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Minimum Altitudes, Right of Way, Cruising Altitudes and Altimeter Settings

How low you may fly, who gives way when aircraft meet, which altitude to cruise at, and how to keep your altimeter honest across Canada.

3 units · 19 min · 18 questions

  1. 1.How Low Can You Fly? Minimum Altitudes and DistancesThe 1,000-foot rule over built-up areas, the 500-foot rule everywhere else, when take-offs and landings are exempt, and who is allowed to go lower.7 min read
  2. 2.Who Gives Way? Right of Way and Collision AvoidanceThe converging, head-on and overtaking rules, the pecking order of aircraft categories, priority near the runway, and the special rules on water.6 min read
  3. 3.Cruising Altitudes and Altimeter SettingsOdd or even, plus 500: how your track picks your cruising altitude above 3,000 ft AGL, and how the two altimeter-setting regions keep every aircraft on the same reference.6 min read