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As a rather new VFR pilot with only 122 hours, I have not ventured
far from my home bases. I am planning a trip down to the keys and back. But I would like to return along the east coast back to Jax. Capt. Doug suggested that it's easiest to stay at 1000' or less and follow the beach. Just north of Ocean Reef at the topmost portion of the keys is the Biscayne National Park with a minimum altitude restriction of 2000'. About 15 miles north of that the outer airspace of KMIA begins with a floor of 3000'. For about 8 miles a pilot would be sandwiched between 2000' over the park and 3000' under the KMIA airspace. This doesn't seem like a lot of room to manuever. Wouldn't it be pretty easy to bust either airspace if perhaps some clouds got in the way? If I were to swing out about six or seven miles east of the islands in the Biscayne National Park I could fly at 1000' and bypass the park restricted area. Of course there is no way to glide back to land if the engine quits at that altitude and distance from land. I wanted to get some idea of what some other pilots might do if you are not wanting to fly through KMIA's airspace. Kirk |
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