AIM
9/5/24
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. Special Military Activity Routes (SMARs) may also be charted on the VFR Sectional Chart,
showing the extent of the airspace allocated to the associated IFR Military Training Routes within which the
Department of Defense conducts periodic operations involving Unmanned Aircraft Systems. These aircraft may
be accompanied by military or other aircraft that provide the pilots of the Unmanned Aircraft Systems visual
observation information about other aircraft operations near them. Further information on SMAR charting can
be found on the border of the printed VFR Sectional Chart and in the FAA Aeronautical Chart Users’ Guide
available online at:
https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/digital_products/aero_guide/
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(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
5, Subpara a, National Geospatial
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Intelligence Agency (NGA) Products.
e.
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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800
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826
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0342
Commercial: 804
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279
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6500
below.)
f.
Availability of MTR information.
1.
Pilots may obtain preflight MTR information through Flight Service (see paragraph 5
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/.
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