*CPL/PPL - Altitudes, Operations and Visability Requirements

Class B visibility and cloud clearance

3 SM, COC

Class G visibility and cloud clearance: Night

3 SM, 1000 above, 500 below, 2000 horizontal

Class G visibility and cloud clearance: Day (Below 1200ft AGL)

1 SM, COC

Class G visibility and cloud clearance: Day (Above 1200ft AGL)

1 SM, 1000 Above, 500 below, 2000 horizontal

Class G visibility and cloud clearance: (Above 10,000ft MSL)

5 SM, 1000ft above, 1000ft below, 1 SM Horizontal

Class E visibility and cloud clearance: (Above 10,000ft MSL)

5 SM, 1000ft above, 1000ft below, 1 SM Horizontal

Class C, D, and E visibility and cloud clearance

3 SM, 1000 above, 500 below, 2000 horizontal

What directions do runways follow?

Magnetic Direction

Code for hijacking

7500

Code for Radio out

7600

Code for Emergency

7700

Emergency Frequency

121.5 MHz

Minimum Safe Altitudes?

-Is able to make an emergency landing without hazard to people or property

Minimum Safe Altitudes for Sparsely populated areas?

-500 ft away from person, vessel, vehicle and structures

Minimum Safe Altitudes for Congested Areas?

-1,000 ft. Above highest obstacle

-2,000 ft. Horizontal Radius

Maximum Elevation Figure

The minimum safe altitude to fly at and not collide with anything ground based

-Manmade:

* round up & and 100 ft

-Natural:* round up

* add 100 ft. for error

* add another 200 hundred

Performance maneuvers should be performed no lower than...?

1,500 feet AGL

Magnetic Variation

the angular difference between true north and magnetic north.

True course

course referenced to true north

Magnetic Course

course referenced to magnetic north

East is least, west is best

Subtract a degree of variation if variation is east of true north, add degree of variation if variation is west of true north

Indicated Altitude

Altitude read directly from the altimeter.

Pressure Altitude

Height above the standard datum plane when 29.92 is set in the altimeter.

Density Altitude

Pressure altitude corrected for non-standard temperature

true altitude (MSL)

Actual height above mean sea level (MSL)

absolute altitude (AGL)

height above the surface (AGL)

Deviation vs. Variation

Deviation- Magnetic deviation is the error induced in a compass by local magnetic fields

Variation- Difference between True and Magnetic (found in compass rose)

What is magnetic oscillation error?

Is caused by the movement of the compass card inside the compass fluid

NWKRAFT (91.103)

Notams

Weather

Known ATC Delays

Runway Distances

Alternatives

Fuel Requirements

Takeoff/Landing Distances