Airspace (A-E)
Class A
Controlled Airspace
FL18 up to FL60
IFR only (Flight plan required too)
Special use airspace is when…
The FAA has given control to another agency
ICAO standard for categories of airspace ->Annex 2 contains
Rules of the Air
Wilderness airspace examples
National Parks
National Monuments
National Seashores
National Recreation Area
Wilderness airspace
2000 ft above ground requested
Class B
BIG
upside down wedding cake
mode C veil 30 nm
Restricted airspace
stuff unsafe for aircraft
missiles etc
ICAO standards for categories of airspace-Annex 11 contains
Air traffic Services
APA requires (aside for an emergency) that the FAA
Publish a proposed regulatory change as a Notice of Proposed
Rulemaking (NPRM)
In the Federal Register
National and state parks requirements for commercial air tour you have to communicate with
nation parks service and FAA
Class C
Medium size
generally 2 tiers one 5 nm radius and up to 1200 agl
two is another 5 nm and up to 4000 agl
natioinal security reasons (White House etc)
Prohibited
CANT GO
ICAO
international civil aviation organization
National parks and drones
drones cannot land or take off
resorting to the courts is rarely useful in this kind of controversy
Dispute resolution
Class D
Smaller airports
generally 2500 agl and 4 nm radius
Warning area
alerts pilots to hazards activities in international area
Military Training Routes (MTR)
Alert pilots of civil aircraft routes along which the FAA allows high-speed flight below
10,000’ MSL by military aircraf
Class G
Gulf
Uncontrolled
less exist=endangered
National parks are an example of
wilderness area
Class E
“Everywhere”
below fl1800
majority of US airspace
Each nation has control over its own airspace started after this specific convention
paris convention 1919
APA
Administrative procedure act
FAA airspace allocation regulations
Subject to the federal Administrative Procedure Act (APA)
SCATANA
security control of air traffic and air navigation aids