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What is the height AGL above which an aircraft in VFR flight shall be operated to conform with the Cruising Altitudes Order?
Question 12.16 of TP 11919E, Department of Transport, Canada; reproduced with the Department's permission.
TC's answer
33,000 feet.
Explanation
CARs 602.34(2): the pilot-in-command shall operate at a cruising altitude appropriate to the track when the aircraft is in level cruising flight "(a) at more than 3,000 feet AGL, in VFR flight". (TC's "Cruising Altitudes Order" is the old name for this rule.)
Memory tip: VFR above 3,000 AGL? Fly the semicircular rule.
Source
CARs 602.34(2)(a) – Cruising Altitudes and Cruising Flight Levels; TC AIM RAC 2.3.1.
Question 12.16 of TP 11919E, Study and Reference Guide: Student Pilot Permit or Private Pilot Licence for Foreign and Military Applicants, Aviation Regulations (7th ed., December 2022), Department of Transport, Canada; reproduced with the Department's permission. The keyed answer agrees with Transport Canada's published answer key (December 2022); the explanation is TC Exam Prep's.
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