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Local knowledge for safer training

Arizona practice areas and reporting points

Download the resources you need, understand the local operating environment, and remember that recommended practices do not replace FAA requirements.

Important: Continue using FAA-recommended visual scanning procedures, even when communicating on practice-area frequencies or using ADS-B traffic information. Not every pilot knows or uses these reporting points.

ForeFlight and Garmin Pilot

Current EFB overlays

Phoenix area

Practice-area charts

PDF chart

Northwest Practice Area

Open or download the AFTW chart for briefing and flight planning.

PDF chart

Northeast Practice Area

Open or download the AFTW chart for briefing and flight planning.

PDF chart

Southwest Practice Area

Open or download the AFTW chart for briefing and flight planning.

PDF chart

Southeast Practice Area

Open or download the AFTW chart for briefing and flight planning.

PDF chart

Rainbow Valley Practice Areas

Open or download the AFTW chart for briefing and flight planning.

Visual briefings

Practice-area videos

These briefings were provided by Emmanuel Tempelman.

Video briefing

Rainbow Valley Practice Area

Beyond Phoenix

Northern and Southern Arizona

Other airspace users

Special-use and operator information

Arizona skydiving operations

Current operator-maintained information about active skydiving locations.

Aviation Performance Solutions

Briefing video and airspace boundary information for high-performance aerobatic operations east of Phoenix.

No-maneuver zone

Review the Northeast Phoenix no-maneuver area intended to reduce risk and community impact.

East Valley hazards

A briefing on airspace and operational hazards affecting East Valley training.

Luke AFB / Rainbow Valley MOU

The MOU applies to certain operators, but all pilots are encouraged to understand and follow the procedures.

United Aviate Academy procedures

Arrival and departure routes used under the operator’s Letter of Agreement with Goodyear Tower.