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Pilot Information
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Minimizing aircraft noise near residential areas and operating a safe and efficient air transportation system is a worldwide challenge. Courteous and responsible pilots make the difference by avoiding unnecessary residential overflights and by flying as quietly as safety permits. Please help us maintain a Good Neighbor relationship with the surrounding communities by following the recommended noise management procedures described and illustrated below.
Safety always supersedes noise abatement procedures. Please follow air traffic control instructions and other safety considerations caused by weather or emergencies.
BE COURTEOUS. FLY QUIETLY.
North Field Noise Abatement
Procedures
Safety permitting, avoid flying over nearby residential areas when
arriving or departing OAK. Please follow these procedures
when safety, weather and ATC instructions permit:
The following aircraft should not depart Runways 27R/L, nor
land on Runways 9R/L, except during emergencies. Use
Runway 11/29.
- Turbojet and turbofan powered
aircraft.
- Turboprops over 17,000 pounds.
- Four-engine reciprocating
powered aircraft.
- Surplus military aircraft
over 12,500 pounds
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Runway Map
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AIRPLANES
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Departures |
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Arrivals |
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Daytime
(6 a.m. - 10 p.m.)
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Runways 27R, 27L
- Make right crosswind turn over San Leandro Bay until reaching I-880 (Nimitz freeway) and continue per ATC instructions.
- No straight out departures.
Runway 33
- Make right northerly turn over San Leandro Bay
until reaching I-880 freeway and continue per ATC
instructions.
- No straight out or left crosswind/downwind departures.
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- Avoid flying over residential areas as much as possible.
- No straight in arrivals to Runway 15, unless required
by safety or wind conditions.
- Touch and Go's : Runway 27L is the preferred touch-and-go runway. Fly standard traffic pattern. See runway map, above.
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Nighttime
(10 p.m. - 6 a.m.)
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- Runways 09R and 27R are the preferred departure
runways.
- No left turns from Runways 09R/L.
- No straight out departures from Runway 09L.
- All aircraft over 75,000 pounds are directed to
use Runways 11/29.
- Use only full-length departures from the chosen
North Field Runway.
Pilots may choose from the following departure
procedures, wind and weather permitting:
- VFR and SALAD ONE IFR departures from Runway 27R
The VFR departure shall include a right crosswind
or additional downwind segment avoiding Bay Farm Island
and the main island of Alameda.
The SALAD ONE Instrument Departure Procedure was published
in August 2000. Please consult ATC
instructions. (Note: Do not use the OAK313 or 310 degree
heading departure).
- VFR and IFR departures from Runway 9R/L
For Runway 9R departures, use 140-180 degree departure
headings when able for E/SE-bound departures.
Continue to use right turns over the airport for N/NE-bound
departures when able from Runways 9R or 9L.
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- Runway 27L is the preferred
arrival runway.
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HELICOPTERS
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Departures |
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Arrivals |
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Daytime/
Nighttime
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Fly over freeways and
water as much as possible to avoid flying over hotels
and residential areas. |
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