Very good explanation! Thank you. I’ve recently starting taking lessons to get my PPL with a goal of eventually doing commercial. We are studying maps and airspace and I’ve been struggling a bit with it - this was very helpful
0:17 purpose of airspace’s -to keep aircraft’s separated 0:26 types of airspace -controlled, uncontrolled, Special use and other 0:45 six classes of airspace A B C D E G 1:10 controlled airspace -Classes A-E -we can receive radar services from atc “radar control” mainly used for instrument 1:27 uncontrolled Class G “government free” Typically not under radar control 1:40 Class alpha -ifr clearance is required -18,000 (one eight thousand) Mel to FL 600 (pressure altitude of 60,000) 2:36 class bravo -really busy (class B, “busy”) -surface to 10,000 msl -need to be clearer by atc -need a mode c transponder within 30 miles of this airport 3:12 class Charlie -crowded but less busy and smaller than bravo -surface to 4,000 mall -need to communicate with atc -upper level is usually 10mi in diameter 3:32 class delta - 5 mi in diameter and by smaller towered airfields -surface to 2500 -d “dialogue” because you need to talk to tower 3:56 class echo -usually starts at 1200-17,999 msl but in busy areas may start at 700 agl 4:34 class gulf -uncontrolled -closer to surface -least restrictive
I appreciate that. You are right. Thanks for the correction. Denver is an exception. I think they top out at 12,000 MSL. I haven’t checked any others in A while. Thanks for the comment.
In the FAA Pilot handbook, it says that Class B, C, and D are charted to MSL altitudes. E.G. "Class C ...is generally from the surface to 4,000 feet above the airport elevation (charted in MSL). On one hand, this sounds like 4,000 feet AGL, but on the other hand, if an airport is higher than MSL, how can 4,000 feet above the airport be 4,000 ft MSL?
@@swilson6206 yeah man👍 so the standard for class C and D airspace go up to 4000 and 2500 feet AGL respectively, but that altitude is charted in MSL to make it easier on us pilots so you know where the airspace is. Say feild elevation at a class C airport is 800 feet, then on the chart it would say the airspace goes up to 4800 feet. Class B however typically goes up to 10,000 MSL no matter the feild elevation, with a few exceptions at high altitudes like Denver. As usual the FAA doesn’t have the best wording that makes that sounds more confusing than it has to be😂👍
Thanks for video, small correction, you said class Delta 5 miles in diameter. More common ~4 nm radius, but it is easy to check on sectional chart actual one:)
This is awesome. Im soon going to be flying in Xbox Series S and the MFS2020 sim. They have lessons but for pc only. So this will be cheap, safe and F U N !
something that i would like to know is about navigation on E airspace... for example my navigation will be from a E to E aerodrome, during the fly with who my comunicantion wil be estabilished ATC? or a especific frequency for comunications like air- to -air among the manned aircrafts?
The chart supplement shows you who “owns” that airspace you’re flying in. That is all explained in the lessons following. Here’s one example th-cam.com/video/LC9-PgdDFmo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=-p_NsAAfP2i_53ez
this vids are super helpful! Im taking my course in Canada and i was wondering if there were any differences between the US airspace/maps and Canada i should know about??
Hello it's hope all are well. Philip is interested in learning but struggles at taking it all in because I am dislecksick. Why can't you make it alot easier for people that's backward.why don't you design something like a dot to dot program from airport to airport with a cursor what you move following the dots. With two squares for information from the tower every fifteen minutes. And use the other square for emergencys. The first square should flash with simple instructions with a green tick when you have completed each think they have told you to do. You need to come up with something nice and easy for beginners and back ward people.hope to here from you on this question take care and thanks for your information philip.
I appreciate the feedback. One important part of getting your PPL is that you need to read and write WELL in English. If you’re struggling, there are a lot of instructors who feel they can not legally train you. I would recommend looking at programs that could help you with your dyslexia. Again, thanks for the comment.
Hello. I'm wondering if you could help me decipher my local airports airspace. It's KAGC (Allegheny county regional airport) I see obvious class D airspace and goes to 3,800 feet. It's inside of a blob of class E airspace. But I can't seem to find where the class E airspace starts and ends unless I'm blind. It's overlapping untowered E airspace for Finleyville airpark. How would I be able to do a vfr flight out of KAGC? There's no tower for the Finleyville airpark so how would I get permission to enter their class E airspace. Sorry if it's a bother but I'm trying to start somewhere.
No problem. KAGC goes up to 3,800, so the class E starts at 3,801 feet and goes up to the bottom of the class B. So, it looks like the class B in that area starts at 4,000 feet and goes up to 8,000 feet. That means the class E starts at 3,801 and goes up to 3,999 feet MSL. And you don’t need any kind of clearance to go into class E. Just keep in mind, all that airspace is in the mode c veil of Pittsburgh, so there are some equipment requirements you have to comply with.
@@FreePilotTraining thank you very much this makes so much more sense now. I don't recall hearing you didn't need clearance to go in the class E airspace. That changes everything on how I see maps. I really appreciate your assistance
Imma share my story because I want your options on if I’m doing something wrong. I’m 15 and I have always known that I want to be in mechanics. I played with gas engines like my go kart (witch is homemade my family is between middle class and lower class) and my dads truck my mom’s car and just stuff like that. Then got bored and my dad works at a dairy as a maintenance man and works on diesel engines most of the time but has the occasional gas engine problem. But I got introduced to Diesel engines and then got a little board of those then my Uncle asked if I would want to go work on a helicopter with him (he is a helicopter mechanic) I said yes of course. My plan is to go to Purdue and get my plane mechanics certification and do OJT (on job training) with my Uncle. I would love if y’all could let me know of anything I could do better please don’t be afraid to say something because it might hurt my feelings I promise you that it is impossible to offend me. And you can say what you would like about my life plan. Thank you for your time.
I’ve been trying to convince so many young people your age how great it would be to get into a career like that. It’s very rewarding and it pays well. Plus, if you ever decide to fly, you can work on your own aircraft and save a ton of money. Yes, I think you’re on a great path
@@hustin2323 KDFW is an example. Let me clarify. The tops are always shown in MSL on the chart, but the approximate height of the airspace is based on AGL. For example the class B above Dallas is 11,000 MSL. That is approximately 10,000 AGL as most class B tends to top of at approximately 10,000 AGL. KTUL is another example. Class C is typically about 4,000 AGL. The field elevation at Tulsa is 678 so the top of the airspace is almost exactly 4,000 AGL because the top is at 4,700 MSL. Sorry for the confusion
Great explanation of airspace but why does your depiction have the wrong colors for different airspace? For instance, Bravo airspace is Blue not Yellow.
Thanks! Yeah, those drawings were from the FAAs Pilots Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge. I don’t know why they didn’t use the right colors. That would’ve made sense though
@@FreePilotTraining I noticed in the follow up videos. Great explanation. Your content is great. Not a real pilot, but learning for the sim. Greatly appreciated.
Correction: It’s Flight Level 180 (One Eight Zero) not One Eight Thousand. 17,000 is pronounced One Seven Thousand. Once you reach 18,000’, it becomes a flight level.
The air space explanation is difficult to understand and when the questions on the test trick you, it makes it hard to build confidence in your grasp of it all. Particularly with the weather minimums.
@@FreePilotTraining I appreciate it. My second time going through the practice test was way better. I probably just need to do it several times. Thanks for the response and tank you for your service. Both, to the aviation community and to country.
would love to watch these more but the music.. sorry but why is it there? It's really off putting and surely has no place in an educational course! Any more than in a real classroom.. Obvs amazing effort you've put in otherwise! Maybe scrub the music?
This is the first video I’ve seen that actually explained the different airspace rather than just giving the numbers. Thanks for that.
Nice! I love hearing that! That was my goal with this series. I can’t remember anything unless I understand it first
Brushing up on airspace for my flight Review this afternoon. Thanks for the quick lesson.
You’re welcome!
you're making my high school life so much easier tysm D:
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!
wow....great picture and simple. short enough to concentrate. i love it
Thanks!
Very good explanation! Thank you. I’ve recently starting taking lessons to get my PPL with a goal of eventually doing commercial. We are studying maps and airspace and I’ve been struggling a bit with it - this was very helpful
Thanks! Enjoy the training!
Thank you, your video training is really good. It is helping me to obtain my private pilot license.
You’re welcome!
0:17 purpose of airspace’s
-to keep aircraft’s separated
0:26 types of airspace
-controlled, uncontrolled, Special use and other
0:45 six classes of airspace
A B C D E G
1:10 controlled airspace
-Classes A-E
-we can receive radar services from atc “radar control” mainly used for instrument
1:27 uncontrolled
Class G “government free”
Typically not under radar control
1:40 Class alpha
-ifr clearance is required
-18,000 (one eight thousand) Mel to FL 600 (pressure altitude of 60,000)
2:36 class bravo
-really busy (class B, “busy”)
-surface to 10,000 msl
-need to be clearer by atc
-need a mode c transponder within 30 miles of this airport
3:12 class Charlie
-crowded but less busy and smaller than bravo
-surface to 4,000 mall
-need to communicate with atc
-upper level is usually 10mi in diameter
3:32 class delta
- 5 mi in diameter and by smaller towered airfields
-surface to 2500
-d “dialogue” because you need to talk to tower
3:56 class echo
-usually starts at 1200-17,999 msl but in busy areas may start at 700 agl
4:34 class gulf
-uncontrolled
-closer to surface
-least restrictive
Bravos usually go up to 10,000 MSL not AGL, small correction but could be a pretty big difference.
great video to learn from for students, thanks👍
I appreciate that. You are right. Thanks for the correction. Denver is an exception. I think they top out at 12,000 MSL. I haven’t checked any others in A while. Thanks for the comment.
@@FreePilotTraining for sure man, thanks for the great content👍
In the FAA Pilot handbook, it says that Class B, C, and D are charted to MSL altitudes. E.G. "Class C ...is generally from the surface to 4,000 feet above the airport elevation (charted in MSL). On one hand, this sounds like 4,000 feet AGL, but on the other hand, if an airport is higher than MSL, how can 4,000 feet above the airport be 4,000 ft MSL?
@@swilson6206 yeah man👍 so the standard for class C and D airspace go up to 4000 and 2500 feet AGL respectively, but that altitude is charted in MSL to make it easier on us pilots so you know where the airspace is. Say feild elevation at a class C airport is 800 feet, then on the chart it would say the airspace goes up to 4800 feet. Class B however typically goes up to 10,000 MSL no matter the feild elevation, with a few exceptions at high altitudes like Denver.
As usual the FAA doesn’t have the best wording that makes that sounds more confusing than it has to be😂👍
@@swilson6206 yeah, most of them are not exactly 4,000’ MSL. Usually it ends up being closer to 4,000’ AGL
BEST explained video I was looking for. Tnx!
Thank you!
bro keep it up your making me the best pilot
Awesome! I hope so!
I found the radio communications valuable and would like to see more!
Try this one! th-cam.com/video/omvFKtU2Q3w/w-d-xo.htmlsi=gossfJTFObb5UbT6
Thanks for video, small correction, you said class Delta 5 miles in diameter. More common ~4 nm radius, but it is easy to check on sectional chart actual one:)
Great video
This was so helpful thank you :)
You’re welcome!
You helped a lot thank you ☺️
No problem!
Great presentation. Thanks
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!
Thanks!
Thank you so much for this Pete! It means a lot!
This is awesome. Im soon going to be flying in Xbox Series S and the MFS2020 sim. They have lessons but for pc only. So this will be cheap, safe and F U N !
Nice!
something that i would like to know is about navigation on E airspace... for example my navigation will be from a E to E aerodrome, during the fly with who my comunicantion wil be estabilished ATC? or a especific frequency for comunications like air- to -air among the manned aircrafts?
The chart supplement shows you who “owns” that airspace you’re flying in. That is all explained in the lessons following. Here’s one example th-cam.com/video/LC9-PgdDFmo/w-d-xo.htmlsi=-p_NsAAfP2i_53ez
Thank you
You’re welcome!
this vids are super helpful! Im taking my course in Canada and i was wondering if there were any differences between the US airspace/maps and Canada i should know about??
Thanks! To be honest, I’m not super familiar with Canadian airspace. I think you guys are very similar
The only thing I know is Canada has class F airspace
This made me memorize and learn the airspace categories easier, but what about Class F?
We don’t have class f in the us
So how many people have used this as their ground school study and passed their tests without having to pay for anything else? Just curious
The only thing this doesn’t give you is an endorsement to take the written test. I have a plan to hopefully solve that problem in the next 6 months
Do you still work as a flight instructor for someone trying achieve their PPV?
I’m not doing a ton right now, but maybe soon 🤞
Hello it's hope all are well. Philip is interested in learning but struggles at taking it all in because I am dislecksick. Why can't you make it alot easier for people that's backward.why don't you design something like a dot to dot program from airport to airport with a cursor what you move following the dots. With two squares for information from the tower every fifteen minutes. And use the other square for emergencys. The first square should flash with simple instructions with a green tick when you have completed each think they have told you to do. You need to come up with something nice and easy for beginners and back ward people.hope to here from you on this question take care and thanks for your information philip.
I appreciate the feedback. One important part of getting your PPL is that you need to read and write WELL in English. If you’re struggling, there are a lot of instructors who feel they can not legally train you. I would recommend looking at programs that could help you with your dyslexia. Again, thanks for the comment.
Class F airspace is also one of them, danger zones
The US doesn’t have class F
@@FreePilotTraining ohh didnt know
Hello. I'm wondering if you could help me decipher my local airports airspace. It's KAGC (Allegheny county regional airport) I see obvious class D airspace and goes to 3,800 feet. It's inside of a blob of class E airspace. But I can't seem to find where the class E airspace starts and ends unless I'm blind. It's overlapping untowered E airspace for Finleyville airpark. How would I be able to do a vfr flight out of KAGC? There's no tower for the Finleyville airpark so how would I get permission to enter their class E airspace.
Sorry if it's a bother but I'm trying to start somewhere.
No problem. KAGC goes up to 3,800, so the class E starts at 3,801 feet and goes up to the bottom of the class B. So, it looks like the class B in that area starts at 4,000 feet and goes up to 8,000 feet. That means the class E starts at 3,801 and goes up to 3,999 feet MSL. And you don’t need any kind of clearance to go into class E. Just keep in mind, all that airspace is in the mode c veil of Pittsburgh, so there are some equipment requirements you have to comply with.
@@FreePilotTraining thank you very much this makes so much more sense now. I don't recall hearing you didn't need clearance to go in the class E airspace. That changes everything on how I see maps. I really appreciate your assistance
Why is class A space MSL but the others are AGL? Thank you.
Probably because above that altitude, you actually fly using pressure altitude
Imma share my story because I want your options on if I’m doing something wrong. I’m 15 and I have always known that I want to be in mechanics. I played with gas engines like my go kart (witch is homemade my family is between middle class and lower class) and my dads truck my mom’s car and just stuff like that. Then got bored and my dad works at a dairy as a maintenance man and works on diesel engines most of the time but has the occasional gas engine problem. But I got introduced to Diesel engines and then got a little board of those then my Uncle asked if I would want to go work on a helicopter with him (he is a helicopter mechanic) I said yes of course. My plan is to go to Purdue and get my plane mechanics certification and do OJT (on job training) with my Uncle.
I would love if y’all could let me know of anything I could do better please don’t be afraid to say something because it might hurt my feelings I promise you that it is impossible to offend me. And you can say what you would like about my life plan.
Thank you for your time.
I’ve been trying to convince so many young people your age how great it would be to get into a career like that. It’s very rewarding and it pays well. Plus, if you ever decide to fly, you can work on your own aircraft and save a ton of money. Yes, I think you’re on a great path
@@FreePilotTraining Thanks man.
My sectional says the B and C ceiling is MSL not AGL. Was that a mistake in the video?
It’s not a mistake. The chart depicts these in MSL, but the actual airspace actually goes up from the ground a certain height above the ground (agl)
You reference the airspace’s B C D tops in AGL but pretty sure it’s MSL…the only one referred in AGL is G
It can really be either. It’s important to look at the VFR sectional to see what it is at that specific airfield
@@FreePilotTraining can give an example of a B C D shown in AGL and not MSL? I’ve yet to find one…
@@hustin2323 KDFW is an example. Let me clarify. The tops are always shown in MSL on the chart, but the approximate height of the airspace is based on AGL. For example the class B above Dallas is 11,000 MSL. That is approximately 10,000 AGL as most class B tends to top of at approximately 10,000 AGL. KTUL is another example. Class C is typically about 4,000 AGL. The field elevation at Tulsa is 678 so the top of the airspace is almost exactly 4,000 AGL because the top is at 4,700 MSL. Sorry for the confusion
great ☀️☀️👍
Thanks!
Great explanation of airspace but why does your depiction have the wrong colors for different airspace? For instance, Bravo airspace is Blue not Yellow.
Thanks! Yeah, those drawings were from the FAAs Pilots Handbook of Aeronautical Knowledge. I don’t know why they didn’t use the right colors. That would’ve made sense though
Great video spoiled by the background music
Great videos - saw your paypal, but do you have a crypto address I could donate to?
Thanks! I don’t. Maybe I should look into that
We need clearance to go into class delta space ?
Nope. You need to establish 2 way radio communications
I thought the airspace of BCDE was MSL and only E was AGL
They are shown in MSL, but they are based on AGL
I think you said class D is towered. Your graphic label class d as non towered.
Ok. I may have made a mistake there, BUT there is one or two non-towered class D airfields out there
I would like to live in Class G airspace.
😂 most people do and don’t even know it
@@FreePilotTraining I meant that I wanted to live in a place not controlled by the government. Haha
@@misfittoytower 😂 I’m right there with you
These videos are great, but the background music is very distracting.
I appreciate the feedback. I don’t use the background music any more
@@FreePilotTraining I noticed in the follow up videos. Great explanation. Your content is great. Not a real pilot, but learning for the sim. Greatly appreciated.
Correction: It’s Flight Level 180 (One Eight Zero) not One Eight Thousand. 17,000 is pronounced One Seven Thousand. Once you reach 18,000’, it becomes a flight level.
You are correct, but ATC can clear you up to one eight thousand without assigning you to a flight level. It’s rare, but it does happen
Video and text dont sync.
What of class f
We don’t have that here in the US
It's good to learn that,I just got employed as an air traffic controller at a small airport and your videos are being helpful to me, thanks
The air space explanation is difficult to understand and when the questions on the test trick you, it makes it hard to build confidence in your grasp of it all. Particularly with the weather minimums.
It can be. At some point, I’d like to remake these videos and use some methods that might make it easier to remember
@@FreePilotTraining I appreciate it. My second time going through the practice test was way better. I probably just need to do it several times. Thanks for the response and tank you for your service. Both, to the aviation community and to country.
Bravo airspace goes from the surface to 10,000 MSL not AGL **^
Not always. Look at Denver. 10,000 is just a rough wag
Flight level 180 not One eight thousand feet. 😜
Where is class f ?
Only in Canada. USA has no class F airspace
This doesn’t even help without going g over the differences between solid and dashed lines on sectionals.
I get there in the next few videos
@@FreePilotTraining sorry I’m just pissed that I failed the part 107 exam the first time and I am worried about my chances the second time
would love to watch these more but the music.. sorry but why is it there? It's really off putting and surely has no place in an educational course! Any more than in a real classroom.. Obvs amazing effort you've put in otherwise! Maybe scrub the music?
Music goes away in future videos. Sorry about that