Airspace Review Part 1 Helicopter Online Ground School

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Helicopter Check Ride: http://amzn.to/1kWkwAx Join Online Ground: http://HelicopterGround.com We have Class A, B, C, D, E, and G. There is no F. Let’s start off with Class A. All operations must be conducted under IFR or Special VFR. All aircraft are subject to ATC clearance, which is air traffic control. All flights are separated from each other by ATC. Here, you can see the US airspaces at a glance. You have Class A at the top, marked in red. Eighteen thousand MSL up to flight level sixty thousand. Then, you can see Class B, Class C, and Class D in their order in size from left to right. Class B is blue. Class C, magenta. Class D is blue again. The pinkish areas down low in the bottom is Class G. Then everything else you see in the green is Class Echo, Class E. The Class A you see at the top, most of us that’s helicopter pilots are never going to be in Class A. It could happen if you're instrument-rated than IFR aircraft on IFR flight plan. You might but for most of us, we’re probably never going to be there. Next, let’s talk about Class B. Operations may be conducted under IFR, Special VFR, or VFR. All aircraft are subject to ATC clearance. All flights are separated from each other by ATC. Some memory aids for the Class Bravo are big, blue, busy, and I use an example O’Hare in Chicago and LAX in Los Angeles. The Class Bravos are the big airports around the country in the major cities. Whenever I'm teaching airspace, whenever I'm sitting with somebody doing airspace, I always bring out a chart and I show the Chicago area, because most people are familiar with Chicago. A good example between the Bravo, Charlie, and Delta for the airspace class is for towered airports. O’Hare is Bravo. Midway, pretty good-sized airport, not as big as O’Hare, that’s a Class Charlie. Then, a smaller airport, Gary, which is in northern Indiana but close to Chicago, that’s a Class Delta. Most people afford of Gary Indiana. You’ve got the big ones like O’Hare for Bravo, medium-sized airport or not quite as big as the Bravo like a Midway is a Class Charlie, and then Class D for smaller towered airport, Class Delta as in Gary. Again, you can think of those examples as there's the big one, Class B, Bravo O’Hare. Class C, Charlie, Midway. Class D, Delta, Gary. Class Charlie, operations may be conducted under IFR, Special VFR, or VFR. All aircraft are subject to ATC clearance. Aircraft operating under IFR and Special VFR are separated from each other and from flights operating under VFR, but VFR flights are not separated from each other. Flights operating under VFR are given traffic information in respect of other VFR flights. Some memory aids for the Class Charlie are magenta, not as big as a Class B airport, Midway again in Chicago, then another example would be Akron/Canton in Ohio. If you're not familiar with the Ohio area, there's a Class Bravo in Cleveland. Akron is not quite as big as what Cleveland has. They have a slightly smaller airport that is a Class Charlie. You can see there again, Class Charlie in the middle, middle-sized airport as far as the three towered airports goes. Next, we’ll talk about Class D. Operations may be conducted under IFR, Special VFR, or VFR. All flights are subject to ATC clearance. Aircraft operating under IFR and Special VFR are separated from each other, and are given traffic information in respect of VFR flights. Flights operating under VFR are given traffic information in respect of all other flights. Memory aids, not as big as a Class Charlie. It’s a little smaller. Gary again, Gary in Chicago for an example. Burke Lakefront in Cleveland, which is a smaller towered airport right along the lake. There, you can see the Class D again there in respect to the three sizes of towered airports. Class D being smaller of the three. Class E airspace. Operations may be conducted under IFR, Special VFR, or VFR. In Class E, aircraft operating under IFR and Special VFR are separated from each other, and are subject to ATC clearance. Flights under VFR are not subject to ATC clearance. As far as is practical, traffic information is given to all flights in respect of VFR flights. Another way to think about Class E is everywhere else. Anywhere that is not A, B, C, D, or G is Class E, Echo. Again, you can see, the green areas there are all Class E. I put these silly little blue dots all over the green, trying to highlight the green. Everywhere that’s not A, B, C, or D, or G is Class E. Next, we’ll talk about Class G. Operations may be conducted under IFR or VFR in Class G. Air traffic control separation is not provided in Class G. Traffic information may be given as far as is practical in respect of other flights. Class G are the small uncontrolled airports. For basic VFR, you have to have a minimum of three miles visibility and a ceiling of at least a thousand feet. Airspace Review Part 1 Helicopter Online Ground School