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AviationNational Airspace System
On the ground, you show the examiner how to fly VFR through the National Airspace System: the airspace classes with their weather minimums, radio calls and equipment, special use airspace and temporary flight restrictions. It is Task E of Area I, Preflight Preparation, in the FAA Private Pilot Airman Certification Standards, the checkride every private pilot flies.
Free to startThe steps
- Identify and comply with the basic VFR weather minimums and the requirements for flying in each class of airspace.
- Identify the airspace correctly and operate with its communication and equipment requirements.
- Identify the requirements for operating in special use airspace or within a temporary flight restriction.
- Identify and comply with special air traffic rules and special flight rules area operations, if they apply.
Safety rules that stop the station
- Failing to exercise risk management is unsatisfactory.
- If you do not use sound aeronautical decision-making, including single-pilot resource management, the examiner marks the task as failed.
To pass
- The airspace identified correctly, with its weather minimums, radio and equipment requirements, and the restricted areas handled by their rules.
- Know the airspace classes with their requirements and limitations, the chart symbols, and special use airspace, special flight rules areas, temporary flight restrictions and other airspace areas.
- Missing the standard on this task fails the task and its area of operation.
Official source
Federal · FAA Private Pilot ACS
Private Pilot for Airplane Category Airman Certification Standards (FAA-S-ACS-6C)
The FAA publishes the Private Pilot Airman Certification Standards free: every task of the checkride with its knowledge, risks and tolerances.
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