Wind Blows, Fire Burns, Water Falls
So yes the wind blew hard today, all the flights out of Vista Air were scrapped and the fire trucks and helicopters were rolling to put out the fires. There are several TFR’s in the area now (Temporary Flight Restriction). Areas where you can’t fly, in this case due to firefighting.
Here’s a picture of the area from my flight software. The red circles are the TFR’s, inside the circle is a number in a square, that gives the altitude that flight restriction covers. The altitudes are in hundreds of feet so SFC-70 means Surface to 7000 ft. So you could fly over it at 7001ft. When you look at the photo you can see Whiteman Airport (WHP)
This is what a TFR looks like in text format, you can probably figure out most of it.
!FDC 7/0978 ZLA CA.. FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS CASTAIC, CA.
EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. PURSUANT TO 14
CFR SECTION 91.137(A)(2) TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS ARE IN
EFFECT WITHIN A 5 NAUTICAL MILE RADIUS OF 342459N/1184830W OR
THE FILLMORE /FIM/ VORTAC 30 DEGREE RADIAL AT 5.0 NAUTICAL MILES
AT AND BELOW 9000 FEET MSL TO PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT FOR FIRE
FIGHTING. CDF TELEPHONE 661-723-7619 OR FREQ 136.000/RANCH FIRE
IS IN CHARGE OF THE OPERATION. LOS ANGELES /ZLA/ ARTCC TELEPHONE
661-265-8205 IS THE FAA COORDINATION FACILITY.
The ‘Fillmore VORTAC’ is that radio navigational aid that I fly over all the time, so this one and the TFR in the upper right are right in the practice area where I fly all the time.