| How low may I legally fly a trike in Canada? |
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When over a built-up area such as a city the minimum altitude is 1,000 feet above the highest obstacle located within a horizontal distance of 2,000 feet from the aircraft. Depending on the size of the built-up area you may need to be higher than 1,000 feet because in the event of an emergency necessitating an immediate landing it must be possible to land the aircraft without creating a hazard to persons or property on the surface. Obviously this does not apply when doing a take-off, approach or landing at an airport within a built-up area! There is no minimum altitude when you are not over a built-up area, for example when you are flying over water or open farm fields. In that case you can operate as low as you wish but you must maintain a distance of at least 500 feet from any person, vessel, vehicle or structure on the surface. This distance can be horizontal; it does not have to be vertical. |