TRSA Airspace Explained

[Music] hi Mark Donovan here from Falcon imagery and today I'm going to go over the topic of terminal Radar Service Area airspace or Tura airspace it's a type of airspace that's often forgot about um by pilots and particularly student Poots they kind of gloss over it don't don't really fully appreciate what it is and the benefits of it and today in this lesson we're going to go over um again what that airspace is how we participate in it as VFR pilots and what type of equipments required to um take advantage of those Services um when we find ourselves entering or nearing that type of airspace so follow along in this presentation and at the end of the presentation I'll give some examples uh for you to see and if you have any questions on regarding this video or comments feel free to leave the questions or comments down below and if you find this video useful consider hitting the like button and subscribing to the Channel all right terminal Radar Service Area airspace explained so what is trsa airspace well trsa stands for terminal radar service area and it's airspace that surrounds class D airports that have high levels of traffic they're effectively a version of Class C airspace that is optional in terms of services for VFR traffic uh they provide additional safety to Pilots by offering optional radar Services both for VFR traffic and and and actually mandated for IFR traffic uh trsa Services include traffic advisories and arrival and departure sequencing for both IFR and VFR aircraft operations trsa Services provide enhance safety and efficiency in areas of higher air traffic participa in trsa Services is completely voluntary for VFR flights whereas class bravo charlie and Delta airspace require mandatory participation for VFR Pilots trsa participation is completely optional for VFR Pilots trsa airspace is technically Class E airspace so a VFR pilot can choose whether or not to take advantage of the radar services offered by the trsa uh Services uh trsa airspace is marked by solid Gray Line on a section chart as you can see here this kind of gray area surrounding these two class D airspaces or airports also a single trsa May surround multiple classy airports as is in this example here so what services does a trsa um airspace uh service provide well it provides two main Services radar traffic advisories and radar sequencing so when it comes to the radar traffic advisories it provides Pilots with real-time updates about other aircraft in their vicinity such as information on their altitude Direction and relative closeness to you uh flying in the aircraft they're in essence a pair of extra eyes to help you spot and avoid other aircraft and thus improve overall safety in the air um the second main feature of a trsa is it provides sequencing uh for traffic Management in the sky basically it's providing a smooth and orderly flow of traffic or of aircraft arriving at or departing from the class D airport that the TSA is surrounding controllers provide the sequencing to both IFR and VFR aircraft I should say participating VFR aircraft if you elect to use the trsa services the altitude and heading instructions provided by ATC are mandatory unlike if you were just using flight following so how do we fly in a trsa airspace well first of all we have to identify on the sectional chart Again by that kind of gray area that looks similar to a class Charlie airspace um but in this case it's this gray concentrate set of rings surrounding a classy airport the tsas again are represented by thick black lines or gray lines forming concentric circles around a classy airport the size and number of the concentric circles can vary depending on the tersa like Class C airspace they often include an inner core and an outer ring with a shelf decide if you want to use TI a services so you've identified it and then second you make a decision if you want to use it again they're optional for VFR Pilots however they do provide additional safety so it's a wise idea to take advantage of the trsa services if you if you choose to use the trsa services you'll need to establish two-way Communications with the appropriate ATC facility normally approach control you can find the frequency for the trsa by following the clues in the sectional chart or looking at the afd for the particular classy airport the tersa surrounds once inside the TSA be alert for other aircraft and listen closely to ATC instructions even with radar advisers you're flying VFR and it's your responsibility to see and avoid other aircraft when you contact the appropriate frequency consider it an extension of the class T airspace provide your call sign and your position information as well as your altitude and stating that you have the current adus information along with your particular request uh for example request to to land at that particular Airport in regards to the required equipment to fly in a TSA it's pretty simple there are no specific equipment requirements to operate VFR in a tersa again you don't have to fly or take advantage of the TSA um resources however if you do choose to receive tersa airspace radar Services you do need a radio but only a radio if you choose not to participate in the TSA airspace if you again flying VFR there are no equipment requirements to fly in the tersa you also do not need a transponder or adsb out Services a mode C transponder nor adsp out is required in the TSA as it's not required for class de a space the controllers can usually still um see your aircraft via the r primary radar services and again provide that sequencing and and in um safety protection in terms of making sure that the other traffic is not near you last thing we'll talk about is tur airspace versus flight falling flight falling or radar traffic information service is a service provided by ATC to VFR aircraft its only um objective is to provide radar traffic advisories about traffic maybe near you um and it's completely voluntary in regards to you um participating with uh following their instructions if they suggest you turn to a different heading or different alternative Etc Tura services on the other hand provide both radar traffic advisories and the sequence of arrivals and departures and while flight following is all about traffic ad advisor for of aircraft Tura Services going Step Beyond by also assisting with the flow of air traffic around those busier airports both for IFR and participating VFR aircraft and again those aircraft that are VFR that are participating with the Tura Services uh must um follow the instructions by ATC uh both in in heading um as well as altitude or any other specific uh directions they may give you all right so what we've got here is an sample of two tures pretty much closed together side by side um each is surrounding a classd airport um you can see that the TSA goes from the surface to 6,000 ft um then you can see and this is on the inner core right around the airport um then you can see there's a another gray SL blackish ring um with a shelf that starts at 3,000 and goes to 6,000 ft and then we have an outer ring that starts at 3500 for the shelf and goes to 6,000 so again that kind of upside down wedding cake just like you might see in a class Bravo airspace um and so again this is surrounding this class D towered airport and as a VFR pilot you can fly through this um airspace without contacting or being in touch with ATC however if you want the advisory services and sequencing through this area space um particularly if you were planning to land at this airport then it's a good idea to uh contact the approach frequency associated with this airport and request um the at the TSA Services um into this space and into this airport um over here we have another tersa same same deal classy airspace multiple Rings surface to 6,000 ft then 3100 to 6,000 ft then 3500 to 6,000 ft and again you'd enter it the same way okay so that's it on Terminal Radar Service Area airspace 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Keywords: TRSA Airspace, TRSA Airspace Explained, Terminal Radar Service Area, How to use TRSA services, How to contact ATC for TRSA Airspace, How to fly in a TRSA, How to Fly Terminal Radar Service Area, Falcon Imagery, Mark Donovan

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Length: 9min 17sec (557 seconds)

Published: Sat Jan 06 2024