Originally Posted by
Supermattt
Hello,
i was asked to join ‘left downwind’ in a right hand circuit the other day. It confused me and I asked the tower to confirm right hand circuit, which they did.
Does ‘left downwind’ just mean, downwind? Does anyone else find this confusing?
Cheers
Matt
Assuming it is full ATC (you say Tower and you say you were asked to join left downwind) then I would assume he was clearing you to join downwind for a left hand circuit whilst a right hand circuit was generally in use. There could be many reasons for this, the most obvious being that you were approaching from that direction. It’s not at all unusual, so just read back...”Roger G-xxxx to join left hand downwind”. He will soon correct you if it’s wrong.