KBJC Rocky Mountain Metro — local VFR procedures
Not for navigation. These are locally published VFR routes, reproduced with sources; verify against the official documents linked from each procedure before flight.
Runway 30R is the designated primary and calm-wind runway; westerly prevailing winds favour 30 most of the time. Pattern altitude 6,500 ft MSL for singles, 7,000 ft for twins, turboprops and jets. Field elevation 5,670 ft. No part of the VNAP supersedes FAA regulation or ATC direction — the airport has no air traffic regulatory authority.
Other local procedures
Day pattern — 12R / 30L
- Day Pattern — Runways 12R/30L — South pattern when the tower is open: crosswind before Rock Creek (30L) or Wadsworth Pkwy (12R), downwind before Great Western Reservoir, base before Wadsworth (30L) or Rock Creek (12R).
Night pattern — 12L / 30R
- Night Pattern — Runways 12L/30R — North pattern at night or when the tower is closed: crosswind before Rock Creek Parkway (30R) or US 36 (12L), downwind over US 36, base before Westminster Blvd (30R) or Autrey Park (12L).
All operations — 30R / 12L / 30L / 12R / 3 / 21
- Friendly Flying Guidelines — Vy climbs, reduce RPM when safe, standard or higher glidepath, overfly road corridors, no intersection departures, quiet hours 2200-0500.
- Nesting Eagle Avoidance — Requested avoidance of two areas for nesting eagles — below 6,500 ft on the BJC 025 radial at 2.7 DME, and below 8,000 ft over Standley Lake on the 150 radial at 3.0 DME.
These routes are advisory as published — none of them is a regulation. Assigned by ATC in Class B, C or D airspace, a route becomes an ATC instruction under 14 CFR 91.123; “unable” remains available to the pilot in command. Each procedure page shows its own authority level and links its primary sources.