Airshow Arrivals

By the time you read this, the U.S. airshow season will be in full swing. Already, Sun ’n Fun has come and gone; AOPA’s fly-in is scheduled for shortly after this issue’s deadline and the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture extravaganza in Oshkosh, Wis.,—the granddaddy of all fly-in airshows—is coming up. Any number of other events are planned, too.

All of these fly-ins have one thing in common: A relatively large number of aircraft will attempt to arrive during a relatively short time span. For that purpose, event organizers and the FAA often create a set of arrival procedures designed to provide some order to the chaos. These procedures are published as Notices to Airmen (No...