vertical airspace
1Airspace — means the portion of the atmosphere controlled by a country above its territory, including its territorial waters or, more generally, any specific three dimensional portion of the atmosphere. Controlled airspace exists where it is deemed… …
2airspace Class E — Airspace in which both IFR (instrument flight rules) and VFR (visual flight rules) flights are permitted. Only IFR flights are subject to air traffic control service and are separated from other IFR flights. All flights receive traffic… …
3airspace Class D — Airspace in which both IFR (instrument flight rules) and VFR (visual flight rules) flights are permitted and are subject to air traffic control service in this airspace. IFR flights are separated from other IFR flights and receive traffic… …
4Airspace class (United States) — This article describes the implementation of International Civil Aviation Organization airspace classes in the United States of America. For a general discussion of airspace classes, see Airspace class. The United States implementation of… …
5airspace capacity — The proximity of airports to one another, the relationship of runway alignments, and the nature of operations IFR or VFR (instrument flight rules or visual flight rules) are the principal interairport considerations that affect the airspace… …
6air traffic control assigned airspace — Airspace of defined vertical or lateral limits, assigned by ATC (air traffic control), to provide air traffic segregation between specified activities within the assigned airspace and other IFR (instrument flight rules) traffic …
7ATC assigned airspace — Airspace, of defined vertical or lateral limits, assigned by ATC (air traffic control) to provide air traffic segregation between specified activities being conducted within the assigned airspace and other IFR (instrument flight rules) traffic.… …
8Reduced Vertical Separation Minima — or Minimum (RVSM) is an aviation term used to describe the reduction of the standard vertical separation required between aircraft flying at levels between FL290 (29,000 ft.) and FL410 (41,000 ft.) from 2,000 feet to 1,000 feet (or between 8,900… …
9R-2508 Special Use Airspace Complex — The R 2508 Complex includes all the airspace and associated land presently used and managed by the three principal military activities in the Upper Mojave Desert region: *Air Force Flight Test Center (AFFTC), Edwards Air Force Base (EAFB)… …
10reduced vertical separation minimum — The application of 1,000 ft vertical separation above FL (flight level) 290 between RVSM certified aircraft within the RVSM transition area and within MNPS (minimum navigation performance specifications) airspace …
