FAA Bans Touch and Goes, Restricts Pattern Work at Centennial Airport

# CPA Synopsis

The FAA has imposed unprecedented restrictions at Centennial Airport near Denver, banning touch-and-goes and limiting general aviation pattern work to reduce conflicts between VFR and IFR traffic. AOPA and the airport authority argue the FAA is circumventing its own grant assurance rules—standards that would prevent local authorities from imposing similar restrictions—and note the lack of formal notification via NOTAM or ATIS has created confusion while pushing training flights to other area airports.