In airspace where IFR and VFR are permitted and IFRs are separated from IFRs and from VFRs, with VFRs separated from IFRs and provided traffic information on other VFR flights, what is this airspace?

• A. Airspace E
• B. Airspace D
• C. Airspace B
• D. Airspace C

Answer: (D)

This scenario describes a level of ATC service where both IFR and VFR can operate in a controlled, towered environment, with clear separation rules for IFR and traffic information for VFR. In this class of airspace, IFR traffic is separated from other IFR traffic as well as from VFR traffic, and VFR traffic is separated from IFR traffic and receives traffic information about other VFR flights. That combination—IFR separation from IFR and from VFR, plus VFR traffic advisories about other VFR flights in a towered, controlled area—is characteristic of Class D airspace.