cdgundy
Filing Flight Plan
Occasionally I listen to "LIVE ATC" and hear the request from someone doing touch and goes..."request short final on runway 31", which the tower usually approves. THis is from a class D airport with two long intersecting runways. I assume he is requesting a short final to save time in the pattern. My question is what is a short final compared to a "regular" final? How short is short? What is the controller expecting to see him do? Let's assume he's flying a Cessna 150.