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Re:FAA Moves Toward Treating Drones and Planes as Equals by Dylan16807 on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @03:44PM (#18179216)
Class C and D airspace have the same inner zone. It's easier to get permission but you're still having to get permission[1] to fly.

[1] The rules are confusing here but it looks like any airport can tell you not to fly if they want to.

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Re:FAA Moves Toward Treating Drones and Planes as Equals by Retric on Tuesday October 09, 2018 @03:59PM (#18179344)
Class D is generally though not always 4 nautical miles not 5, which is a 20% smaller area.

Now, if you want more permissive rules around class D airspace that's IMO very reasonable. But, talking about class B as any airport is extremely misleading.

PS: Class C is again not that long a list, and still represents high traffic areas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Class_C_airports_in_th....

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