What is the maximum airspeed in Bravo airspace?

What is the maximum airspeed in Bravo airspace?

• A. 250 knots inside Class B and 200 knots below any shelf
• B. 300 knots
• C. 260 knots on the ground
• D. 200 knots in all Class B

Answer: (A)

In Bravo airspace, there's a pace-setter for safety: you may fly up to 250 knots indicated while you’re inside the Class B boundaries. But where you’re below a shelf—those lower floors of the B blocks—the limit drops to 200 knots. That keeps slower speeds in the portions closer to the ground where traffic is denser and closer to the airport, while allowing a bit more speed higher up where separation is easier. So the maximum airspeed in Bravo airspace is 250 knots inside Class B and 200 knots below any shelf. The other options don’t fit because they either propose speeds higher than the Class B limit, reference ground speed, or imply 200 knots everywhere in Class B, which isn’t accurate.

In Bravo airspace, there's a pace-setter for safety: you may fly up to 250 knots indicated while you’re inside the Class B boundaries. But where you’re below a shelf—those lower floors of the B blocks—the limit drops to 200 knots. That keeps slower speeds in the portions closer to the ground where traffic is denser and closer to the airport, while allowing a bit more speed higher up where separation is easier.

So the maximum airspeed in Bravo airspace is 250 knots inside Class B and 200 knots below any shelf. The other options don’t fit because they either propose speeds higher than the Class B limit, reference ground speed, or imply 200 knots everywhere in Class B, which isn’t accurate.