Charts & Airspace Flashcards
Class A airspace.
From 18,000 feet to do 60,000 feet.
Class B airspace.
Surrounding major airports.
0-10,000 feet.
Class C airspace.
Surrounding airports with a control tower, radar, and over a specific amount of traffic.
Usually 5 NM (nautical miles) radius from 0-4,000 feet,
And 10 NM radio us from 1,200-4,000 feet.
Class D airspace.
Surrounding airports with a control tower.
0-2,500 feet, no specific radius, just shaped around flight patterns.
Outside control tower hours, Class D airspace is Class G.
Class E airspace.
Usually it starts at 1,200 feet and goes up to 18,000 feet.
Class G airspace.
Below Class E airspace.
Uncontrolled airspace.
Chart: marked with a C.
CTAF (Common Traffic Advisory Frequency).
Chart: AWOS.
For the weather.
Chart: Red Flags.
Mark VFR checkpoints, which mean more planes might be there.
Chart: tick marks.
Measure minutes between latitude and longitude degrees.
Each tick is one minute. Bigger ticks mark 5 minutes.
Chart Area: P-###
E.g.: P-40
Prohibited area.
Places like Camp David and the White House.
Chart Area: R-###
E.g.: R4401
Restricted area.
It is not prohibited, but it could be dangerous to fly there. The government might be testing artillery or missiles or UFOs.
Chart Area: W-###
E.g.: W-237B
Warning Areas.
Domestic and international waters, from NM outward from the US coast.
It is cool to fly there, it is just not really managed by the US.
Chart Area: MOAs.
Military Operations Areas.
Purpose of separating certain military training activities from IFR (Instrument Flight Rules) traffic.
It will often consist of multiple Restricted Areas (R-###).
E.g.: Chocolate Mountain Impact Area, and Chocolate Mountain Aerial Gunnery Range.
Chart Area: A-###
E.g.: A-211
Alert Areas.
Inform nonparticipating pilots of areas that may contain a high volume of pilot training or an unusual type of aerial activity. Think skydiving training facility.
