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Other Airspace Areas

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SFRA Boundary

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Additional information and resources regarding SFRA, including procedures for flight in individual areas,

may be found on the FAA Safety website at http://www.faasafety.gov

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8. Washington, DC, Special Flight Rules Area (SFRA) including the Flight Restricted

Zone (FRZ)

A pilot conducting any type of flight operation in the Washington, DC, SFRA/FRZ must comply with the
requirements in:

a.

14 CFR Section 93.339, Washington, DC, Metropolitan Area Special Flight Rules Area including the FRZ.

b.

14 CFR Section 91.161, Special Awareness Training for the DC SFRA/FRZ, also located on the FAA

website at https://www.faasafety.gov/.

c.

Any 14 CFR Section 99.7 special security instructions for the DC SFRA/FRZ published via NOTAM by

FAA in the interest of national security.

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9. Weather Reconnaissance Area (WRA)

a. General.

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 Weather Reconnaissance

Squadron (WRS) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Aircraft Operations
Center (AOC) operate weather reconnaissance/research aircraft missions, in support of the National Hurricane
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NOAA AOC aircraft normally conduct these missions in airspace identified in a published WRA Notice to Air
Missions (NOTAM).

b. WRAs.

 Airspace with defined dimensions and published by a NOTAM, which is established to support

weather reconnaissance/research flights. ATC services are not provided within WRAs. Only participating
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 WRS and NOAA AOC are permitted to operate within

a WRA. A WRA may only be established in airspace within U. S. Flight Information Regions (FIR) outside of
U. S. territorial airspace.

c.

A published WRA NOTAM describes the airspace dimensions of the WRA and the expected activities

within the WRA. WRAs may border adjacent foreign FIRs, but are wholly contained within U.S. FIRs. As ATC
services are not provided within a WRA, non

participating aircraft should avoid WRAs, and IFR aircraft should

expect to be rerouted to avoid WRAs.

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Charted Airspace Areas

a.

Stationary or Moving Altitude Reservation (ALTRV). A Stationary or Moving ALTRV is announced via

an airspace NOTAM issued by the Central Altitude Reservation Facility (CARF) or ARTCC. These

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