Arrival procedures within the dc area and into bwi are restricted to limited types of operating regu...

Narrative:

Enroute to bwi we were cleared for the RAVNN6 arrival via the bkw transition. As we started our descent on the arrival; ATC asked us which part of the regulations we were operating under. I told her we were operating as a part 135 flight; and she said 'ok' then handed us off to the next controller. Before I accepted the hand-off; I asked why she needed to know which part we were operating under. She said it had to do with the airspace around washington D.C. But that we were fine and there was no issue. I accepted the hand-off and we continued the arrival and landed without incident. After ATC had asked us the question about our operations; however; we took a closer look at the STAR on the ipad. We found a small note at the top saying that part 91; part 135 and several other operation types were not allowed to shoot the RAVNN6 arrival via certain transitions; including bkw; which is the transition we were assigned. The note for this arrival was in fine print at the top of the STAR diagram. If it was in bold print we probably would have noticed it and requested a different transition on the arrival.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Arrival procedures within the DC area and into BWI are restricted to limited types of operating regulations. ATC cleared flight for the RAVNN6 STAR BKW transition into BWI normally prohibited to part 135 operators.

Narrative: Enroute to BWI we were cleared for the RAVNN6 arrival via the BKW transition. As we started our descent on the arrival; ATC asked us which part of the regulations we were operating under. I told her we were operating as a part 135 flight; and she said 'ok' then handed us off to the next controller. Before I accepted the hand-off; I asked why she needed to know which part we were operating under. She said it had to do with the airspace around Washington D.C. but that we were fine and there was no issue. I accepted the hand-off and we continued the arrival and landed without incident. After ATC had asked us the question about our operations; however; we took a closer look at the STAR on the iPad. We found a small note at the top saying that part 91; part 135 and several other operation types were not allowed to shoot the RAVNN6 arrival via certain transitions; including BKW; which is the transition we were assigned. The note for this arrival was in fine print at the top of the STAR diagram. If it was in bold print we probably would have noticed it and requested a different transition on the arrival.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1317743
Time
Date	201512
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZDC.ARTCC
State Reference	VA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Light Transport Low Wing 2 Turboprop Eng
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	Descent
Route In Use	STAR RAVNN6
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Not Flying
Events
Anomaly	ATC Issue All Types Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Arrival procedures within the dc area and into bwi are restricted to limited types of operating regulations. ATC cleared flight for the RAVNN6 STAR bkw transition into bwi normally prohibited to part 135 operators.