What color is Class G airspace?

Class G airspace is most easily found on a sectional map when a fading, thick blue line appears.



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Class G airspace is most easily found on a sectional map when a fading, thick blue line appears. This line shows enroute Class E airspace starting at 1,200 ft AGL on the soft side of the boundary.

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Class C Airspace (Mandatory Radar) A shelf area with an outer radius of 10 nautical miles surrounds the core area. It extends from 1200 feet AGL to 4000 feet AGL. The airspace is depicted on charts as 2 concentric magenta circles.

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Types of Airspace by Color
  • Grey Airplane or Helicopter icon with no color surrounding = Class G uncontrolled airspace. ...
  • Dark Blue = Class B controlled airspace. ...
  • Purple = Class C controlled airspace. ...
  • Light Blue = Class D controlled airspace. ...
  • Green = Class E2 controlled airspace. ...
  • Controlled airspace where LAANC is not available.


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Class B Airspace, indicated by a solid blue line. Class B airspace is shown with a solid blue line around major airports in circles radiating outward.

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But as a perspective, with the exception of Class A airspace, which is ALL of the airspace 18,000 feet and above, Class E & G are pretty much all of the other airspace EXCEPT limited areas around airports with operating control towers. Those areas around airports with control towers are the B, C, and D airspace.

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Classes A through E are all types of controlled airspace. This is where air traffic control has various levels of jurisdiction. Class G is considered “uncontrolled.” In Class G airspace, pilots are solely responsible for their own navigation and separation from traffic, terrain, and obstructions.

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Class G Requirements:
  • Uncontrolled, you do not need to contact ATC to enter or land in Class G airspace.
  • There are no specific equipment requirements.
  • Basic VFR minimums apply, which are 1sm visibility and Clear of Clouds (don't fly your airplane into a cloud or let it touch a cloud)


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Airspaces colored yellow on the map will also be colored yellow in the airspace advisory bar on the right (desktop) or below (mobile). This indicates that drones may be allowed in this airspace but to first check the airspace advisory bar for further detail and to use caution during operations in this airspace.

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Class F. Class F is not used in the United States. In Canada, Class F is the equivalent of U.S. special use airspace including restricted and alert areas, while ICAO defines it as a hybrid of Class E and Class G, in which ATC separation guidance is available but not required for IFR operation.

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There are two categories of airspace or airspace areas: Regulatory (Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, restricted and prohibited areas). Nonregulatory (military operations areas [MOA], warning areas, alert areas, controlled firing areas [CFA], and national security areas [NSA]).

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