What altitude is used for a low overhead port holding pattern?

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What altitude is used for a low overhead port holding pattern?

Holding patterns around an airport are worked at specific altitude levels, and a low overhead hold uses a standard altitude of 1,200 feet. This height provides enough clearance from surrounding terrain and obstacles in the terminal area while giving you a stable racetrack pattern to hold at until you’re cleared to descend for the approach. It’s a conventional setting used in many published procedures for overhead holds in the low-lying airspace around airports. Other altitudes wouldn’t match these standard terminal-area holds, so they wouldn’t be the correct choice for a low overhead holding pattern.

Holding patterns around an airport are worked at specific altitude levels, and a low overhead hold uses a standard altitude of 1,200 feet. This height provides enough clearance from surrounding terrain and obstacles in the terminal area while giving you a stable racetrack pattern to hold at until you’re cleared to descend for the approach. It’s a conventional setting used in many published procedures for overhead holds in the low-lying airspace around airports. Other altitudes wouldn’t match these standard terminal-area holds, so they wouldn’t be the correct choice for a low overhead holding pattern.

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