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Free PSTAR practice Regulations – Canadian Airspace

The selection of a cruising altitude in the southern domestic airspace should be based on the

  1. Atrue track.
  2. Bmagnetic track.Correct answer
  3. Ctrue heading.
  4. Dmagnetic heading.

Why this is the answer

In the Southern Domestic Airspace, CAR 602.34(1) bases the cruising altitude on magnetic track. (Northern Domestic Airspace uses true track because magnetic compasses are unreliable near the pole.) So in the SDA you read the hemispheric table against your magnetic track.

Reference

CARs 602.34 – Cruising Altitudes and Cruising Flight Levels TC AIM-RAC – Cruising Altitudes and Flight Levels

Question reproduced verbatim from Transport Canada’s PSTAR Study and Reference Guide (TP 11919E). The answer key is Transport Canada’s; the explanation is ours.

A study aid — not a substitute for the official guide, the CARs, or your instructor.

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