Turboprop departures maintain how many feet until 12 nm on the departure radial?

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Turboprop departures maintain how many feet until 12 nm on the departure radial?

On turboprop departures, the initial climb segment is often defined by a fixed height to hold until you reach a certain distance along the departure radial, providing a stable, obstacle-conscious path early in the climb. For this departure, you are instructed to maintain five hundred feet above the surface until you are twelve nautical miles from the airport on the departure radial. This specific height gives a safe margin near the airport while you establish on course, and after passing the twelve-mile mark you continue the climb to the assigned altitude. The other numbers would either keep you too close to the ground in that early segment or push you higher than the procedure intends, so five hundred feet is the value published for this portion of the departure.

On turboprop departures, the initial climb segment is often defined by a fixed height to hold until you reach a certain distance along the departure radial, providing a stable, obstacle-conscious path early in the climb. For this departure, you are instructed to maintain five hundred feet above the surface until you are twelve nautical miles from the airport on the departure radial. This specific height gives a safe margin near the airport while you establish on course, and after passing the twelve-mile mark you continue the climb to the assigned altitude. The other numbers would either keep you too close to the ground in that early segment or push you higher than the procedure intends, so five hundred feet is the value published for this portion of the departure.

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