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[[File:Segmented circle visual indicator system for traffic pattern.png|thumb|L-shaped traffic pattern indicators are part of the segmented circle, a visual indicator system designed to provide traffic pattern information.<ref>{{Cite PHAK|year=2023|chapter=14|page=20}}</ref>]]

In [[aviation]], a '''traffic pattern indicator''' is a L-shaped device which show the [[airfield traffic pattern]] to the in-flight aircraft over an [[aerodrome]].<ref>{{cite book

In [[aviation]], a '''traffic pattern indicator''' is aan L-shaped device which show the [[airfield traffic pattern]] to the in-flight aircraft over an [[aerodrome]].<ref>{{cite book

|title=Airplane Flying Handbook

|author=United States. Flight Standards Service. Airman Testing Standards Branch.

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|___location=New York

|year=2007

|isbn=9781602390034978-1-60239-003-4

|url=httphttps://books.google.com/books?id=V3SZXFWuCIgC&pg=SA6-PA19&lpg=SA6-PA19&dq=%22traffic+pattern+indicator%22&sourcepg=bl&ots=HlJEMhgJlA&sig=ILuULsIadYp_MoEsgiTt7OeeipE&hl=fr&ei=EgaJTcDNHovKswb0tYi6DA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBQQ6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=%22traffic%20pattern%20indicator%22&f=falseSA6-PA19}}</ref> The short arm of the "L" represents the [[base leg]], and the long arm the [[final approach (aeronautics)|final approach]].<ref>{{cite web

|url=https://www.gleimaviation.com/2018/09/21/how-to-interpret-segmented-circles/

|title=How to Interpret Segmented Circles

}}</ref>

|last=Winters

|first=Karl

|date=2018

|website=Gleim Aviation

|publisher=Gleim Publications Inc

|access-date=2022-03-19}}</ref> If no segmented circle is installed, traffic pattern indicators may be installed on or near runway ends.<ref>{{cite web |title=Section 3. Airport Operations |url=https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/atpubs/aim_html/chap4_section_3.html |publisher=[[Federal Aviation Administration]] |access-date=11 January 2024 |page=4-3-4.b.5}}</ref>

==References==

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[[Category:Air traffic control]]

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