One-Pager — CPL-H Area III Airport & Heliport Operations (NCHF)

One-Pager — CPL-H Area III Airport & Heliport Operations (Lessons 10–11)

Airport environment

Know signs (mandatory/location/direction), markings, lighting; heliport ‘H’ & touchdown markings.
Standard phraseology; verbatim readback of hold-short/crossing; know the full light-gun table.

Patterns & deconfliction

Fly the lower/tighter helicopter pattern (often offset); see-and-avoid + clear calls.
Stay above/upwind of wake; mind your own downwash over people and light aircraft.

✍️ Your aircraft (N-________) — fill in & confirm with your CFI

Home-field CTAF/tower/ground frequencies:

R44 pattern airspeed & local helicopter pattern altitude/direction:

Look these up in your R44 POH and confirm with your CFI. Note: the R44 is VFR-certificated — verify every aircraft-specific value.