Except in an emergency or if otherwise necessary for safety of flight, or unless otherwise authorized by the responsible Flight Standards Office for a purpose listed in §93.309, no person may operate an aircraft in the Special Flight Rules Area within the following flight-free zones:

(a) Desert View Flight-free Zone. That airspace extending from the surface up to but not including 14,500 feet MSL within an area bounded by a line beginning at Lat. 35°5958 N., Long. 111°5247 W.; thence east to Lat. 36°0000 N., Long. 111°5104 W.; thence north to 36°0024 N., Long. 111°5104 W.; thence east to 36°0024 N., Long. 111°4544 W.; thence north along the GCNP boundary to Lat. 36°1405 N., Long. 111°4834 W.; thence southwest to Lat. 36°1206 N., Long. 111°5114 W.; to the point of origin; but not including the airspace at and above 10,500 feet MSL within 1 nautical mile of the western boundary of the zone. The corridor to the west between the Desert View and Bright Angel Flight-free Zones, is designated the “Zuni Point Corridor.” This corridor is 2 nautical miles wide for commercial air tour flights and 4 nautical miles wide for transient and general aviation operations.

(b) Bright Angel Flight-free Zone. That airspace extending from the surface up to but not including 14,500 feet MSL within an area bounded by a line beginning at Lat. 35°5839 N., Long. 111°5543 W.; north to Lat. 36°1241 N., Long. 111°5354 W.; northwest to Lat. 36°1818 N., Long. 111°5815 W.; thence west along the GCNP boundary to Lat. 36°2011 N., Long. 112°0625 W.; south-southwest to Lat. 36°0931 N., Long. 112°1115 W.; to Lat. 36°0416 N., Long. 112°1720 W.; thence southeast along the GCNP boundary to Lat. 36°0154 N., Long. 112°1124 W.; thence clockwise via the 4.3-nautical mile radius of the Grand Canyon National Park Airport reference point (Lat. 35°5708 N., Long. 112°0849 W.) to Lat. 35°5937 N., Long. 112°0429 W.; thence east along the GCNP boundary to the point of origin; but not including the airspace at and above 10,500 feet MSL within 1 nautical mile of the eastern boundary or the airspace at and above 10,500 feet MSL within 2 nautical miles of the northwestern boundary. The corridor to the east, between this flight-free zone and the Desert View Flight-free Zone, is designated the “Zuni Point Corridor.” The corridor to the west, between the Bright Angel and Toroweap/Shinumo Flight-free Zones, is designated the “Dragon Corridor.” This corridor is 2 nautical miles wide for commercial air tour flights and 4 nautical miles wide for transient and general aviation operations. The Bright Angel Flight-free Zone does not include the following airspace designated as the Bright Angel Corridor: That airspace one-half nautical mile on either side of a line extending from Lat. 36°1457 N., Long. 112°0845 W. and Lat. 36°1501 N., Long. 111°5539 W.

(c) Toroweap/Shinumo Flight-free Zone. That airspace extending from the surface up to but not including 14,500 feet MSL within an area bounded by a line beginning at Lat. 36°0544 N., Long. 112°1927 W.; north-northeast to Lat. 36°1049 N., Long. 112°1319 W.; to Lat. 36°2102 N., Long. 112°0847 W.; thence west and south along the GCNP boundary to Lat 36°1058 N., Long. 113°0835 W.; south to Lat. 36°1012 N., Long. 113°0834 W.; thence in an easterly direction along the park boundary to the point of origin; but not including the following airspace designated as the “Tuckup Corridor”: at or above 10,500 feet MSL within 2 nautical miles either side of a line extending between Lat. 36°2442 N., Long. 112°4847 W. and Lat. 36°1417 N., Long. 112°4831 W. The airspace designated as the “Fossil Canyon Corridor” is also excluded from the Toroweap/Shinumo Flight-free Zone at or above 10,500 feet MSL within 2 nautical miles either side of a line extending between Lat. 36°1626 N., Long. 112°3435 W. and Lat. 36°2251 N., Long. 112°1818 W. The Fossil Canyon Corridor is to be used for transient and general aviation operations only.

(d) Sanup Flight-free Zone. That airspace extending from the surface up to but not including 8,000 feet MSL within an area bounded by a line beginning at Lat. 35°5932 N., Long. 113°2028 W.; west to Lat. 36°0055 N., Long. 113°4209 W.; southeast to Lat. 35°5957 N., Long. 113°4109 W.; to Lat. 35°5909 N., Long. 113°4053 W.; to Lat. 35°5845 N., Long. 113°4015 W.; to Lat. 35°5752 N., Long. 113°3934 W.; to Lat. 35°5644 N., Long. 113°3907 W.; to Lat. 35°5604 N., Long. 113°3920 W.; to Lat. 35°5502 N., Long. 113°4043 W.; to Lat. 35°5447 N., Long. 113°4051 W.; southeast to Lat. 35°5016 N., Long. 113°3713 W.; thence along the park boundary to the point of origin.

[Doc. No. 28537, 61 FR 69330, Dec. 31, 1996, as amended by Amdt. 93-80, 65 FR 17742, Apr. 4, 2000; Amdt. 93-102, 83 FR 48212, Sept. 24, 2018]


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