ATC Unit 9c.

The lowest MSL altitude at which an IFR aircraft will be vectored by a radar controller, except as otherwise authorized for radar approaches, departures, missed approaches.

Minimum Vectoring Altitude (MVA)

An area in which ATC may provide random radar vectors during an uninterrupted climb from the departure runway until above the Minimum Vectoring Altitude/Minimum IFR Altitude.

Diverse Vector Area (DVA)

__________ must specifically establish a DVA.

CCTLRs

When may a controller vector an aircraft below the MVA

• Authorized for Radar Approaches

• Departures

• Missed Approaches

List the references in which Minimum IFR Altitudes are prescribed or published

• 14 CFR Part 91 - IFR Operations

• 14 CFR Part 95 - Airways and Routes

• 14 CFR Part 97 - Standard Instrument Approach Procedures

Minimum vertical separation above the highest obstacle in a mountainous area:

2,000 feet

Minimum vertical separation above an obstacle in a other than mountainous area:

1,000 feet

The lateral separation requirement from an obstacle in either a mountainous or other than mountainous area.

4 NM

Provides at least 1,000 feet of obstacle clearance within a 25-mile radius of a(n) navigation facility, waypoint, or airport.

Minimum Safe Altitude (MSA)

Where can a controller readily find the MSA?

Approach Chart