Controlled Ground Area Containment for Advanced Flight Geography

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Page 8UAM 008, para. 11Version 1Effective -Verified 24 August 2026

In plain language

If you are operating over a controlled ground area, the entire footprint of your flight geography, contingency volume, and ground risk buffer must fit completely inside that controlled area.

Requirement as structured

When determining flight geography over a controlled ground area, the ground projection of the flight geography, contingency volume, and ground risk buffer must be completely contained within that controlled ground area.

Original regulatory text

For this purpose, the ground projection of flight geography, contingency volume and the ground risk buffer must be completely contained in the controlled ground area.