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• Aeronautical Information Manualp. PCG S-7
  Pilot/Controller Glossary › S

  Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFR), Special Security Instructions (SSI), etc. Special Use Airspace (SUA) is a subset of Special Activity Airspace. (See SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE.) SPECIAL AIR TRAFFIC RULES (SATR)- Rules that ... SPECIAL EMERGENCY- A condition of air piracy or other hostile act by a person(s) aboard an aircraft which threatens the safety of the aircraft or its passengers. SPECIAL FLIGHT RULES AREA (SFRA)- An area…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 5-1-10
  Chapter 5. Air Traffic Procedures › Section 1. Preflight › 5-1-5. Flight Plan - VFR Flights

  Flight Plan - VFR Flights (See Appendix 4, FAA Form 7233-4 – International Flight Plan) a. The requirements for the filing and activation of VFR flight plans can vary depending in which airspace the flight is operating. Pilots are responsible ... activating flight plans with a Flight Service Station. Control tower personnel do not automatically activate VFR flight plans. 1. Within the continental U.S., a VFR flight plan is not normally required. 2. VFR flights (except for DoD and law enforcement…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 11-4-6
  Chapter 11. Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) › Section 4. Airspace Access for UAS › 11-4-6. Airspace Restrictions To Flight

  However, this changes when access to controlled airspace is desired. All access to controlled airspace by unmanned aircraft must be granted by ATC. NOTE-1. While the NAS is divided into controlled and uncontrolled airspace, users must remember that ... airspace is regulated, and certain rules apply throughout the NAS. 2. Recreational flyers are limited to no higher than 400 feet AGL in Class G airspace, without prior authorization. 3. sUAS remote pilots operating under 14 CFR part…

• Pilot's Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledgep. 15-3
  Chapter 15: Airspace › Special Use Airspace

  Uncontrolled Airspace Class G Airspace Uncontrolled airspace or Class G airspace is the portion of the airspace that has not been designated as Class A, B, C, D, or E. It is therefore designated uncontrolled airspace. Class G airspace extends ... from the surface to the base of the overlying Class E airspace. Although ATC has no authority or responsibility to control air traffic, pilots should remember there are visual flight rules (VFR) minimums that apply to Class G airspace. Special…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 3-5-10
  Chapter 3. Airspace › Section 5. Other Airspace Areas › 3-5-7. Special Air Traffic Rules (SATR) and Special Flight Rules Area (SFRA)

  Special Air Traffic Rules (SATR) and Special Flight Rules Area (SFRA) a. Background. The Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) prescribes special air traffic rules for aircraft operating within the boundaries of certain designated airspace. These areas are listed ... found throughout the NAS. Procedures, nature of operations, configuration, size, and density of traffic vary among the identified areas. b. SFRAs. Airspace of defined dimensions, above land areas or territorial waters, within which the flight of aircraft is subject…

• Aeronautical Information Manualp. 3-5-3
  Chapter 3. Airspace › Section 5. Other Airspace Areas › 3-5-3. Temporary Flight Restrictions

  Temporary Flight Restrictions a. General. This paragraph describes the types of conditions under which the FAA may impose temporary flight restrictions. It also explains which FAA elements have been delegated authority to issue a temporary flight restrictions NOTAM and lists ... types of responsible agencies/offices from which the FAA will accept requests to establish temporary flight restrictions. The 14 CFR is explicit as to what operations are prohibited, restricted, or allowed in a temporary flight restrictions area. Pilots are responsible…