Correction to Miami Executive Class E Airspace Rule
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This rule fixes a drafting error in the FAA’s earlier Miami airspace update and restores the correct legal description for Class E airspace around Miami Executive Airport. It does not change the effective date, but it confirms the area where pilots must follow the updated airspace rules, including a surface area up to 2,500 feet MSL and a date-and-time activation controlled by NOTAMs and the Chart Supplement. The main impact is on pilots, flight planners, and operators using Miami Executive Airport and the surrounding airspace. They should rely on the corrected legal description when planning flights and checking controlled airspace boundaries.
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Key Changes
- Corrects the legal description of Class E airspace for Miami Executive Airport, FL.
- Confirms the airspace extends from the surface up to and including 2,500 feet MSL, with the specified radius and westward extension.
- Keeps the original effective date unchanged and preserves NOTAM-based activation and Chart Supplement publication.
Obligations
What this law requires
Pilots, flight planners, and operators must use the corrected Class E airspace legal description for Miami Executive Airport when determining controlled airspace boundaries around Miami, FL.
Aircraft operations within the Miami Executive Airport Class E airspace must comply with the airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 2,500 feet MSL within a 4.3-mile radius of the airport, and within 1.2 miles each side of the 267 bearing extending from the 4.3-mile radius to 5.9 miles west of the airport reference point, excluding the Miami, FL Class B surface area.
Users of the affected airspace must treat this Class E airspace as effective only during the specific dates and times established in advance by a Notice to Airmen (NOTAM).
Pilots and operators must rely on the Chart Supplement for the continuously published effective date and time of the Class E airspace activation.