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Other Airspace Areas

1. IFR Military Training Routes

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(IR).

 Operations on these routes are conducted in accordance with IFR

regardless of weather conditions.

2. VFR Military Training Routes

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(VR). 

Operations on these routes are conducted in accordance with

VFR except flight visibility must be 5 miles or more; and flights must not be conducted below a ceiling of less
than 3,000 feet AGL.

d.

Military training routes will be identified and charted as follows:

1. Route identification.

(a)

MTRs with no segment above 1,500 feet AGL must be identified by four number characters; e.g.,

IR1206, VR1207.

(b)

MTRs that include one or more segments above 1,500 feet AGL must be identified by three number

characters; e.g., IR206, VR207.

(c)

Alternate IR/VR routes or route segments are identified by using the basic/principal route designation

followed by a letter suffix, e.g., IR008A, VR1007B, etc.

2. Route charting.

(a) IFR Enroute Low Altitude Chart. 

This chart will depict all IR routes and all VR routes that

accommodate operations above 1,500 feet AGL.

(b) VFR Sectional Aeronautical Charts.

These charts will depict military training activities such as

IR and VR information.

(c) Area Planning (AP/1B) Chart (DoD Flight Information Publication

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FLIP).

This chart is

published by the National Geospatial

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Intelligence Agency (NGA) primarily for military users and contains

detailed information on both IR and VR routes.

REFERENCE

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AIM, Para 9

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5, Subpara a, National Geospatial

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Intelligence Agency (NGA) Products.

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DoD FLIP

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 Department of Defense Flight Information Publications describe IR/VR routes through charts

and narratives, and the FAA provides information regarding these routes to all users via IFR and VFR charts.

NOTE

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DoD users that require copies of FLIP should contact:
 
Defense Logistics Agency for Aviation
Mapping Customer Operations (DLA AVN/QAM)
8000 Jefferson Davis Highway
Richmond, VA 23297

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5339

Toll free phone: 1

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Commercial: 804

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MTR information from the FLIP is available for pilot briefings through Flight Service. (See subparagraph f
below.)

f.

Availability of MTR information.

1.

Pilots may obtain preflight MTR information through Flight Service (see paragraph 5

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1, Preflight

Preparation).

2.

MTR routes are depicted on IFR En Route Low Altitude Charts and VFR Sectional Charts, which are

available for free download on the FAA website at
https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/digital_products/.

g.

Nonparticipating aircraft are not prohibited from flying within an MTR; however, extreme vigilance should

be exercised when conducting flight through or near these routes. Pilots, while inflight, should contact the FSS
within 100 NM of a particular MTR to obtain current information or route usage in their vicinity. Information

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