Flying over Canada . . .

MNFlyboy

MNFlyboy

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Ok so i've been trying to look this stuff up in the FAR's and the Transport Canada rules and lets just say the Dept of Homeland Security/Customs and Border Patrol are all but user friendly.

I'm flying a Canadian Registered aircraft in America, I have an FAA License.

I want to short cut my way from Minneapolis to New York over Ontario.

Do I need any paperwork done to just fly over Canada and not land there?

I'm working on getting my Foreign License Verification Certificate so that I can land in Canada, and all of the required customs paperwork will follow, but I'm just not sure what to do here.

I know that i'm required to file a flight plan, but there's gotta be something else I'm missing here.

Any help will be appreciated.
 
Nope, that's it. Just file a flight plan, it doesn't even need to be a DVFR, you can file just a VFR flight plan. As long as you don't land, you're good. Just make detailed remarks in the remarks sections about your intentions and that should be good enough. Also, I suggest filing through a briefer, they were able to answer all my questions when I was figuring this out myself.
 
My understanding is that you can fly any registered aircraft in US airspace that you have a license for. It does not matter if it’s French, German or whatever. But as soon as you leave US controlled airspace you must be licensed to fly that foreign reregistered aircraft in that airspace. This topic comes up a lot here in Germany with Germans who want to use our US registered aircraft. It’s allowed but they must stay in German Airspace.
 
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