KORS Orcas Island — 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.
Traffic pattern altitude 1100' MSL — runway 16 left traffic, runway 34 right traffic (calm-wind runway 34), which keeps the pattern east of the field. The Port requests a minimum cruise altitude of 1500' AGL over the islands.
VFR arrivals
All arrivals — 16 / 34
- Arrival Guidelines — Keep all traffic east of the field, fly the full pattern, avoid the Eastsound village core, fly the PAPI.
VFR departures
Runway 34
- Runway 34 Departure — No turns until past Parker Reef; southbound traffic follows the over-water map routes or a right-downwind departure.
Runway 16
- Runway 16 Departure — Runway heading at Vy; turns east past Madrona Point, west past Madrona Point and above 1500' MSL.
Other local procedures
All operations — 16 / 34
- Noise Reduction & Quiet Hours — Voluntary: 1500' AGL minimum over the islands, avoid homes, quiet flying in sensitive areas, no operations 2200-0700 local.
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.