What does MEA ensure?

What does MEA ensure?

• A. Terrain clearance along route
• B. Obstacle clearance
• C. Minimum altitude for landing
• D. Fuel endurance

Answer: (A)

MEA, or Minimum Enroute Altitude, is the lowest altitude allowed on an IFR route segment between navigation aids that guarantees you will remain clear of terrain and obstacles along that segment and still have reliable navigation signals. This means you stay high enough to avoid hitting mountains or other obstacles as you fly from one fix to the next. The other ideas—minimum altitude for landing or fuel endurance—lie outside the enroute clearance purpose of MEA, which is specifically about safe clearance along the route.

MEA, or Minimum Enroute Altitude, is the lowest altitude allowed on an IFR route segment between navigation aids that guarantees you will remain clear of terrain and obstacles along that segment and still have reliable navigation signals. This means you stay high enough to avoid hitting mountains or other obstacles as you fly from one fix to the next. The other ideas—minimum altitude for landing or fuel endurance—lie outside the enroute clearance purpose of MEA, which is specifically about safe clearance along the route.