RkyMtnHI Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 This question came up in an instrument ground class last night; "how many class E air spaces are there??" I am looking forward to your answers! Also, i will be leaving for Cali this weekend for the Robbie course, look forward to meeting all of you that will be there. If they will let me i'll do a write up about it with some photos!! The long line course was put off, hopefully i can get to that when i get back too. Aloha, dp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomer Pylot Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Do you mean Class E surface areas, or what? If you include all Class E airspace, the question doesn't make sense to me. I don't have the time or energy to count up all the surface areas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ADRidge Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 I don't know about the Echo stuff. Maybe you mean different types? Offhand, without really thinking about it, I'd say 3. Echo, Echo to 700, Echo to the surface. See you at the robbie course next week! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoFlyer Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Nope. Only one type of Class E airspace. However, where it exists can change (i.e. surface, at 700, at 1200, at 14,500, etc.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Hughes Posted October 14, 2008 Report Share Posted October 14, 2008 Nope. Only one type of Class E airspace. However, where it exists can change (i.e. surface, at 700, at 1200, at 14,500, etc.) That's how I normally describe it to students. And I'll explain the situations where it is utilized to different heights & altitudes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
captkirkyota Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 Nope. Only one type of Class E airspace. However, where it exists can change (i.e. surface, at 700, at 1200, at 14,500, etc.) ...... and class E greater than 700 ft designated areas as well. Yunno on the charts where it is big blue lines like this __-__-_-_Other than what you list and that, I'm thinking that covers it???? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoFlyer Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 In a technical sense, there is also class E above FL600. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Hughes Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 Man, I remember this one time I was in echo above FL600 in a R22......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goldy Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 Man, I remember this one time I was in echo above FL600 in a R22......... Was that you ? I flew over you that day at FL620 in my 22....I was really pushing limits though, could only climb at 300FPM. Cell phone works great up there though!! Goldy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Witch Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 Was that you ? I flew over you that day at FL620 in my 22....I was really pushing limits though, could only climb at 300FPM. Cell phone works great up there though!! Goldy 300fpm? Dang, I can't get over 100fpm at the surface. What's up with that? Maybe if I had a cell phone that'd help? See y'all at Robinson too. I'm the goofy looking guy in the green jacket with the patches. Later Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gomer Pylot Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 (edited) I prefer to look at it a little differently. Class E is pretty much contiguous across the US and offshore, all one big area, with places here and there where it goes lower or ends higher. Sometimes it goes down to 700' AGL, sometimes to the surface, sometimes just to the top of other airspace, but it's all over, not broken up into areas. Edited October 15, 2008 by Gomer Pylot Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoFlyer Posted October 15, 2008 Report Share Posted October 15, 2008 I've been partial to calling it a giant amalgas globulum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RkyMtnHI Posted October 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 sooooo, could we say that there are two class E? the one that is connected to all the others and the one above fl600? serious question, don't flame me! dp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoFlyer Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 Same airspace, just has some IFR stuffing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RkyMtnHI Posted October 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 but are the two actually connected anywhere on the planet? dp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Hughes Posted October 16, 2008 Report Share Posted October 16, 2008 I doubt that the class E above FL600 and the other (generally below 17999) meet anywhere in the US anyway. Unless I'm mistaken, Class A gets in the way from FL180 to FL600. That's not to say that they won't meet up somewhere else in the world depending on how other countries stack their airspaces. I'm also pretty sure that in most of JAA-land they won't meet up either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhotoFlyer Posted October 17, 2008 Report Share Posted October 17, 2008 but are the two actually connected anywhere on the planet? dp No, they are not connected, hence the IFR (class A) stuffing. However, that doesn't make them two different airspaces. Maybe it isn't such a great joke, but it made me laugh. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FUSE Posted October 19, 2008 Report Share Posted October 19, 2008 sooooo, could we say that there are two class E? the one that is connected to all the others and the one above fl600? serious question, don't flame me! dp I would say no. There is only one Class E. You could say though there are multiple segments or portions of Class E. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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