C206 pilot reported an airspace incursion (canadian class D - cyxx) and noted that although the clas...

Narrative:

While flying an airplane on a local training flight; I inadvertently entered the class D airspace to the south of the abbotsford airport (cyxx). The aircraft I was flying is equipped with a garmin 500 avionics suite and a garmin gtn 750 GPS. Both units had current charts installed and are approved for navigation. The abbotsford control tower's airspace was not depicted on either system. While I was monitoring 'victoria terminal;' I never heard them indicate that there was an aircraft operating outside of the norm.shortly after landing at our airport of operation in bellingham; wa (bli); the tower controller requested that I call the tower controller at abbotsford. Upon contacting the abbotsford controller; I was informed of my incursion. I apologized for the inconvenience. I was assured that there were no traffic proximity alerts as they had me in radar contact for the entire time and I stayed on a steady flight profile.upon further research; it was determined that the airspace associated with canadian airports are not depicted on the garmin charts; even though the airspace extends into the united states. In addition; although the airspace is depicted on printed sectional charts; because of informational blocks printed in the area of the chart; the small class D depiction is easily overlooked.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: C206 pilot reported an airspace incursion (Canadian Class D - CYXX) and noted that although the Class D extends into U.S. airspace it does not appear on Garmin avionics.

Narrative: While flying an airplane on a local training flight; I inadvertently entered the Class D airspace to the south of the Abbotsford airport (CYXX). The aircraft I was flying is equipped with a Garmin 500 avionics suite and a Garmin GTN 750 GPS. Both units had current charts installed and are approved for navigation. The Abbotsford Control Tower's airspace was not depicted on either system. While I was monitoring 'Victoria Terminal;' I never heard them indicate that there was an aircraft operating outside of the norm.Shortly after landing at our airport of operation in Bellingham; WA (BLI); the tower controller requested that I call the Tower controller at Abbotsford. Upon contacting the Abbotsford controller; I was informed of my incursion. I apologized for the inconvenience. I was assured that there were no traffic proximity alerts as they had me in radar contact for the entire time and I stayed on a steady flight profile.Upon further research; it was determined that the airspace associated with Canadian airports are not depicted on the Garmin charts; even though the airspace extends into the United States. In addition; although the airspace is depicted on printed sectional charts; because of informational blocks printed in the area of the chart; the small class D depiction is easily overlooked.

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Attributes
ACN	1257783
Time
Date	201504
Place
Locale Reference	CYXX.Airport
State Reference	FO
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Cessna Stationair/Turbo Stationair 6
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	None
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Function	Single Pilot Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Flight Instructor Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 120 Flight Crew Total 3150 Flight Crew Type 470
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Airspace Violation All Types

C206 pilot reported an airspace incursion (canadian class D - cyxx) and noted that although the class D extends into us airspace it does not appear on garmin avionics.