Airspace Flashcards
What is surface area in US airspace?
The airspace contained by the lateral boundary of the Class B, C, D, or E airspace designated for an airport that begins at the surface and extends upward.
What is the airspace contained by the lateral boundary of the Class B, C, D, or E airspace designated for an airport that begins at the surface and extends upward called?
surface area
What is Terminal Radar Service Area (TRSA)
Airspace surrounding designated airports wherein ATC provides radar vectoring, sequencing, and separation on a full-time basis for all IFR and participating VFR aircraft.
What is the Airspace surrounding designated airports wherein ATC provides radar vectoring, sequencing, and separation on a full-time basis for all IFR and participating VFR aircraft called?
Terminal Radar Service Area (TRSA)
Are TRSA’s depicted on VFR aeronautical charts?
Yes
What is a Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR)?
- Protected airspace over
- areas of natural disasters,
- specific hazards,
- large public gatherings,
- and locations visited by the President, Vice President and other dignitaries.
What is protected airspace over areas of natural disasters, specific hazards, large public gatherings, and locations visited by the President, Vice President and other dignitaries called?
Temporary Flight Restriction (TFR)
What is Special Use Airspace (SUA)?
Airspace of defined dimensions wherein activities must be confined because of their nature.
What is Airspace of defined dimensions wherein activities must be confined because of their nature called?
Special Use Airspace (SUA)
How is Special Use Airspace Identified?
- By an area
2. on the surface of the earth
What can be imposed on aircraft operations not part of the official activities of Special Use Airspace within said airspace?
Limitations
What is Alert Area?
Airspace which may contain a high volume of pilot training activities or an unusual type of aerial activity
What type of area is Airspace which may contain a high volume of pilot training activities or an unusual type of aerial activity called?
Alert Area
What is Controlled Firing Area?
- where activities are conducted
- under controlled conditions
- to eliminate hazards to nonparticipating aircraft
- and to ensure the safety of people and property on the ground.
What is Airspace wherein activities are conducted under conditions so controlled as to eliminate hazards to nonparticipating aircraft and to ensure the safety of persons and property on the ground called?
Controlled Firing Area
What is a Military Operations Area (MOA)?
established outside of Class A airspace
to separate certain nonhazardous military activities from IFR traffic and to identify for VFR traffic where these activities are conducted.
What is airspace established outside of Class A airspace area to separate or segregate certain nonhazardous military activities from IFR traffic and to identify for VFR traffic where these activities are conducted called?
Military Operations Area (MOA)
What is a Warning Area?
airspace of defined dimensions extending from 3 nautical miles outward from the coast of the United States, that contains activity that may be hazardous to nonparticipating aircraft
What is airspace of defined dimensions extending from 3 nautical miles outward from the coast of the United States, that contains activity that may be hazardous to nonparticipating aircraft called?
Warning Area
What is Restricted Area?
Airspace within which the flight of aircraft, is restricted
What is airspace within which the flight of aircraft is restricted called?
Restricted Area
What is Prohibited Area?
Airspace within which no person may operate an aircraft without the permission of the using agency.
What is Airspace within which no person may operate an aircraft without the permission of the using agency called?
Prohibited Area
What are the 2 categories of US airspace?
Controlled
Uncontrolled
What are the 5 classes of controlled airspace?
A, B, C, D, E.
What is the operating area of Class A airspace?
FL180 up to/including FL600
What class airspace has FL180 up to/including FL600?
Class A
What flight rules must aircraft be operating under in Class A airspace?
IFR
Must aircraft in Class A airspace have working transponders?
Yes
Must aircraft in Class A airspace be in communication with ATC?
Yes
Which class of airspace contains all published approaches inside it?
Class B
What Class Airspace requires ATC clearance/communication to enter?
Class B
Can student pilots operate solo without having met specific training requirements in Class B airspace?
No
What class airspaces require a transponder with C mode?
Class B and C
What mode transponder does an aircraft operating in Class B airspace require?
C mode
What class airspace requires VOR or TACAN equipment?
Class B
Under what flight rules are aircraft provided separation services in Class B airspace
VRF and IFR (basically all of them)
What does SFC stand for?
Surface
What does AGL stand for?
Above Ground Level
What surface does class C airspace require?
SFC-4000
What Class airspace requires SFC-4000
Class C
What does the SFC-4000 of Class C airspace go around?
Airports with towers and approach control surfaces.
Does Class C airspace require communication with ATC to enter?
Yes
Does Class C airspace require clearance from ATC to enter?
No
An aircraft operating under what flight rules may be denied in Class C airspace?
VFR
What SFC is Class D airspace?
SFC 2500
What type airspace has SFC 2500
Class D
What structures does Class D airspace SFC go around
Airports with a tower.