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Default RE: In the National Airspace System (NAS), what class airspace do you normally fly in?


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Best I can tell you are in Class G from the surface to 700 feet AGL. Above 700 feet AGL you are in Class E airspace. At 3,000 feet MSL you are into LGA Class B airspace. Looks like you are about 150 to 200 feet above sea level, so the Class B actually starts about 2,800 feet above where you are standing.
Thanks. That is what I think too.

The highest I get my planes might be 2200 feet, so I don't think I will be touching LGA, JFK or Farmingdale airspace.

The Farmingdale airspace is Class D, which extends to the surface inside the dotted line, which for the most part is 5 NM (5.75 SM) around the airport when the Tower is in operation. It is a bit smaller to the south of the airport. So for that airspace it is not your altitude that is critical, but your lateral distance from the airport.