class e

Long story short, I've been checking airspace for solar sites by hand for the last couple hours for work and I started thinking - why does Class E start at 1200' AGL and 700' AGL? I know why it is shaped the way it is, why it drops down lower in certain areas, etc. But I never stopped to think...

Hi all. I have been a pilot for about 10 years (flying around SF/oakland area), and generally have considered towered airports to be in class d/c/b. (No exception) Was just looking at the Denver TAC chart and saw Fort Collins (KFNL) has a tower with class E airspace (magenta circle, no...

So it was about a year ago I was planning to fly to KMSL and due to weather wasn’t able to do so. Planning to try again later this week. This is a class E airspace to the surface and the first time I would have flown into this type airport. I am VFR only. 1) Do I treat this as uncontrolled...