Where to fly into for niagara falls
Flying Over Niagara Falls in A small Airplane
hey guys what is up John here from y8
Mike alpha calm today he's definitely
are gonna be taking you guys to Niagara
Falls
it showing you how to comply with all
those special air traffic rules flying
over Niagara Falls super easy to do
we'll go ahead and show you how it's
done so hopefully something you can pull
up here and your own airplane and fly
over this evening balls alright so we've
departed Buffalo Lancaster Airport we
are underneath the class Charlie shelf
right now we're gonna go ahead and call
a buffalo approach to start with 2615 is
the current frequency they're using over
this area we'll go ahead call level a
bill we're underneath the class Charlie
airspace and we'd like to go ahead and
fly over the falls today purchase
terminal one eight six Bravo papa
twenty six Bravo papa will approach
multimeter three zero two Niner three
zero to nine this terminal 186 Royal
Opera is currently six miles to the east
of Buffalo look up to Y over the fall
today at 3,500 criminal six five of
papas fog zero for two when I didn't
remain clear of class Charlie airspace
zero four to one with the ideas and
always clear the class earlier space
four one eight six Bravo six Bravo poppy
for resume own navigation of the for
every service you know six mile well
proper if you want to cut through it
that's fine six proud papa Rogers a gift
six bottle Papa just be advised there
are multiple departures off of runway
three-two alright so we've got to wear
any communication initially we were
cleared it because we had to clear the
Russian airspace she went ahead this
abruzzo navigation so I'm gonna go ahead
and climb up into the class earlier
basically don't need to cut through the
surface area at all but we want to go
circuits of altitude here we want to be
up at 3,500 were cutting over the balls
in I'd rather have some altitude as
we're cruising over all these houses
here though sounds like no proper scope
national airspace we just double checked
with her and we'll keep an eye over
those chargers 24:02 buffle approached
by president having rector to finally go
ahead and dial up the next frequency for
us there's gonna be 22:05 that's the
seats out for the falls and once we
report a scenic falls on site she'll cry
go ahead tell us hey report when you
have the scenic falls on site and then
we'll go ahead and report that show
switches over to see tab so we can
contact buffalo perch again on 26
fifteen or twenty six six we're leaving
the fall 26-6 is preferred at this time
that's what they're currently using for
that area that's pretty good see but of
course 26:15 will get a hold of buffalo
as well they'll let you know what
frequency is the appropriate way to talk
to a buck so we are we gonna be crossing
into Canada we're gonna be crossing the
border and although we're going over the
border we're not really leaving US
airspace Buffalo approach still control
that airspace
you're not gonna be charged by Transport
Canada per flying in there you're still
gonna be talking about flow approach or
talk to the sea top of the area as
you're flying over the Falls it's 3,500
MSL or above we'll go ahead bug 3,500 on
here to remind ourselves and we'll use
that as a floor approach crate direct
jobs so join the localizer now Xia
personal falls here pretty easy to see
him you'll see that steam rising there's
a couple smokestacks so if you use but
it is pretty easy to spot the falls with
all that fist being shot up into the air
there's this people under 130 knots as
we're going around here then this
airplane oh we could almost exceed a
hundred thirty knots but not quite so
we're not too worried about it we're
gonna be going slow anyways then Alta
helicopter tour traffic put the USA
campus stays pretty low down there
that's why we have this 3,500 foot
altitude restriction right so we're
gonna be staying above 3500 feet at all
times that's our hard floor and we'll be
talking about sea tab 2200 5 to the
other aircraft in the area just to
coordinate with them and let us know
where we are in relation on that
racetrack pattern used to be of our
reporting point so you could use them
above that chart that they have in the
church supplement we're simply giving
your position in relation to the
American Falls or Horseshoe Falls
paintballs whatever you want to say
ultimately on the day the idea is just
work it out amongst yourselves you're
about 3500 feet you're not gonna be
talking to a person
they're not gonna be writing any radar
services it's just up to you to not run
out anybody else nobody else are they
gonna be to the left or right we're
gonna be making right here turn around
Bravo pop are you familiar with the
Falls procedures six Provo Pablo six
grab the prop Roger so regardless of
where you approach the vols prop of the
south from the East Oakland or wherever
you're helping from it's usually best to
talk to Buffalo perverse that's gonna be
the easiest thing get that squawk code
they'll get you tagged up as scenic
Falls or going over the falls one point
we're climbing 1-0 thousand we headed
and then he'll probably ask you at some
point are you familiar with the Falls
procedures make sure you're not going to
be going too low you're anything crazy
and convincing all the tour operators do
anything scary
and then if you're unfamiliar with the
procedures you can love no so they'll
probably tell you to report seeing falls
on site so I'll just wait for her to
tell me that then we'll go ahead go over
see tap if you're not familiar with the
procedures or your apps of question is
still it'd be a good time to let them
know I write up a pretty familiar but
hey you know keep a close eye on me or I
have this question could you answer for
me really quick if you have a zero to
turn writing three three zero them if
you have questions about the procedures
they can't quite figure it out calling a
flight school in the area is a probably
a good idea talk to a CFI in the area
you can also just go ahead call the
weather briefer ask for a frequency for
Niagara International Airport power and
they'll probably put you through to
tower clearance delivery or someone call
up on the landline Aspen if they have
time for suppression they could go ahead
and walk you through the procedures and
how they work of course if you have any
simple questions you can leave for the
conference right below in this video and
that's what we're here for to try to
help you out but of course the real
answers are always going to come from
the FAA terminal six Bravo papa change
to Falls advisory frequency approved so
this whole battery will call you so we
got the frequency change from Buffalo
approach are still about five miles to
the east of the Falls as we're coming in
here we'll go ahead start thinking about
making a radio call as we're gonna join
this right hand racetrack pattern just
upriver upriver dokie use it's actually
more to the southern side of the Falls
the river actually flows south to north
and if these out to Lake Ontario is
exiting at the Rainbow Bridge three
thousand
traffic repair huh what to the east of
Horseshoe Falls Jordan the right pattern
3500 pretty amazing that there is clouds
being formed by a waterfall yeah I don't
think I've ever seen clouds formed by a
water bath double three across I had
3000 for descending for approach number
one my gravel board now just cuz you're
cruising around here at 3500 really 3500
and above the apartment ropes still do
apply you still need to respect VFR
weatherman well we'll go ahead and try
to stay at least 2,000 feet horizontally
for this cloud here that's ahead of us
[Music]
Wow Wow that is impressive
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traffic right there oh excuse us out
Horseshoe Falls 3700 there's a waterfall
rainbow waterfall rainbow there's a
waterfall rainbow Wow
so many things that we see in airplanes
is that there's really not worried for
weather that Wow
[Music]
and so as we come around sir head north
here we're gonna try to not go north of
Rainbow Bridge so we got Rainbow Bridge
that's gonna be the first bridge this
downriver of the Falls and that's the
one that's connecting the US and Canada
there that's the Virginia cross gonna
cross the border you came and walk
across it we'll go ahead and make our
turn to be directly over top of rainbow
for Asian will report Rainbow Bridge as
a B of our reporting point as we're
cruising along here I'm just kind of
bracketing between 3,500 2,600 follows
traffic red bear hawk over in 4h 3,500
now awesomely enough we are the only
aircraft out here right now so at least
only GA aircraft out here at 3,500 above
though we're not super concerned with
the pattern we're flying obviously the
pattern picked up the chart it's wider
and wider the foreign more aircraft join
it certainly need on a nice beautiful
summer time Saturday morning you're
probably going to have a ton of
airplanes out here that you're going to
have to make room for and everybody get
along everybody give each other roof and
right now we try a kind of an
abbreviated racetrack pattern as we
circle around the falls here still
compliant with the procedure of course
but not actually flying out a full
length not really widening out to go
upriver so as you make those radio calls
announcing your position there's nothing
specific in part 93 that says to say
scenic Falls traffic Niagara Falls
traffic Falls traffic whatever it is
basically say whatever works whatever
gets your message across clearly you'll
hear the commercial operators and guys
that fly around there all day long use
kind of a variation the idea is simply
communicate where you're at with the
other aircraft so you can avoid hitting
each other in the air 3,003 something
he'll afford taught me to 2.5 or the
tour is that's ringing at the Rainbow
Bridge 2.5 Sigerson
traffic repair Hoss to the south where
she falls three thousand seven
repattern sag receive traffic repair huh
rainbow bridge 3006 not for a pattern so
hopefully that gives you guys some
different ideas of what those radio
calls might sound link after a few
passes and some great pics it was time
for us to head on back to Rochester
alright our last class at the Falls will
make one last radio call let everyone
know we're gonna start the race track up
here and start heads back to America
back to the east and then we'll call
Buffalo approach on 26.6 sakura-san
traffic right there huh great flow
fridge 3,600 Opie's depart the area all
right I don't see anybody else out here
we are definitely the only ones out here
we can go ahead and switch off see tap
now thank you have a buffalo check all
her tricks everyone one eight six Bravo
Papa approach experimental one eight six
five Oh Papa experimental one eight six
bubble pop a buffalo approach squab
search and stand by white six travel
Papa Roger the altimeter is three zero
three zero three zero three zero is one
six profile Polly for the falls over a
tional we're here we go on to fourth
Buffalo Airport a rad Christina all
course of course first expose Papa so
that's really it
so he flew over the falls we left the
falls we wouldn't had called Buffalo
perch again you could either at that
point go VFR get a B of our squawk code
just depart the area or in this case
we're gonna get VFR flight going on at
your destination of North Buffalo
Airport they got some cheap gas there
and so we're gonna stop off their top
off and then head on back to Canada a
quote for the day so hopefully that was
helpful if you guys have any questions
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