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Airspace and VFR weather minimaQuestion 242 of 351

You plan to fly VFR in controlled airspace. A cloud is ahead of you. What is the least distance you must keep from it?

  1. 500 feet vertically and 1,000 feet horizontally
  2. 1,000 feet vertically and 2 miles horizontally
  3. Clear of cloud
  4. 500 feet vertically and one mile horizontally
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Correct answer: 500 feet vertically and one mile horizontally

In controlled airspace you stay 500 feet vertically and one mile horizontally from cloud.

Source: Canadian Aviation Regulations (SOR/96-433), CAR 602.114(c) Minimum Visual Meteorological Conditions for VFR Flight in Controlled Airspace

Practice airspace and vfr weather minima

Questions last reviewed: 18 October 2026