- List of Class B airports in the USA
Class B is an
International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) air space designation that protects the approach and departure paths from aircraft not underair traffic control . All aircraft inside Class B airspace are subject toair traffic control . Traffic operating under VFR must be identified on radar and explicitly cleared into the airspace before they can enter. The airspace is commonly depicted as resembling an "upside-down wedding cake." The inner most ring extends from the surface area around the airport to typically 10,000' MSL. Several outer rings usually surround it with progressively higher floors to allow traffic into nearby airports without entering the primary airport's Class B.United States
The airspace around the busiest US airports is classified as ICAO Class B. The following airports in the United States are Class B:
(listed by state and
IATA Airport Code /ICAO Airport Code )Arizona :
*PHX/KPHX Phoenix Sky Harbor InternationalCalifornia :
*LAX/KLAX Los Angeles International
*NKX/KNKX Miramar Marine Corps Air Station
*SAN/KSAN San Diego International Lindbergh Field
*SFO/KSFO San Francisco InternationalColorado :
*DEN/KDEN Denver InternationalFlorida :
*MIA/KMIA Miami International
*MCO/KMCO Orlando International
*TPA/KTPA Tampa InternationalGeorgia:
*ATL/KATL Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta InternationalHawaii :
*HNL/PHNL Honolulu InternationalIllinois :
*ORD/KORD Chicago O'Hare InternationalKentucky :
*CVG/KCVG Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky InternationalLouisiana :
*MSY/KMSY Louis Armstrong New Orleans InternationalMaryland :
*ADW/KADWAndrews Air Force Base
*BWI/KBWI Baltimore/Washington InternationalMassachusetts :
*BOS/KBOS General Edward Lawrence Logan International (Boston)Michigan :
*DTW/KDTW Detroit Metropolitan Wayne CountyMinnesota :
*MSP/KMSP Minneapolis-St. Paul International/Wold-ChamberlainMissouri :
*MCI/KMCI Kansas City International
*STL/KSTL Lambert-St. Louis InternationalNevada :
*LAS/KLAS Las Vegas McCarran International
*LSV/KLSVNellis Air Force Base New Jersey :
*EWR/KEWR Newark Liberty InternationalNew York :
*JFK/KJFK John F. Kennedy International
*LGA/KLGA New York LaGuardiaNorth Carolina :
*CLT/KCLT Charlotte/Douglas InternationalOhio :
*CLE/KCLE Cleveland-Hopkins International
*CVG/KCVGCincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport Pennsylvania :
*PHL/KPHL Philadelphia International
*PIT/KPIT Pittsburgh InternationalTennessee :
*MEM/KMEM Memphis InternationalTexas :
*DAL/KDALDallas Love Field
*DFW/KDFW Dallas-Fort Worth International
*HOU/KHOU Houston William P. Hobby
*IAH/KIAH George Bush Intercontinental (Houston)Utah :
*SLC/KSLC Salt Lake City InternationalVirginia :
*DCA/KDCA Ronald Reagan Washington National
*IAD/KIAD Washington Dulles InternationalWashington :
*SEA/KSEA Seattle-Tacoma InternationalReferences
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