Military Training Routes
Military Training Routes (MTRs) allow the
military to conduct low‐level, high‐speed
training. The purpose of developing and
charting MTRs on maps is to make
non‐participating aircraft aware of the presence
of high speed military air traffic in the vicinity.
An MTR is a defined volume of airspace
designed for use by military aircraft. Aircraft in
MTRs are authorized to and usually exceed
airspeeds of 250 knots indicated airspeed (KIAS).
The 4th FW has two MTRs in the Seymour
Johnson AFB Study Area. About 95 percent of
the MTR route segments provide low altitude
training with a floor altitude of 500 feet above
ground level (AGL) or lower. While some
military airspace or MTRs allow flight operations
lower than 500 feet AGL, the Air Force does not
fly below 500 feet AGL. The MTRs traverse
private property outside of Seymour Johnson
AFB, the DCR, and areas in between. The
altitudes of MTRs in the JLUS Study Area range
from 100 feet AGL to 7,000 feet mean sea level
(MSL) and the route width goes up to
10 nautical miles (NMs). The MTRs within the
Seymour Johnson AFB JLUS Study Area are
illustrated in Figure 7.
Vance Warren
County County
b
a
Roanoke
Rapids
158
Northampton
County
§
¦
¨
95
Hertford
County
Halifax
County
b
a
401
£
¤
64
Wake
County
Rocky
Mount
Currituck
County
Seymour Johnson AFB
Military Training Routes
Pasquotank
County
Legend
Chowan
County
Bertie
County
Military Training Routes
Minimum Floor Elevation
Oak City
Edgecombe
County
Figure 7
Camden
County
Elizabeth
City
Perquimans
County
£
¤
301
Nash
County
17
13
b
a
Franklin
County
£
¤
Gates
County
Washington
County
Martin
County
£
¤
64
Tyrrell
County
100 ft. AGL
Dare
County
Pitt
County
795
Johnston
County
£
¤
Wayne
County
70
Greene
County
Clinton
Sampson
County
b
a
117
Duplin
County
b
a
264
Jones
County
b
a
County Boundary
Hyde
County
JLUS County Partner
Municipal Boundary
Interstate
Dare
County
Range
Craven
County
Kinston
Seymour
Johnson
AFB
Beaufort
County
17
Lenoir
County
13
Washington
£
¤
Goldsboro
£
¤
Installation Boundary
Greenville
§
¦
¨
300 ft. AGL
500 ft. AGL
Wilson
Wilson
County
200 ft. AGL
US Highway
Railroad
Water Body
Pamlico
County
New Bern
258
§
¦
¨
40
Havelock
Onslow Jacksonville
County
Carteret
County
£
¤
70
Morehead
City
b
a
421
Bladen
County
Northwest
Pender
County
§
¦
¨
140
North
Topsail
Beach
£
¤
17
Wilmington
Source:
DoD AP/1B June 25 2015.
Seymour Johnson AFB, 2015.
0
10
20
Miles
It should be noted that there is no DOD
recommended land use compatibility guidance
for areas under MTRs.
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