Traffic pattern altitude for all NIFA aircraft at KOSH will be 1600’ MSL.

Runway 18 Pattern Limit.jpg

Runway 36 Pattern Limit.jpg

SAFECON 2025 Traffic Pattern Limits.kmz

Practice Landing Heats

Practice Power-Off Landing Slots

Practice Short-Field Landing Slots

All practice landing heats at Oshkosh airport will be scheduled by the Chief Judge on a day-to-day basis. A sign-up form, open until 5pm for the next day’s slots, will be used to build a heat sheet based on the submitted preferences. Slots will be equally divided among teams who have indicated their practice preferences. After all schools are given an equal number of slots, any remaining slots will be given to the schools which have arrived to KOSH most recently. Heat position assignments will be random for positions 2-4, and position 1 will be evenly distributed among the schools. The Chief Judge may retain any number of slots to be distributed at their discretion.

The following specifics also apply:

• Slots starting on the hour (:00) are for Short-Field
• Slots starting on the half hour (:30) are for Power-Off
• Full stop landing must be made at the end of your slot time, whether or not the next heat is ready at the runway

Landing Event Details

Power Off Landings Heat Sheet - (link not active)

Short Field Landings Heat Sheet - (link not active)

• Five (5) contestants from each team are permitted in each landing event.
• Only two (2) landings will be permitted, both will count for score.
• The traffic pattern will be limited to a 0.75 NM wide downwind and a 1.25 NM final approach leg length. Flight outside these limits will result in a penalty. A link is posted to a .kmz file that can be opened in Google Earth to view the pattern in more detail. Downloading and viewing of this file is highly recommended as well as viewing the Pattern Limit pictures on this page prior to arriving at SAFECON.

NIFA Landing Events Safety Review