Area Planning AP/1A Special Use Airspace North and South America

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Review of FLIP and FAA Publications

AREA PLANNING AP/1A SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA

AP/1A contains a listing of all prohibited, restricted, danger, warning, and alert areas listed by country.

Military operations and known parachute jumping areas are also listed.

AP/1A is published every 48 weeks with PCNs at the 16- and 32-week intervals. UCNs are published as

required.

This section is published primarily for preflight planning and much of the same information can be found in

an abbreviated form on the FLIP en route charts.

AREA PLANNING AP/1B MILITARY PLANNING ROUTES NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICA

AP/1B contains information relative to military routes, including IFR Military Training Routes (IR), VFR

Military Training Routes (VR), Slow-Speed, Low-Altitude Training Routes (SR), Refueling Tracks/Anchors/

VFR Helicopter Refueling Tracks (AR), and Avoidance Locations. Charts (8 charts on 4 sheets)

containing graphic depictions of the IR, VR, SR, and AR route systems throughout the continental United

States and Alaska are also included.

This information is unique to the United States and will only be found in the North and South America

Planning package.

AP/1B is published every 8 weeks.

Again, GP, AP/1, AP/1A, and AP/1B comprise the planning documents and are used for reference but not

normally carried in tactical aircraft. Now let us look at those documents that should be carried at all times

or on all IFR flights.

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