PLT163: Airspace Requirements
What code PLT163 covers, why the FAA tests it, and how to study Airspace Requirements before your checkride.
Recall airspace requirements - visibility / cloud clearance
What this means for your checkride
This is the VFR weather minimums table: the flight visibility and distance from clouds required in each airspace class, which also change with altitude and with day versus night.
VFR minimums keep you able to see and avoid other traffic, and they are among the most-missed items, so the FAA tests the exact numbers by airspace, altitude, and time of day.
Class G is the trap: the values change at 1,200 feet AGL and again at 10,000 feet MSL, and the daytime clear-of-clouds, 1 statute mile rule applies only at or below 1,200 feet AGL.
Where to study it
A code on your test report is an area of deficiency. An authorized instructor must review it with you and endorse that review before you take the practical test, and the examiner may revisit it during the oral. Study it until you can explain it out loud, not just recognize the answer.