As a student drone pilot is going through his or her studies, learning how to read and to interpret airspace on a Sectional Aeronautical Chart is an absolute must. Our students report seeing a disproportionate chunk of test questions (up to 30-40%) having to do with Sectionals, mostly kno...
Class B airspace is charted on Sectional Charts, IFR En Route Low Altitude, and Terminal Area Charts. A solid shaded blue line depicts the lateral limits of Class B airspace. Numbers indicate the base and top, i.e. 100/SFC, 100/25(AIM 3-2-3)6-34 What basic ATC services are provid...
As we’ve seen, Class Delta airspace is outlined on sectional charts by a dashed blue line. Generally it inscribes a cylinder with a radius of approximately four nautical miles and has a top at approximately 2,500 feet AGL (above ground level). But the final authority on the coverage of...
This aviation sectional of El Paso, TX, shows the Mexican border to the south west. The city limits of El Paso, shown in yellow, continue right to the edge of that border, demanding very careful navigation and communication on the part of our pilots. Suffice it to say that our clients ...