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VFR Weather Minimums
Here is another way to try to remember all the VFR weather minimums you packing to you mind when you learned to fly. I have found that it may be easier to remember VFR weather minimums if they were organized by altitude rather than a list of airspace. There are also some memory aids that help to make sense of it all.*
The Memory Aids
- Above 10,000' MSL is where
"F-one elevens" ( F-111 is a military jet) fly.
- F = Five miles visibility
- 1 = One thousand feet Above the clouds
- 1 = One thousand feet Below the clouds
- 1 = One mile Horizontal separation from clouds
- Below 10,000 MSL and above
1200' AGL in any airspace, except B and G at night,
is a big chunk of the sky where a LOT of training happens. So just remember
there are three Cessna 152's flying around in that airspace
that includes classes C,D, E, and G at night.
- Three = Three miles visibility
- 1 = One thousand feet Above the clouds
- 5 = Five hundred feet Below the clouds
- 2 = Two thousand feet Horizontal separation from the clouds
- In the Midwest there is
very little class G airspace ABOVE 1200' AGL. Since the amount
of class G airspace above 1200' AGL is so small only one
Cessna 152 can fly around in the airspace during the day.
- One = One mile visibility
- 1 = One thousand feet Above the clouds
- 5 = Five hundred feet Below the clouds
- 2 = Two thousand feet Horizontal separation from the clouds
- There are two exceptions
that have to be memorized.
- Class G airspace below 1200' AGL during the day requires 1 mile visibility and clear of clouds
- Class B airspace 3 miles visibility and clear of clouds
To review, think of F-111s flying high and fast above 10,000' MSL needing lots of visibility and cloud separation. Also note that 152 ; above, below and horizontal is alphabetical.
*Note: This information is
for reference only and should only be used with the personal guidance
of an certified instructor. {Main}