Who has priority on a taxiway?

OK, perhaps I had my head up my... errr, you know. Perhaps the other guy
could have made a better radio call. Anyhow...

I landed at a very quiet uncontrolled field a few weeks ago. As I taxied
back on the taxiway for my departure, I kept hearing a helicopter calling out
pattern legs for a place called "tango". As I recall, he never mentioned the
name of the field, or used the word "taxiway" in his radio call, so I assumed
that he was just practicing at some nearby pad. (My error, when in doubt...) It
wasn't until I had taken off that I realized that I had been using taxiway T. I
probably seriously ****ed the guy off, and/or risked having a helicopter land on
top of me.

Lesson learned!

So now the question. Who has priority on a taxiway? Surface traffic or
landing traffic?

Vaughn

--
Will poofread for food.

Landing traffic will usually have the priority over anything else even
take off traffic

~r
http://www.pilotoutlook.com

Vaughn Simon wrote:


So now the question. Who has priority on a taxiway? Surface traffic or
landing traffic?

Vaughn


Helicopters must avoid the flow of fixed wing traffic at all times.

Dave

"Rajat Garg" wrote in message
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Landing traffic will usually have the priority over anything else even
take off traffic

On a taxiway? How about on the parking ramp?

Vaughn

On Nov 29, 12:11 am, Dave S wrote:
Vaughn Simon wrote:

So now the question. Who has priority on a taxiway? Surface traffic or
landing traffic?

Vaughn

Helicopters must avoid the flow of fixed wing traffic at all times.

Dave

Roger that, Dave - The choppers at our field use a right hand pattern
and are careful not to cause hiccups with fixed wing craft who cannot
maneuver like they do...
VAughn, unless the chopper declares he has to land on the taxiway
right now, you just continue on down the taxiway.....

However, at our field the choppers have been told they WILL use the
runway for all takeoff and landing movements and then hover taxi to
their hangar - NO direct takeoff from taxiways and ramps, period!
Even the police and ambulance choppers obey the rule...

denny

"Vaughn Simon" wrote in message
...

OK, perhaps I had my head up my... errr, you know. Perhaps the other
guy could have made a better radio call. Anyhow...

I landed at a very quiet uncontrolled field a few weeks ago. As I
taxied back on the taxiway for my departure, I kept hearing a helicopter
calling out pattern legs for a place called "tango". As I recall, he
never mentioned the name of the field, or used the word "taxiway" in his
radio call, so I assumed that he was just practicing at some nearby pad.
(My error, when in doubt...) It wasn't until I had taken off that I
realized that I had been using taxiway T. I probably seriously ****ed the
guy off, and/or risked having a helicopter land on top of me.

Lesson learned!

So now the question. Who has priority on a taxiway? Surface traffic
or landing traffic?


I don't believe I've ever seen or heard anything either way, I don't think
it needs to be. It's called a "taxiway" for a reason.

Steven P. McNicoll wrote:


I don't believe I've ever seen or heard anything either way, I don't think
it needs to be. It's called a "taxiway" for a reason.


We've got a few airports around that have the designated helipad marked
out on the taxiway. If you saw they guy attempting to land you should
give way. Otherwise, he needs to similarly deal with people taxiing.
The operative rule is don't run into anybody.

"Ron Natalie" wrote in message
m...

We've got a few airports around that have the designated helipad marked
out on the taxiway.

That's a different situation.

Vaughn Simon wrote:
OK, perhaps I had my head up my... errr, you know. Perhaps the
other guy could have made a better radio call. Anyhow...

I landed at a very quiet uncontrolled field a few weeks ago. As I
taxied back on the taxiway for my departure, I kept hearing a
helicopter calling out pattern legs for a place called "tango". As I
recall, he never mentioned the name of the field, or used the word
"taxiway" in his radio call, so I assumed that he was just practicing
at some nearby pad. (My error, when in doubt...) It wasn't until I
had taken off that I realized that I had been using taxiway T. I
probably seriously ****ed the guy off, and/or risked having a
helicopter land on top of me.
Lesson learned!

So now the question. Who has priority on a taxiway? Surface
traffic or landing traffic?

Vaughn

You shouldn't feel you ****ed him off you in a stuck-wing have the
right-of-way over the helicopter just about everywhere.

"Vaughn Simon" wrote in
:

OK, perhaps I had my head up my... errr, you know. Perhaps the
other guy
could have made a better radio call. Anyhow...

I landed at a very quiet uncontrolled field a few weeks ago. As I
taxied
back on the taxiway for my departure, I kept hearing a helicopter
calling out pattern legs for a place called "tango". As I recall, he
never mentioned the name of the field, or used the word "taxiway" in
his radio call, so I assumed that he was just practicing at some
nearby pad. (My error, when in doubt...) It wasn't until I had taken
off that I realized that I had been using taxiway T. I probably
seriously ****ed the guy off, and/or risked having a helicopter land
on top of me.

Lesson learned!

So now the question. Who has priority on a taxiway? Surface
traffic or
landing traffic?



AFAIK, when helis are using taxiways, they are taxiing. They are supposed
to use the runway for takeoff and londing ops and the taxiwas to get where
they want to on the field after that. I'm only going by what I've observed,
but they always seem to defer to other traffic when doing so as well.
Aside form the legalities, it makes sense. They're basicaly big, barely
controlled chainsaws and it's simply impracitacal to mix them in with fixed
wing traffic any other way.

Bertie