KUAO Aurora State — 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.
Runway 35 is the calm-wind runway, and standard left-hand traffic patterns are designated for both runways after tower hours (2000-0700). Pattern altitudes 1,200' MSL single engine, 1,700' MSL jet. Avoid overflying Charbonneau, the City of Aurora, and Deer Creek.
VFR arrivals
All arrivals — 17 / 35
- Arrivals & Preferred Traffic Pattern — Fly the full pattern — early turns over the residential parks west of the field cause most of the complaints. 45° downwind entry, midfield crossing at 2,200 ft.
VFR departures
North flow — 35
- Runway 35 Departure — Avoid straight-out: turn left to 270° for NEWBERG2 or right to 060° for GLARA2; if straight-out is unavoidable, 340° direct I-5.
South flow — 17
- Runway 17 Departure — Avoid turns that overfly the City of Aurora — turn left or right three miles from the runway end.
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.