Special VFR. Lateral boundaries C/B.
Asked by: william0203usa 816 views Airspace, FAA Regulations
I was looking at 7110.65 under Special VFR and it says "Only within the lateral boundaries of Class B, Class C, Class D, or Class E surface areas, below 10,000
feet MSL."
So, an airport under the charlie lateral boundaries where G starts at the ground up to 699AGL, then E from 700 to the base of the C, is not eligible to receive SVFR above 700AGL in E, even though it's within the lateral boundaries of C?
It seems like the FAA should have maybe written it as "Only below 10,000 MSL within the SURFACE AREAS WHITHIN the lateral boundaries of Class B, Class C, Class D, or Class E."
There are several class E to the ground airports in the "middle of nowhere" (KAST, KSSI, KBQK, KMRJ etc) that are eligible for SVFR by Center, but an airport under the lateral boundaries of C/B in E aren't? I wonder what the logic was. All that Echo under and above Charlie lateral boundaries when the visibility is below 3SM should only have IFR traffic flying in it.
So surface areas of B/C are only the middle core? or any layer within the B/C?
Thanks
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