CFI Pop Quiz 105

[Chris Burgess]

This one is just from me. I am at a class G airport that has class E airspace beginning at 700 feet AGL. The ceiling is 800 feet and I would like to fly VFR. Visibility is 3 miles. Can I fly? Should I fly? Give me a regulation/s number/s that will or will not let me fly.

[Steve McGowan]

This one is just from me. I am at a class G airport that has class E airspace beginning at 700 feet AGL. The ceiling is 800 feet and I would like to fly VFR. Visibility is 3 miles. Can I fly? Should I fly? Give me a regulation/s number/s that will or will not let me fly.


My Chauffer could answer that??

[Aussie_Paul]

My Chauffer could answer that??

That's the shot Steve. Give em heaps while you'r are out of the country!!!!

Aussie Paul. :)

[Chris Burgess]

Ah, but I am in class G airspace if I fly at 699 feet AGL and below. I only need to stay "clear of clouds", not 500 below them. Let's go shoot some takeoffs and landings. What say you?

[automan1223]

Class G under E starting at 700' around an airport so marked.

There is not much G airspace left in the country. I had this long to do with my ground instructor and most of it is really E airspace. I think that G is only directly under an E veil. Beyond that it becomes E.

Jonathan

[david holmes]

what is E and G airspace?

[Chris Burgess]

Most Class E airspace begins at 1200 feet AGL, or when so designated, 700 feet AGL. Class E can be surface based and will be so designated by a dashed magenta outline on a sectional chart. This airport is under 700 foot based Class E. Our traffic pattern altitude will be 500 feet in this "problem". Visibility 3 miles, ceiling 800 feet, calm winds. Let's go shoot takeoffs and landings. What say you? Legal or Not?

[ventana7]

I have not checked the FAR's but going on memory alone Class G is 3 miles nite and 1 mile day and clear of clouds. So you can do fly up to the floor of the Class E day or nite.

Johnathan-- come out west we have thousnds of sq. miles of class G airspace.

[ventana7]

Chris,

I think this is a really good one-- Like most pilots I spend 10 minutes rememorizing the airspace regs as they are in the tables before every BFR. But the best BRF I ever had the CFI found 2 airports on a sectional and gave me a weather scenario and said OK- can you fly from here to here- it actually made me think about the stuff instead of just the memorization.

On the other hand I would not fly in 1 mile vis in anything faster than a gyro.

[Chris Burgess]

Sure, I can fly legally. I have over 1 mile visibility, I can remain clear of clouds, I won't climb over 500 feet + or -. At a busy non-towered airport, this is a time when you will have the airport to yourself. BUT, is it wise? Maybe not. If the airport has instrument approaches, you may find a guy popping out of that 800 foot ceiling on final approach for the runway you are using. Don't use that runway, or land elsewhere beside it. Try not to cross the center-line of this instrument runway. Contrary to what you might think, they are not required to "announce" on the radio as they enter the pattern. You on the other hand should be "announcing" your every move in these conditions, (note however, it is not required)