Pilots are often nervous about flying into or around airports with skydiving operations. There's really no need to be, as Paul Bertorelli explains in this AVweb video. Just avoid the airport by three or four miles on the downwind side when transitioning and don't overfly a dropzone airport if you're landing there. Just fly a normal (not too tight) pattern.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://www.avweb.com/uncategorized/how-to-avoid-having-a-skydiver-for-a-hood-ornament