Does "clear of clouds" mean you cannot touch a cloud or does it mean that that Class B airspace must not have any clouds in it?
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1$\begingroup$ What is the full context? Did you read this in a briefing? Receive it as an Instruction from ATC? $\endgroup$– abelenkyCommented Dec 17, 2015 at 14:59
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1$\begingroup$ Related: What does “clear of clouds” mean in FAA FAR part 103? $\endgroup$– Jeffrey BosboomCommented Dec 17, 2015 at 19:44
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That specific phrasing means that you can't touch a cloud. See the VFR minimums in 14 CFR 91.155, where it says:
no person may operate an aircraft under VFR when the flight visibility is less, or at a distance from clouds that is less, than that prescribed for the corresponding altitude and class of airspace in the following table [...]
The table lists the "distance from clouds" in class B as "clear of clouds".
You can also find it in the AIM section 3-2-3 on class B airspace, and in other sections about SVFR, visual approaches etc. where a requirement for those procedures is to remain clear of clouds.
The actual cloud cover in the class B airspace is reported by METARs and ATIS.
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It means that the pilot should not touch the clouds in VFR. From CFR 91.115:
answered Dec 17, 2015 at 15:07