China Civil UAV Theory Questions — Questions 51–60

A flight application does not need to report loading, eliminating A and C. Source: Basic Rules of Flight, §39: organizations conducting general aviation flight activities must complete approval procedures as prescribed and submit a flight application to the local flight control department. A flight application shall include: nature of the mission, aircraft type, flight area, start and end times, flight altitude, flight conditions, and the like. Each aviation unit shall organize implementation in accordance with the approved flight plan.

Source: Basic Rules of Flight, §17: prohibited areas and temporary prohibited areas may be designated above important national political, economic, and military targets. Without special approval as prescribed by the state, no aircraft may enter a prohibited area or temporary prohibited area.

Option C covers both A and B. Source: Basic Rules of Flight, §52: after takeoff, an aircraft climbing within an airport area, or descending within an airport area before landing, must follow the instructions of the air traffic controller or flight commander. An aircraft leaving an airport to join an air route or airway, or leaving an air route or airway to fly to an airport, shall climb or descend on the route and altitude prescribed by the airport's rules of use or its arrival/departure procedures.

Source: Basic Rules of Flight, §54: when flying in airspace, aircraft shall enter or leave the airspace on the prescribed route (heading), altitude, and sequence, and remain within the prescribed airspace and altitude range. …

A danger area is airspace where a risk objectively exists during specific times; no approval can override that. Source: Basic Rules of Flight, §19: above firing ranges or launch sites located near airports, air routes, or airways, danger areas or temporary danger areas may be designated according to their firing direction, firing height, and range. Within the prescribed time limits, unrelated aircraft are prohibited from entering danger areas or temporary danger areas.

Source: Basic Rules of Flight, §30: within the People's Republic of China, by flight control responsibility, the division is: flight control areas, flight control sub-areas, and airport flight control areas. Air routes, airway areas, and civil airport areas are provided with high-altitude control areas, medium/low-altitude control areas, terminal (approach) control areas, and airport tower control areas.

Study note: air route width 20 km; limited section 8 km; air corridor 10 km. Source: Basic Rules of Flight, §15: air routes are divided into international and domestic air routes. An air route is 20 km wide, 10 km on either side of its centerline; where a section of an air route is limited by conditions, its width may be reduced, but to no less than 8 km. Air routes shall also have upper and lower limits.

Study note: air route width 20 km; limited section 8 km; air corridor 10 km. Source: Basic Rules of Flight, §15: air routes are divided into international and domestic air routes. An air route is 20 km wide, 10 km on either side of its centerline; where a section of an air route is limited by conditions, its width may be reduced, but to no less than 8 km. Air routes shall also have upper and lower limits.

Flights entering or leaving the country involve national defense security and must be approved by the Air Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Source: Basic Rules of Flight, §35: all flights must be applied for in advance and may only be conducted after approval. (1) An aircraft approved to fly out of or into the airspace of the People's Republic of China, when conducting a flight out of or into that airspace and flights between flight control areas, must be approved by the Air Force of the Chinese People's Liberation Army; (2) flights between flight control sub-areas within a flight control area shall be approved by the department responsible for flight control of that control area; (3) flights within a flight control sub-area shall be approved by the department responsible for flight control of that sub-area. …

All flight in controlled airspace requires permission from the ATC unit responsible for that airspace. Source: Civil Aviation Law, §74: a civil aircraft conducting flight activities in controlled airspace shall obtain permission from the air traffic control unit.