Definition
A section within the FAA's Special Use Airspace (SUA) website, accessed by clicking the 'Map' tab, that displays a graphical, interactive map of active and scheduled special use airspace areas across the United States. It allows pilots to visually identify the location, boundaries, and current status of restricted areas, military operations areas, and other special use airspace before flight.
Plain English
A page on the FAA's special airspace website that shows a map of where restricted and military airspace is located, and whether it's active right now. Pilots use it during flight planning to see what airspace they need to avoid or check on.
Context Anchor
Seen when using FAA special use airspace information during preflight planning, especially when checking whether a planned route passes near airspace with special rules or activity.
Derivation
“Tabbed page” comes from the idea of paper folder tabs. In software, a tab works the same way: selecting it brings that page or view to the front. Here, the “Map” tab brings up the map view.
Why Pilots Care
Supports rapid access to map details for airspace awareness without disrupting workflow.
Intuition Check
Do not read “Map tabbed page” as a separate paper chart. Here it means a selectable screen in an FAA electronic tool that displays the airspace on a map.
Example Sentence 1
During preflight, the pilot opened the Map tabbed page on the FAA SUA website to confirm the military operations area along the route was inactive.
Example Sentence 2
Switching layers on the Map tabbed page helped identify nearby military operations areas.