PPL Oral - Special Use Airspace Flashcards

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1
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What is a Prohibited Area?

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  • Cannot fly here
  • Listed as ‘P’ on Sectional
  • Established for security
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What is a Restricted Area?

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  • Need permission from controlling agency
  • Contain hazards to aircraft (Live military firing)
  • Listed as ‘R’ on Sectional
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How could you enter a Restricted area?

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Only with permission from Controlling Agency

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Where can you find the Controlling Agencies contact information?

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Sectional Chart legend or your flight app of choice (Garmin Pilot or ForeFlight)

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What is the Warning Area?

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  • Start 3 NM out from the coastal US.
  • You can fly here, but be warned
  • Listed on sectional chart as Blue with hash marks
  • Check sectional chart for active times and controlling agency
  • Activity dangerous to non participating aircraft
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What is an MOA?

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  • Military Operations Area
  • You can fly through these
  • USE CAUTION
  • Avoid when active
  • Contact FSS or controlling agency for active time (listed in sectional)
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How can you find out if an MOA is active or not?

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  • Check the Sectional Chart for operating times and altitudes (or flight app of choice)
  • Always check with FSS or ATC prior to entering an MOA
  • Contact the Controlling Agency to let them know what time you will be passing overhead.
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What is an Alert Area?

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High volumes of unusual activity are conducted here.
- Pilot Training
- other unusual aerial activity

*Use extreme caution. KEEP your eyes outside the aircraft.

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What is a Controlled Firing Area?

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Areas of active military firing
- Will cease operations when a plane
flies over them
- They have means to watch out for
aircraft
- Not Chartes

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What is a National Security Area (NSA)?

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Areas sensitive to national security
- Pilots are requested to avoid
- May be a TFR over these at times
- Magenta circles on Sectional

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What is the ADIZ?

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Air Defense Identification Zone
- Surrounds the entire US 12nm from coast
- All aircraft in this area must be known

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What are the requirements to fly in the ADIZ?

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  • Flight Plan on file
  • 2 way radio comms
  • Xponder
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What is a Victor Airway?

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Airways between VORs used for navigation.

  • Listed as Blue lines and named (V 50)
  • Little blue box below denotes distance between VORs or Airways.
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What is a TRSA?

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Terminal Radar Service Area
- Provide Basic Radar Services to
participating aircraft
- It is NOT required to participate
- NOT required to talk to them

  • Gray lines on Sectional Charts
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What are Tango Airways?

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Blue lines on a sectional chart used for navigation between 2 RNAV (GPS) points.

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What are Military Training Routes? (MTRs)

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Grey lines on a VFR sectional chart labeled as IR (3 or 4 digits following), they are used by the military for LOW ALTITUDE, HIGH SPEED training.

17
Q

What is/can be said about a gray line labeled as IR104 on a VFR sectional chart?

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  1. It is a Military Training Route (MTR)
  2. It is an IFR MTR with activity ABOVE 1,500ft AGL*
18
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What is/can be said about a gray line labeled as VR1019 on a VFR sectional chart?

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  1. It is a Military Training Route (MTR)
  2. It is a VFR MTR with activity BELOW 1500ft AGL*
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What is the difference between a Military Training Route (MTR) labeled as VR and IR?

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  1. VR = a VFR MTR
  2. IR = a IFR MTR
20
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What is the difference between a Military Training Route (MTR) being labeled with 3 digits vs 4 digits?

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  1. 3 digits means operations will be conducted above 1,500ft AGL
  2. 4 digits means operations will be conducted below 1,500ft AGL
21
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What does the ADIZ look like on a sectional chart?

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Magenta line with magenta dots on one side (found along the coast line)

22
Q

How wide are Victor airways?

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  1. They extend 4 miles out from the centerline on either side
  2. So they are a total of 8 miles wide.
23
Q

What airspace is a Victor Airway?

A
  1. It is class E airspace
    DIMENSIONS
  2. From 1,200ft AGL to 17,999ft MSL
24
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What is the MCPRAWNT acronym?

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Its for Special Use Airspace

M - MOA
C - Controlled Firing Area
P - Prohibited Area
R - Restricted Area
A - Alert Area
W - Warning Area
N -National Security Area
T - TFR

25
Q

What are the weather requirements for Special VFR?

A

FAR 91.157

  1. 1 SM vis
  2. CC
26
Q

If you are a Private Pilot, what time of day can you request Special VFR?

A

FAR 91.157

Sunrise to Sunset

27
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What is required to request special VFR at night (sunset to sunrise)

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FAR 91157

  1. IFR pilot
  2. IFR equipped aircraft