Flight Restrictions in Place for Saturday Games in Ames and Iowa City
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As a reminder to pilots and airport operators, Temporary Flight Restrictions (FDC NOTAM 0/0367) will be in effect Saturday, November 2nd for Division I football games in Ames and Iowa City. Flight prohibitions will be in effect one hour before the scheduled start until one hour after the end of a qualifying event at or below 3,000 ft AGL within a 3 nm radius of the stadiums. Kickoff for the game in Ames is scheduled around 2:30 p.m. and in Iowa City around 6:30 p.m. Pilots must continuously squawk an ATC-assigned beacon code and maintain 2-way radio contact with ATC while operating in the defined airspace.
Operating Requirements:
Flight prohibitions apply to all manned and unmanned aircraft operations (including training, parachute jumping, and model aircraft flights) unless the aircraft operator meets at least one of the following requirements:
- The aircraft operation has been authorized by ATC for operational or safety purposes, including authorization of flights specifically arriving at or departing from an airport designated by ATC using standard ATC procedures and routes.
- The aircraft operation is being conducted for operational, safety, or security purposes supporting the qualifying event, and is authorized by an airspace security waiver approved by the FAA.
The full TFR is published at https://tfr.faa.gov/save_pages/detail_0_0367.html.
Full schedules for the Iowa and Iowa State football teams are available at:
University of Iowa Hawkeyes football schedule
Iowa State University Cyclones football schedule