Jose wrote:
Planes bust the 1000 ft minimum all the time near my NH house, which is 5
miles from the airport.

Are you in a "congested area"? If not, the minimum is five hundred feet.

.... "except for takeoff and landing"...

Ya know, in the high density altitude situations, sometimes I am
5 miles from the airport before I EVER get 1000 AGL. :-)

Consider pattern altitude at Leadville: 11,000 MSL, with the
density altitude at 13,000.


Best regards,

Jer/ "Flight instruction and mountain flying are my vocation!" Eberhard

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