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G-8 Summit to add extra TFR to DC area

While world leaders and President Barack Obama gather at Camp David in Thurmont, Md., for the G-8 Summit May 18 and 19, a temporary flight restriction will shut down a large swath of airspace in the already restrictive Washington, D.C., area.

The FAA has released a flight advisory announcing that it will establish a 30-nautical-mile-radius TFR with an inner 10-nm-radius no-fly zone over Camp David, extending from the surface up to and including 17,999 feet msl. The TFR will extend into the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan Class B airspace and the Washington, D.C., Special Flight Rules Area. Exact times of the TFR have not yet been released.

Pilots may fly in the airspace between the 10- and 30-nm rings of the TFR if they are on an active IFR or VFR flight plan with an ATC-assigned transponder code and maintain two-way radio communications, among other requirements.

The flight advisory emphasizes that the TFR could change with little or no notice and that pilots should check notams frequently.

Alyssa J. Miller
Alyssa J. Miller
AOPA Director of eMedia and Online Managing Editor
AOPA Director of eMedia and Online Managing Editor Alyssa J. Miller has worked at AOPA since 2004 and is an active flight instructor.
Topics: Advocacy, Airspace, FAA Information and Services

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