Class Dairspace is generally airspace from the surface to 2,500 feet AGL (charted in MSL) surrounding those airports that have an operational control tower. Small city airports with control towers are usually designated as Class D airspace. You can associate the “D” in Class D airspace w...
STAR Standard Terminal Arrival Routes are established by the FAA so that pilots and controllers will know what to expect during transition from out of high altitude en route airspace to terminal appropach areas. The Macey STAR is shown below. The traffic comes down into Atlanta via the Macey ...
The High Altitude Airspace Concept proposes that the airspace would be split at some flight level, for example FL350, and the higher altitude airspace would be managed with much larger volumes than is the case in the present 20- center system. Creating larger sector volumes within the ...
announce today that it has been awarded a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) contract to advance the commercial use of Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS) in the National Airspace System (NAS). The contract aims to develop highly reliable Command and Control (C2) ...
Pierce GiboneyGiboney, P. 2015. "Don't Ground Me Bro - Private Ownership of Airspace and How It Invalidates the FAA's Blanket Prohibition on Low Altitude Commercial Drone Operations." Florida Law Review 67.6: 2149-2182.