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  • Chapter 15: Airspace › Air Traffic Control and the National Airspace System › Basic VFR Weather Minimums

    facilitate understanding regarding weather, type of pilot certificate held, and equipment required. Basic VFR Weather Minimums No pilot may operate an aircraft under basic VFR when the flight visibility is less, or at a distance from clouds that is less ... airspace. [Figure 15-8] Except as provided in 14 CFR part 91, section 91.157, “Special VFR Weather Minimums,” Figure 15-8. Visual flight rule weather minimums. no person may operate an aircraft beneath the ceiling under VFR within the lateral…

  • Pilot/Controller Glossary › S

    both. SPECIAL VFR CONDITIONS- Meteorological conditions that are less than those required for basic VFR flight in Class B, C, D, or E surface areas and in which some aircraft are permitted flight under visual flight rules. (See SPECIAL VFR…

  • 14 CFR § 91.161 Special awareness training required for pilots flying under visual flight rules within a 60-nautical mile radius of the Washington, DC VOR/DME.

    Special awareness training required for pilots flying under visual flight rules within a 60-nautical mile radius of the Washington, DC VOR/DME. (a) Operations within a 60-nautical mile radius of the Washington, DC VOR/DME under visual flight rules (VFR ... aircraft while flying within a 60-nautical mile radius of the DCA VOR/DME, under VFR, unless that pilot has completed Special Awareness Training and holds a certificate of training completion. (b) Special Awareness Training. The Special Awareness Training consists…

  • Pilot/Controller Glossary › C

    altitudes is strictly voluntary. VFR Flyway Planning charts are published on the back of existing VFR Terminal Area charts. CHARTED VISUAL FLIGHT PROCEDURE APPROACH- An approach conducted while operating on an instrument flight rules (IFR) flight plan which authorizes ... visually and clear of clouds to the airport via visual landmarks and other information depicted on a charted visual flight procedure. This approach must be authorized and under the control of the appropriate air traffic control facility. Weather minimums required…

  • EXPLANATION OF VFR TERMS AND SYMBOLS › AIRSPACE

    FAR 93 Airports and heliports under Federal Aviation Regulation 93 (FAR 93…

  • 14 CFR § 1.1 General definitions.

    space support vehicle. Special VFR conditions mean meteorological conditions that are less than those required for basic VFR flight in controlled airspace and in which some aircraft are permitted flight under visual flight rules…