This trapezoidal-shaped area begins two hundred feet beyond the end of the runway. It size will vary depending on the design aircraft, type of operation and visibility minimums.

Approach
Visibility
Minimums'

Facilities
Expected To
Serve

Dimensions

Length
L
Feet

Inner
Width
W
Feet

Outer
Width

W

Feet

RPZ

Acres

Visual
And
Not Lower
than 1-mile

Small
Aircraft
Exclusively

1,000

250

450

8.035

Aircraft
Approach
Categories
A&B

1,000

500

700

13.770

Aircraft
Approach
Categories
C&D

1,700

500

1,010

29.465

Not Lower
Than 3/4-Mile

All

Aircraft

1,700

1,000

1,510

48.978

Lower Than

3/4-Mile

All
Aircraft

2,500

1,000

1,750

78.914

Local maps showing the area which should lack residences and areas where people may gather.

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