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Livermore Valley Class D Airspace
Small city airports, such as Livermore, with control towers are usually designated
by the FAA as Class D airspace. The presense of the control zone and the tower
are to improve circulation by providing sequencing to the aircraft arriving
and departing the airport.
The dashed circle in the image below depicts the controlled airspace surrounding
the Livermore airport. The region extends laterally 5 miles, from the surface to
2,500 feet above the ground (or 2900 feet mean sea level). The altitude is depicted
by the [29] symbol inside the dashed circle.
Livermore Valley Class B Jet Routes
The FAA has designated a large Class B airspace above the three major San Francisco bay
area international airports - SFO, SJC, and OAK. That airspace extends 30 nautical miles
laterally. It extends past Pleasanton and Dublin, but only captures the southern part of Livermore.
In addition to extending control to aircraft within the Class B airspace, the FAA Air Route Traffic
Control system (air traffic control) guides jet aircraft arriving and departing from the
bay area. Those routes are illustrated in the following image.
San Francisco Bay Area ATC Circulation Plans
Standard (Western) Circulation
Inclement (Southeast) Circulation
