How far up does a country's airspace extend?

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Ezekiel Love

11 May, 11:07

How far up does a country's airspace extend?

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Riley Nielsen · Answer 1

Class A airspace is generally the airspace from 18,000 feet mean sea level (MSL) up to and including flight level (FL) 600, including the airspace overlying the waters within 12 nautical miles (NM) of the coast of the 48 contiguous states and Alaska.

Elise · Answer 2

By international law, the notion of a country's sovereign airspace corresponds with the maritime definition of territorial waters as being 12 nautical miles (22.2 km) out from a nation's coastline.