Airspace Flashcards
Class A
18’000 MSL to FL 600
Mode C transponder
IFR flight plan
Class B
SFC to 10,000 generally, as depicted
3 SM COC
Mode C veil 30nm
Explicit clearance with callsign
Class C
Core - SFC to 4000
Shelf - 1200 to 4000
3 152
2 way comms
Mode C
Class D
SFC to 2500 or as depicted
3 152
2 way comms
No xponder required
Class E
At or over 10,000’:
5 SM 1000 A&B, 1sm lateral
Under 10,000:
3 152
No comm or transponder required
Class G
Day:
Under 1200’ - 1/2SM COC
Over 1200’ - 1SM 152
Night:
Under 1200 - 1SM COC
Over 1200 - 3 152
Day and night:
Over 1200’ and over 10,000MSL - 5 111
Two major categories of airspace
Regulatory
Non regulatory
Special use airspace types
Prohibited areas
Restricted areas
Warning areas
Military operation areas (MOAs)
Alert areas
Controlled firing areas (CFAs)
4 major types of airspace
Controlled
non controlled
special use
other
Prohibited areas
Flight of aircraft is prohibited. Such areas are established for security or other reasons associated with the national welfare.
Restricted areas
Restricted areas denote the existence of unusual, often invisible, hazards to aircraft such as artillery firing, aerial gunnery, or guided missiles
warning areas
Three nautical miles outward from the coast of the U.S., that contains activity that may be hazardous to nonparticipating aircraft.
MOAs
Separating certain military training activities from IFR traffic
Alert areas
high volume of pilot training or an unusual type of aerial activity
Controlled firing areas
contain activities which, if not conducted in a controlled environment, could be hazardous to nonparticipating aircraft
activities are suspended immediately if aircraft spotted approaching the area
