PLT271 PVTTHE DESTINATION AIRPORT HAS ONE RUNWAY, 08-26, AND THE W...

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PLT271

PVT

The destination airport has one runway, 08-26, and the wind is calm. The normal approach in calm wind is a left hand pattern

to runway 08. There is no other traffic at the airport. A thunderstorm about 6 miles west is beginning its mature stage, and rain

is starting to reach the ground. The pilot decides to

A) fly the pattern to runway 08 since the storm is too far away to affect the wind at the airport.

B) fly the normal pattern to runway 08 since the storm is west and moving north and any unexpected wind will be from the east

or southeast toward the storm.

C) fly an approach to runway 26 since any unexpected wind due to the storm will be westerly.