FAA-H-8083-15B Instrument Flying Handbook Flashcards
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Prohibited Areas
A
- prohibited area to fly in
- established for security/national welfare
- depicted as “P” with a number on charts
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Restricted Areas
A
- operations may be hazardous to nonparticipating aircraft
- existence of unusual and invisible hazards
- Charted with an “R”
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Warning Areas
A
- similar to restricted areas
- US government does not have sole jurisdiction over the airspace
- extends out 12NM from US coast
- serves to warn pilots of potential danger.
- depicted as a “W”
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Military Operating Area (MOA)
A
- defined vert and lateral limits
- separates military ops from IFR aircraft
- when MOAs inactive, you may transit through them
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Alert Area
A
- areas may contain a high volume of pilot training/unusual type of aerial activity
- all pilots equally responsible for collision avoidance
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Military Training Routes (MTR)
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- used to maintain tactical proficiency
- usually established below 10,000 feet
- speeds excess of 250 knots
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Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFR)
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- used when traffic in an airspace would endanger/hamper air or ground activities in the designated area e.g. forest fire, chemical accident, flood etc
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Localizer Usable Range
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- 35 degree cone to 10NM
- 10 degree cone to 18NM
- 108.1 to 111.95 MHz
- 4500 feet above antenna site
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Glideslope Usable Range
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- housed 750 - 1250 feet down rwy
- 400 - 600 feet to one side
- 2.5 - 3.5 degrees above horizontal; can be increased up to 4 degrees
- can be displaced further down for obstacle clearance
- 1.4 degrees thiccc
- 1500 feet of vertical distance at 10nm
