KMHR Sacramento Mather — 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.
Standard traffic pattern altitudes: 1,096 ft MSL piston, 1,896 ft MSL turbine. Normal pattern flow: 22L left, 22R right, 4R right, 4L left — and if traffic allows, turbojets use left traffic for 22R and right traffic for 4L. The County has letters of agreement with several US military units limiting repetitive training to daytime and one hour per aircraft.
VFR arrivals
Flow not stated in the source applicability unconfirmed
- Night Arrival Vectors (2200-0700) — Intercept east of CAMRR at 6,500 ft from the north and east, east of LDOOR at 5,000 ft from the south; southwest downwinds turn final inside 10 miles.
VFR departures
Southwest flow — 22R / 22L
- VFR Departure Turn Altitudes — Turbojets off the 22s turning north or northwest begin turns at or above 1,100 ft MSL; VFR pistons make no turns before 700 ft MSL.
Southwest flow, night — 22L / 22R
- Night Jet Departure Headings (2200-0700) — Off the 22s, left to 090° through 4,000 ft; off the 4s, right to 100° to 4,000 ft. Northbound holds the heading to 6,000 ft.
Northeast flow, night — 4L / 4R
- Night Jet Departure Headings (2200-0700) — Off the 22s, left to 090° through 4,000 ft; off the 4s, right to 100° to 4,000 ft. Northbound holds the heading to 6,000 ft.
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.