When flying prop GA aircraft, do you need to be fully configured at 1000ft?

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Can someone answer this?

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No, between 200 and 500 feet is generally fine. @Brandon_Sandstrom might be able to provide some more details.

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What kind of GA airplanes? I know I am fully configured about 500 feet above ground level (Flaps, gear, speed brakes if any)

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If its like that nice, I was worried about my altitude when lining up for approach at TFFG.

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The Cessna 208.

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Yeah. I would say around 500 feet AGL to 1000 feet AGL should be fine.

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Typically around 500 AGL I’ll be fully configured in the 172 the 208 fly’s close the same way. Set flaps 5 when I start my decent in the pattern set flaps 10 when I roll ou on base and full flaps as I’m rounding out final.

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