tower on 119.8 for departure instructions. Unless otherwise instructed, pilots should use the Helicopter Departure Route.
Helicopter Arrival Route (see graphic in the NOTAM)
Unless otherwise instructed by the tower, all helicopters will ingress to the LZ from the east, from over the red roofed building located east of Highway 387. Helicopters arriving from the west, north, or south should circumnavigate the airport (at least three miles from the airport), at or below 500’ agl, so they will approach the red roofed building from the east. From over the red roofed building, helicopters will proceed westbound to the LZ.
NOTE: Helicopters are requested to use steep approach procedures and must remain clear of both the large white tent on the south side of the final approach to the LZ, and the runway on the north side.
Helicopter Departure Route (see graphic in the NOTAM)
Unless otherwise instructed by the tower, all helicopter departures will egress from the LZ to the east, passing north or south of the red roofed building. Northbound departures continue eastbound for two miles before turning north, maintain at or below 300’ agl until clear of the runway extended centerline. Southbound departures may turn southbound after passing the red roofed building and continue parallel to Highway 387, maintaining at or below 300’ agl until clear of the flow of fixed wing traffic.
NOTE: Helicopters must remain clear of both the large white tent on the south side of the departure path from the LZ, and the runway on the north side.
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