Part 107 Special Use Airspace and TFR Practice

Answer: C. Prohibited (P-), restricted (R-), and warning (W-) areas share a blue hatched border. Alert areas (A-) and MOAs share a magenta hatched border. Restricted areas contain unusual, often invisible hazards such as artillery firing, aerial gunnery, or guided missiles. §107.45 bars small UA from prohibited or restricted areas without permission from the using or controlling agency. Permanent SUA is charted with its hours of operation, altitudes, and controlling agency, listed in the chart's SUA table in the margin. Check that table and NOTAMs for status. Temporary restricted areas and temporary MOAs are not charted. MOAs aren't regulatory airspace, so you can fly there, but use extreme caution when military activity is under way.

Source: FAA Aeronautical Chart Users' Guide (eff. 9 Jul 2026), VFR Terms and Symbols: Special Use Airspace, p. 17, and VFR Symbology: Special Use Airspace, p. 30; FAA-G-8082-22 Remote Pilot sUAS Study Guide, Ch. 2, Special Use Airspace (Restricted Areas, MOAs), pp. 6–8; AIM Ch. 3, Sec. 4, paras 3-4-1 (General), 3-4-2 (Prohibited Areas), 3-4-3 (Restricted Areas), 3-4-5 (Military Operations Areas); 14 CFR §107.45

Answer: A. A TFR is issued as an FDC NOTAM giving its location, effective times, area, and altitudes. Sectionals can't tell you whether one is in effect. Some sectionals mark sporting-event TFR sites (stadiums) and national-security or national-defense TFR areas, but most TFRs, such as wildfire TFRs, aren't charted at all. Under §107.47 you must comply with §§91.137–91.145 and 99.7, so check NOTAMs before every flight.

Source: 14 CFR §107.47; FAA-G-8082-22 Remote Pilot sUAS Study Guide, Ch. 2, Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFR), pp. 10–11, and Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs), p. 13; FAA Aeronautical Chart Users' Guide (eff. 9 Jul 2026), VFR Terms and Symbols: Other Airspace Areas, p. 18, and VFR Symbology: Airspace Information, p. 31

Answer: C. P- marks a prohibited area, where flight is prohibited, usually for security or national-welfare reasons. Prohibited and restricted areas share the blue hatched border. Under §107.45 you can't operate a small UA in a prohibited or restricted area without permission from the using or controlling agency.

Source: AIM Ch. 3, Sec. 4, para 3-4-2 (Prohibited Areas); FAA Aeronautical Chart Users' Guide (eff. 9 Jul 2026), VFR Terms and Symbols: Special Use Airspace, p. 17, and Chart Tabulations, Special Use Airspace, p. 20; FAA-G-8082-22 Remote Pilot sUAS Study Guide, Ch. 2, Prohibited Areas, p. 7; 14 CFR §107.45

Answer: A. A- marks an alert area; alert areas and MOAs are shown in magenta, while prohibited, restricted, and warning areas are blue. Per AIM 3-4-6, alert areas may contain a high volume of pilot training or an unusual type of aerial activity, and pilots should be particularly alert in them. They aren't prohibited or restricted, so no permission is needed under §107.45, but you must still yield right of way to all other aircraft (§107.37).

Source: AIM Ch. 3, Sec. 4, para 3-4-6 (Alert Areas); FAA Aeronautical Chart Users' Guide (eff. 9 Jul 2026), Chart Tabulations, Special Use Airspace, p. 20; FAA-G-8082-22 Remote Pilot sUAS Study Guide, Ch. 2, Alert Areas, p. 9; 14 CFR §§107.37(a), 107.45

Answer: C. A warning area extends from 3 NM outward from the coast of the United States. It contains activity that may be hazardous to nonparticipating aircraft. On sectionals, prohibited, restricted, and warning areas are presented in blue; alert areas and MOAs in magenta.

Source: AIM Ch. 3, Sec. 4, para 3-4-4 (Warning Areas); FAA Aeronautical Chart Users' Guide (eff. 9 Jul 2026), Chart Tabulations, Special Use Airspace, p. 20; FAA-G-8082-22 Remote Pilot sUAS Study Guide, Ch. 2, Warning Areas, p. 8