Airspace

Question 1

CTAF

Answer 1

Common Traffic Advisory Frequency

Question 2

AWOS

Answer 2

Automated Weather Observing System

Question 3

Red Flags

Answer 3

Mark Visual Flight Rules (VFR) checkpoints

Which means more planes might be there.

Question 4

Tick Marks

Answer 4

Measure minutes between latitude and longitude degrees. Each tick is one minute. Bigger ticks mark 5 minutes and even larger tick marks 10 minutes.

Question 5

Charts include measurements…

Answer 5

AGL Above Ground Level not MSL

Question 6

Class A

Answer 6

Airspace from 18,000 feet to 60,000 feet throughout the US.

Question 7

Class B

Answer 7

Airspace surrounding major airports from 0-10,000 feet. It consists of multiple layers, like an upside down wedding cake.

Question 8

What is the most restricted airspace?

Answer 8

Class B

Question 9

What is the least restricted airspace?

Answer 9

Class E

Question 10

What airspace’s will you need Air Traffic Control (ATC) authorization to fly your drone in?

Answer 10

Class B, C, D

Question 11

Class C

Answer 11

Airspace surrounding airports with a control tower, radar, and over a specific amount of traffic.

Usually covers a 5 NM (nautical mile) radius from 0-4,000 feet, and a 10 NM radius from 1,200-4,000 feet.

Question 12

Class D

Answer 12

Airspace surrounding airports with a control tower. 0-2,500 feet, no specific radius, shaped around flight patterns.

Outside control tower hours Class D airspace becomes Class G.

Question 13

Class E

Answer 13

Airspace usually starts around 1,200 feet and goes up to 18,000 feet.

Question 14

Class G

Answer 14

Airspace that is uncontrolled. Below Class E airspace.

Question 15

What should remote pilots rely on for wire strike avoidance?

Answer 15

Sectional Chart markings

Question 16

When you have re urged authorization to operate an sUAS at an airport. The ATC instructs you to stay clear of all runways. What runway markings would insure you are complying with this request?

Answer 16

You are on the taxiway on the double yellow line side of markings near the runway.

Question 17

The 009 degree radial on a sectional chart indicates?

Answer 17

90 degrees on the radial shown surrounding an airport

Question 18

Where can you find information about operating in an MOA along your planned route of flight?

Answer 18

On the back of the sectional chart.

Question 19

Is the ATC tower frequency follows the letters?

Answer 19

CT 118.5

Question 20

What do the light blue lines with a “V###” indicate on a sectional chart?

Answer 20

These are “Victor Airways”

Remote pilots should exercise vigilance in looking for other aircrafts when operating near these high density areas.

Question 21

The floor of Class B airspace are shown as?

Answer 21

Within each segment of a thick blue line in the sectional chart, you will find the ceiling denoted by a number (in hundreds) over a second number (in hundreds)

115/40 the floor is 4000

Question 22

What does a red flag indicate on a sectional chart?

Answer 22

This is a VFR checkpoint for manned aircrafts and a higher volume of air traffic should be expected there

Question 23

What does the line of longitude on a sectional chart measure?

Answer 23

The degrees of longitude east and west of the line that passes through Greenwich, England.

Question 24

What is required to enter an airport SiDA?

Answer 24

SIDA areas are used for cargo functions including screening.

Individuals must display an airport-issued or approved ID

Question 25

The lateral dimensions of class D airspace are based on?

Answer 25

These dimensions are as needed for each individual circumstance.

The instrument procedures for which the controlled airspace is established. The airspace may include extensions necessary for IFR arrival and departure paths.

Question 26

What is the purposes of a no entry sign?

Answer 26

Identifies a paved area where aircraft are prohibited from entering.

Question 27

What is the floor space of a class E airspace above an airport?

Answer 27

Class E airspace is 1,200 AGL. Take the airports given elevation (say 2,354), you would add 1,200+2,354 for a total floor space of 3,554.