The Canadian regulations state that:
Prohibitions
(5) (1) A person must not operate a model aircraft
(a) at an altitude greater than 300 feet AGL;
(b) at a lateral distance of less than 250 feet (75m) from buildings, structures, vehicles, vessels, animals and the public including spectators, bystanders or any person not associated with the operation of the aircraft;
(c) within 9 km of the centre of an aerodrome;
(d) within controlled airspace;
(e) within restricted airspace;
(f) over or within a forest fire area, or any area that is located within 9 km of a forest fire area;
(g) over or within the security perimeter of a police or first responder emergency operation site;
(h) over or within an open-air assembly of persons;
(i) at night; or
(j) in cloud.
An aerodrome is defined in the regulations as anywhere that an aircraft can take-off or land. Since the 9km (6.6 Miles) restriction from the center of an aerodrome includes farmer's air strips, it is important to know if there are any small private strips in the area.
I e-mailed Transport Canada to ask for a list of all aerodromes so that I could ensure that I complied with the regulations. I was told that there is currently no comprehensive list of all aerodrome available.
So as far as I can tell the only place that is guaranteed legal to fly in Canada is at a MAAC (Canadian equiv. of AMA) sanctioned field since the fields are exempt from the 9km restriction.
Anyone have better information? Am I reading the regulations wrong?
Prohibitions
(5) (1) A person must not operate a model aircraft
(a) at an altitude greater than 300 feet AGL;
(b) at a lateral distance of less than 250 feet (75m) from buildings, structures, vehicles, vessels, animals and the public including spectators, bystanders or any person not associated with the operation of the aircraft;
(c) within 9 km of the centre of an aerodrome;
(d) within controlled airspace;
(e) within restricted airspace;
(f) over or within a forest fire area, or any area that is located within 9 km of a forest fire area;
(g) over or within the security perimeter of a police or first responder emergency operation site;
(h) over or within an open-air assembly of persons;
(i) at night; or
(j) in cloud.
An aerodrome is defined in the regulations as anywhere that an aircraft can take-off or land. Since the 9km (6.6 Miles) restriction from the center of an aerodrome includes farmer's air strips, it is important to know if there are any small private strips in the area.
I e-mailed Transport Canada to ask for a list of all aerodromes so that I could ensure that I complied with the regulations. I was told that there is currently no comprehensive list of all aerodrome available.
So as far as I can tell the only place that is guaranteed legal to fly in Canada is at a MAAC (Canadian equiv. of AMA) sanctioned field since the fields are exempt from the 9km restriction.
Anyone have better information? Am I reading the regulations wrong?