REFRESHERS · AIRSPACE · 3 MINUTES · AUSTRALIA
Restricted areas offshore became danger areas.
Outside Australian territory, areas once designated as restricted are now danger areas. The rules for entering each are different.
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What changed, and when
On 15 June 2023, the Airspace Regulations 2007 were amended. In international airspace, outside Australian territory, areas designated as restricted became danger areas. That included military exercise areas and military training areas. Sources: VFRG, restricted areas
Limits of this refresher We hold CASA's account of this amendment in the VFRG, not the text of the amended Airspace Regulations 2007.
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What it means in practice
PREDICT FIRST
Before you fly across a danger area that is not a military operating area, what does the Part 91 MOS require you to know?
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You must not enter an active restricted area without authorisation. Sources: VFRG, restricted areas
You may fly within or across a danger area that is not a military operating area, on three conditions. Before the flight, know what activity makes it a danger area. Take appropriate precautions before and during the flight, and comply with any conditions set for the area. Sources: MOS 11.22
You must not fly within or across a military operating area unless you comply with its conditions. Sources: MOS 11.23
A danger area in international airspace may lie in controlled airspace. Sources: VFRG, danger areas
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The source, word for word
Quoted from the Australian sources we hold, with the date we checked them.
On 15 June 2023 Australia’s Airspace Regulations 2007 were amended so that in international airspace (airspace outside Australian territory) areas designated as restricted were redesignated as danger areas. This included military exercise areas and military training areas.
A flight must not enter an active restricted area without authorisation (CASR 91.260).
Subject to section 11.23, the pilot in command of an aircraft may fly within or across a danger area that is not a military operating area provided that: (a) before the flight, the pilot in command is demonstrably aware of the specific activity which causes the area to be a danger area; and (b) before and during the flight, the pilot in command takes appropriate precautions against any safety risks that could arise from the flight; and (c) the pilot in command complies with the conditions (if any) for the area under CASA’s Designation of Prohibited, Restricted and Danger Areas – Declaration and Determination (Permanent PRDs) Instruments as in force from time to time.
The pilot in command of an aircraft must not fly within or across a military operating area unless the pilot in command complies with the conditions for the area under CASA’s Designation of Prohibited, Restricted and Danger Areas – Declaration and Determination (Permanent PRDs) Instrument as in force from time to time.
Danger areas in international airspace may lie in controlled airspace.
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Practise this
1 question from our bank test this change. Each one quotes the rule it rests on, and the ones you miss come back sooner.
That is all we ask on this change so far. New questions are added only after they pass a source check and an independent review.
SOURCES FOR THIS REFRESHER
- CASA Visual Flight Rules Guide v8.3 (CC BY-NC 4.0), Flight within restricted areas
- CASA Visual Flight Rules Guide v8.3 (CC BY-NC 4.0), Flight within restricted areas
- Part 91 (General Operating and Flight Rules) Manual of Standards 2020, Compilation No. 8, Section 11.22
- Part 91 (General Operating and Flight Rules) Manual of Standards 2020, Compilation No. 8, Section 11.23
- CASA Visual Flight Rules Guide v8.3 (CC BY-NC 4.0), Flight within danger areas
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