I'm looking at having some off-time this weekend in Norfolk, VA and am looking for ways to get more familiar with how an area like this juggles 4 controlled military airbases, 2 controlled airports, and myriad other smaller things.
I'm not sure I need any freqs. I have a Washington Sectional, Low Altitude enroute chart, etc. all on my iPad and am also looking at IAP's. I post in the overall forum for advice on working the puzzle itself, and my big question is this:
I have a years-old diagram of the Norfolk ARSA, and am going to make some copies to scribble on. In a situation where there's all this STUFF, would it be productive to peruse the IAP's for common routes of approach or departure for the different airports and plot them? The IAP's generally have approach/departure freqs paired for civilian & military, and I'm hoping that something like this would systematic enough that I can get an accurate picture of what comes from where, and where it should be talking.
The impression I that I get from looking at the diagram is that with Norfolk IAP, NAS Oceana, and Langley AFB each seeming to 'own' adjacent airspace, each must also 'own' routes of approach in order to keep from getting overly tangled up with each other. Perhaps they all meet in Norfolk's outer area, I don't know. Since I don't live there, it can't observe but so much.
Not being a pilot, and therefore never having flown in that environment, does it make sense to work the puzzle in this way in advance of my visit?
One other question...I still get a little dizzy interpreting the Low Alt. Enroute charts. Could I be missing stuff on those, that could enlighten my exploration of the IAP's?
Any advice appreciated.
73/Allen (N4JRI)
I'm not sure I need any freqs. I have a Washington Sectional, Low Altitude enroute chart, etc. all on my iPad and am also looking at IAP's. I post in the overall forum for advice on working the puzzle itself, and my big question is this:
I have a years-old diagram of the Norfolk ARSA, and am going to make some copies to scribble on. In a situation where there's all this STUFF, would it be productive to peruse the IAP's for common routes of approach or departure for the different airports and plot them? The IAP's generally have approach/departure freqs paired for civilian & military, and I'm hoping that something like this would systematic enough that I can get an accurate picture of what comes from where, and where it should be talking.
The impression I that I get from looking at the diagram is that with Norfolk IAP, NAS Oceana, and Langley AFB each seeming to 'own' adjacent airspace, each must also 'own' routes of approach in order to keep from getting overly tangled up with each other. Perhaps they all meet in Norfolk's outer area, I don't know. Since I don't live there, it can't observe but so much.
Not being a pilot, and therefore never having flown in that environment, does it make sense to work the puzzle in this way in advance of my visit?
One other question...I still get a little dizzy interpreting the Low Alt. Enroute charts. Could I be missing stuff on those, that could enlighten my exploration of the IAP's?
Any advice appreciated.
73/Allen (N4JRI)