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Flight Tools · Holding Pattern Entry

Holding Pattern Entry

Direct, parallel or teardrop?

Enter the inbound course, your heading at the fix and the turn direction — see the entry, the pattern drawn, and the standard leg timing.

A study aid for the standard entry sectors. Boundary cases allow either adjacent entry. Always fly the entry and timing on your published procedure and chart.

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Entry

Pattern drawn to the inbound course; ▲ is you, on your heading.