KHPN Westchester County — local VFR procedures

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Not for navigation. These are locally published VFR routes, reproduced with sources; verify against the official documents linked from each procedure before flight.

Published procedures are split by weight class: aircraft 12,500 lbs and under, and aircraft over 12,500 lbs plus all turbine. Aircraft over 12,500 lbs are asked to consider runway 16 or 34. Aircraft over 120,000 lbs must contact Airport Operations before landing or departing.

VFR arrivals

All runways — 16 / 34 / 11 / 29

Light Aircraft Arrivals (12,500 lbs or less) — Hold 1,500 ft MSL or higher as long as practical on every runway.
Large & Turbine Arrivals (over 12,500 lbs) — 2,500 ft MSL or higher as long as practical; intercept final beyond the outer marker off 16, over Long Island Sound off 34.

VFR departures

All runways — 16 / 34 / 11 / 29

Light Aircraft Departures (12,500 lbs or less) — Vy on runway heading to 1,000 ft MSL then reduce power, on every runway; off 34 northbound and eastbound, join and follow I-684 to 1,500 ft.
Large & Turbine Departures (over 12,500 lbs) — Per-runway climb headings: 162° then 320° at 800 ft off 16; 342° then 295° at 1,000 ft off 34; runway heading off 11 and 29.

Helicopters — 11 / 29

Designated Helicopter Routes — The four named routes — November, Sierra, Whiskey and Echo — developed jointly with the FAA, the tower and the Eastern Region Helicopter Council.

Other local procedures

All runways — 16 / 34 / 29 / 11

Touch-and-Go Patterns — Climb upwind at Vy to 1,100 ft before crosswind, 1,500 ft in the pattern; per-runway landmarks for 16, 34 and 29.
Intersection Takeoff Prohibition — The one genuinely mandatory noise measure at HPN: intersection takeoffs are prohibited for large and turbojet airplanes.

Runway 16 / 34

The Six Noise Programs — Voluntary Restraint From Flying (midnight-0630), High Range Noise Event contact, run-up hours, reverse-thrust limits and advance authorisation. Note there is NO mandatory curfew.

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.