A system and method for graphically displaying airspace speed data

A system and method are provided for graphically displaying airspace data (512) including speed restrictions on an aircraft display. The system comprises an avionics display system coupled to a processor that is configured to retrieve airspace data (504) from a database (120), display the aircraft data (512) on the display, and display a visual representation of the airspace. Then the processor may alter the format of the visual representation of the airspace to a second visual representation (522), if the airspace data meets predetermined criteria (518).