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Can small planes fly over Disneyland? Yes. Mostly.

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From time to time, I hear people repeat the same incorrect information - that there’s a “no fly zone” over Disneyland, or some variation of that. There is not, not exactly. The TFR over the Disneyland Resort Most airspace over the United States can be flown through by almost any aircraft (helicopter, typical small plane, jumbo jet ...). The exceptions are prohibited  airspace, like that over the Capitol, White House, and the Vice President’s residence at the Naval Observatory (which a private pilot like me can never fly through), restricted  airspace, like that surrounding many military bases (which I can often fly through, if outside the hours when that space is restricted, or if I’ve coordinated with air traffic control and the area is not “hot”), and temporary flight restriction  airspace, the rules of which are governed by the issuing Notice to Air Missions (or, now that Trump has revised our newspeak, once again Notice to Airmen; either way, a “NOTAM”). Aviation navi...