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How close can you fly to another aircraft?
In controlled airspace, the required minimum horizontal separation between aircraft flying at the same altitude is five nautical miles, which is just over 9 kilometres. When an airplane is departing, Air Traffic Controllers can place aircraft much closer to each other than they do at cruise altitude.
What is the minimum safe altitude for a pilot to operate an aircraft anywhere?
500 feet
An altitude of 500 feet above the surface, except over open water or sparsely populated areas. In those cases, the aircraft may not be operated closer than 500 feet to any person, vessel, vehicle, or structure.
What are the rules for flying in formation?
The most specific formation rules are in 91.111: §91.111 Operating near other aircraft. (a) No person may operate an aircraft so close to another aircraft as to create a collision hazard. (b) No person may operate an aircraft in formation flight except by arrangement with the pilot in command of each aircraft in the formation.
Are there laws about how close military aircraft can fly to passenger jets?
In Are there laws about how close military aircraft can fly to passenger jets, and are they enforced?, we learned that “the military can get as close to other aircraft as they damn well please, through a procedure called Military Assumes Responsibility for Seperation of Aircraft, or MARSA”.
What are the rules for public-use aircraft?
Any regulation that specifically applies to a “civil aircraft” doesn’t apply to a public aircraft operation. First, some definitions from 14 CFR 1.1: Civil aircraft means aircraft other than public aircraft. Public aircraft means any of the following aircraft […]
What are the rules for flying over congested areas?
14 CFR Part 137 regulates agricultural aircraft operations, with §137.51 discussing operation over congested areas, including: