There are two flight paths — one for helicopters and another for airplanes — that converge near the Reagan airport, according to an official flight map.
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Helicopters are directed to fly no higher than 200 feet in their path, while airplanes should be at roughly 500 feet, aircraft aviation attorney and former pilot Jim Brauchle told The Post.
“That approach to that runway, the commercial aircraft published approach, is to basically fly down the east side of the [Potomac] river and then about a mile and a half from the touchdown, the aircraft would make this 50-degree turn to go land,” he said.
“And when it makes that turn, it’s just under 500 feet, and then obviously it’s going to descend,” he explained.