On Sat, 26 Aug 2006 20:27:02 GMT, Jose
wrote:
How far out do you (as a pilot in the pattern of a nontowered airport)
want to hear from a low transiting pilot?

The airport that I hear from the most while in the pattern at my home
airport is about 13 nm away... They seem to have quite a bit more
activity than our airport and quite often, it's difficult to get a
word in edgewise when they have a few students or whatever in the
pattern... There are airports closer than this one and they have
different frequencies, so I have to assume that *someone* thought that
this airport was far enough away that the transmissions would not
intefere with each other... They were wrong, of course...

If they're not within 5 nm of the airport or heading into the airport,
I probably don't need to hear from them... Ideally, when I'm flying, I
like to stay 5 nm away from any airport (or more depending upon the
actual airspace restrictions)... I mapped this out for the Houston
area once and that left with relatively few places to fly so I
abandoned this notion rather quickly...