Airspace Quiz

(Refer to Figure 20, Area 4.) A small UA is being launched 2 NM northeast of the town of Hertford.

What is the height of the highest obstacle?

• 500 feet AGL

• 500 feet MSL

• 399 feet MSL

When the tower at a class D airport closes for the day, what happens to the airspace it controls?

• reverts to a combination of G and E

• does not change

• reverts to E

(Refer to Figure 78, near the center of the chart.) What class of airspace is associated with SIOUX

GATEWAY/COL DAY (SUX) Airport?

• Class B airspace

• Class C airspace

• Class D airspace

(Refer to Figure 78.) You have been hired to use your small UAS to inspect the railroad tracks from

Blencoe (SE of Sioux City) to Onawa. Will ATC authorization be required?

• Yes, Onawa is in Class D airspace that is designated for an airport

• No, your entire flight is in Class G airspace

• Yes, you must contact the Onawa control tower to operate within 5 miles of the airport

An FDC NOTAM will typically contain information

• regarding public gatherings of large groups

• regarding military operations

• regarding available hard surface runways

(Refer to Figure 24, Area 6.) What type of airport is Card Airport?

• Public towered

• Public non-towered

• Private non-towered

(Refer to Figure 24, Area 3, and Legend 1.) For information about the parachute operations at Tri-

County Airport, refer to

• notes on the border of the chart

• Chart Supplements U.S

• the Notices to Airmen (NOTAM) publication

(Refer to Figure 20, Area 1.) The Fentress NALF Airport (NFE) is in what type of airspace?

• Class C

• Class E

• Class G

(Refer to Figure 25, Area 3.) The floor of Class B airspace at Dallas Executive (RBD) is

• at the surface

• 3,000 feet MSL

• 3,100 feet MSL

What is the most effective way for a UA pilot to scan for traffic?

• Maintain your focus on the UA and use your peripheral vision to scan small segments of the

  sky

• A series of short regularly spaced eye movements scanning 10-degree segments of the sky

• Continuously scan the sky from right to left