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15° Offset Procedure — Avoid Overflight of the Parallel Runway KSNA local VFR procedures

The current flow at KSNA is uncertain right now (UNKNOWN), so whether this procedure applies at this moment is unknown. Live runway page →

Not for navigation. Verify against the official sources linked below before flight.

vfr departure Airport sponsor published verified 2026-08-28 (42 d ago)

Published by the airport sponsor; voluntary unless ATC assigns it. If ATC assigns this route to you in Class B, C or D airspace, that assignment is an ATC instruction and compliance is required (14 CFR 91.123) — and “unable” remains available to the pilot in command.

VFR aircraft on the small runway offset 15° to stay clear of the air-carrier runway: 20L arrivals fly a 15° final, 20L departures turn left 15°, 2R departures turn right 15°.

The route

  1. Runway 20L arrivals: fly final at a 15° angle to the runway, to avoid overflight of runway 20R/2L
  2. Runway 20L departures: turn left 15° at the departure end of the runway
  3. Runway 2R departures: turn right 15° at the departure end of the runway, to avoid overflight of runway 2L

When it applies

Source text, verbatim

AVOID OVERFLIGHT OF RWY 20R/2L
VFR aircraft - to avoid overflight of RWY 20R/2L:
RWY 20L arrival fly final at 15° angle to RWY.
RWY 20L departures turn LEFT 15° at departure end of runway.
To avoid overflights of RWY 2L, RWY 2R departures turn RIGHT 15° at departure end of runway.
[FAA Chart Supplement:] VFR ACFT: TO AVOID OVERFLIGHT OF RWY 20R, RWY 20L ARRS FLY FINAL AT 15 DEG ANGLE TO RWY; RWY 20L DEPS TURN 15 DEGS LEFT AT DEP END OF RWY. TO AVOID OVERFLIGHT OF RWY 02L, RWY 02R DEPS TURN 15 DEGS RIGHT AT DEP END OF RWY.

The text above is the published source wording and is authoritative over any summary on this page.

Sources

All KSNA procedures · KSNA runway in use