The jet and turboprop port holding pattern is a left-hand pattern tangent to the BRC or expected BRC with the ship in the ____ position and a maximum diameter of ____ nm.

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In a port hold for jets and turboprops, the pattern is a left-hand racetrack that sits tangent to the ship’s bearing-range circle (BRC). The ship’s position relative to that pattern is described on a clock face, and the configuration shown uses the ship at the 3 o’clock position with a maximum diameter of 5 nautical miles. This setup keeps the holding aircraft on the ship’s port side as it flies the left-hand turns, with the track tangent to the BRC so the inbound leg aligns smoothly with the approach geometry. A 5 NM diameter provides the necessary spacing and airspace around the ship at typical holding speeds. The other clock positions would disrupt the required tangent geometry for a port-side, left-hand hold, and the diameters smaller or larger than 5 NM would either be too tight for safe sequencing or exceed practical airspace.