KCCR Buchanan Fld — 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.
Tower closed 2200-0700 local, and all runways are NOTAMed closed in those hours except 1L-19R (pilot-controlled MALS available for 19R). Pattern altitude 1,026' MSL light aircraft / 1,526' MSL heavy. Helicopter training activity on the west side of the airport at 626' MSL. "Safety always supersedes noise abatement procedures."
VFR arrivals
South flow — 19L / 19R
- Arrival Procedures — Preferred arrival runways are 19L and 19R; hold pattern altitude as long as practical and avoid residential overflight.
VFR departures
South flow — 19L
- Runway 19L Departure — Remain east of Contra Costa Blvd.
Runway 32L
- Runway 32L Departure — No turns before crossing the railroad, about 1½ miles out.
North flow — 1R
- Runway 1R Departure — No turns before crossing Highway 4.
All runways — 1L / 1R / 19L / 19R / 14L / 14R / 32L / 32R
- Departure Technique — All Runways — Best rate of climb with propeller managed for noise; no turns below 700 ft AGL unless ATC directs otherwise.
Other local procedures
Helicopters, all operations — 1L / 1R / 19L / 19R / 14L / 14R / 32L / 32R
- Helicopter Reporting Points — Six named entry reporting points — Buffalo Hill, Mallard Reservoir, Bus Depot, Downtown Concord, the "Y", Morello Overpass — with the 626' MSL crossing that clears fixed-wing patterns.
South flow (touch-and-go preference) — 19L
- Training & Touch-and-Go Operations — Ordinance: no training or touch-and-go 2200-0700 (until 0800 weekends and holidays) without written approval of the Director of Airports. 19L preferred when the 19s are active.
All operations — 1L / 1R / 19L / 19R / 14L / 14R / 32L / 32R
- Noise Ordinance Restrictions — Enforced by Airport Ordinance 87-8: 78 dBA cap, 75 dBA night curfew, intersection departures prohibited on all runways, no formation flying, banner-towing or ultralights.
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.