Millville Muni (MIV) · Washington Sectional, 12 Jun 2025 – 7 Aug 2025 · September_2026_Special_Edition.pdf, p. 9 · Not for navigation
What type of airspace is associated with MILLVILLE MUNI (MIV) and is ATC authorization required to operate a small UA there?
Why: This is one of the FAA's own two published sample questions for the October 2026 image-based test format, using this exact chart excerpt. Millville Muni sits in Class E airspace designated as a surface area (shown by the dashed magenta circle on the chart). Operating a small UA there requires prior ATC authorization, the same as for Class B, C, D, or a Class E surface area, because § 107.41 requires authorization in any controlled airspace.
Class G is uncontrolled airspace and, by definition, has no operating control tower — the two facts in this option contradict each other and neither matches MIV.
Invents a Class B/Class D relationship that doesn't exist in controlled airspace design, and wrongly claims authorization isn't required — any controlled airspace, including a Class E surface area like MIV's, requires authorization under § 107.41.