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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, Paragraph 9
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1
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5 , Subparagraph a, National
Geospatial
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Intelligence Agency (NGA) Products.
e.
The FLIP contains charts and narrative
descriptions of these routes. To obtain this
publication 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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800
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826
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0342
Commercial: 804
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279
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6500
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
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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 available includes times of
scheduled activity, altitudes in use on each route
segment, and actual route width. Route width varies
for each MTR and can extend several miles on either
side of the charted MTR centerline. Route width
information for IFR Military Training Route (IR) and
VFR Military Training Route (VR) MTRs is also
available in the FLIP AP/1B along with additional
MTR (slow routes/air refueling routes) information.
When requesting MTR information, pilots should
give the FSS their position, route of flight, and
destination in order to reduce frequency congestion
and permit the FSS specialist to identify the MTR
which could be a factor.
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3. Temporary Flight Restrictions
a. General.
This paragraph describes the types of
conditions under which the FAA may impose
temporary flight restrictions. It also explains which
FAA elements have been delegated authority to issue
a temporary flight restrictions NOTAM and lists the
types of responsible agencies/offices from which the
FAA will accept requests to establish temporary
flight restrictions. The 14 CFR is explicit as to what
operations are prohibited, restricted, or allowed in a
temporary flight restrictions area. Pilots are responsi-
ble to comply with 14 CFR Sections 91.137, 91.138,
91.141 and 91.143 when conducting flight in an area
where a temporary flight restrictions area is in effect,
and should check appropriate NOTAMs during flight
planning.
b. The purpose for establishing a temporary
flight restrictions area is to:
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