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Operations

# SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE

SUA

TERM · Operations

At a glance

## Meaning of SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE

Airspace of defined dimensions identified by an area on the surface of the earth wherein activities must be confined because of their nature and/or wherein limitations may be imposed upon aircraft operations that are not a part of those activities.

### More about SPECIAL USE AIRSPACE

Airspace of defined dimensions identified by an area on the surface of the earth wherein activities must be confined because of their nature and/or wherein limitations may be imposed upon aircraft operations that are not a part of those activities. Types of special use airspace are:

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