Simviation Forum - Airspace classes

Dec 16^th, 2003 at 9:38am

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Can anyone shed some light as to what exactly they are around an airport?

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Reply #1 - Dec 16^th, 2003 at 12:21pm

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Class B, C, and D Airspace are designated for that controlled airspace around airports where there are minimum requirements for communications and/or equipment and pilot certification.

Basically, Class B airspace exists at the nations busiest airports; Class C and D are for airports with operational control towers (Class C also having radar approach and a certain number of IFR ops. or passenger emplanements).

Look here for more info:
http://www1.faa.gov/ATPubs/AIM/chap3toc.htm

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Reply #2 - Dec 16^th, 2003 at 12:33pm

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and...around an airport you have the CTR zone which stands for Control. outside the CTR you have TMA (terminal manoeuvring area)...and if you go further, you'll find airways. they first two are located in concentric circles around an airport. Wink

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Reply #3 - Dec 16^th, 2003 at 4:30pm

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In Canada you will find that information in the A.I.P. CANADA (AERONAUTICAL INFORMATION PUBLICATION) published by Transport Canada. There are monthly updates as well.

Canada Flight Supplement which is published usually every ninety days and may be superseded by NOTAMS is published under the authority of NAV CANADA AND THE CHIEF OF THE DEFENCE STAFF.

Transport Canada has many sites you can visit and obtain all the information you will require.

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Reply #4 - Dec 16^th, 2003 at 4:44pm

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and...around an airport you have the CTR zone which stands for Control. outside the CTR you have TMA (terminal manoeuvring area)...and if you go further, you'll find airways. they first two are located in concentric circles around an airport. Wink

Actually, "Control Zones" are no longer an official FAA term; they now fall into Class B or C airspace.

Control Zones used to surround selected airports and extend upward from the surface to the base of the "Continental Control Area" (at 14, 500 MSL); where they didn't underlie the CCA, CZs had no upper limit.

The Positive Control Area, CCA, ARSAs, Airport Traffic Areas....all those old airspace terms that I remember from my early years of flight training are now absorbed into the FAA's alphabetical airspace structure!

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Reply #5 - Dec 16^th, 2003 at 5:39pm

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Thanks guys, that really helped!

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