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14 CFR Part 91




Suspension of Certain Aircraft Operations From the Transponder With 
Automatic Pressure Altitude Reporting Capability Requirement; Proposed 
Rule
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 91

[Docket No. 26242, Notice No. 94-28]
RIN 2120-AF30

 
Suspension of Certain Aircraft Operations From the Transponder 
With Automatic Pressure Altitude Reporting Capability Requirement

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This notice proposes to reinstate as SFAR 62-1 and modify 
expired Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) No. 62, which 
suspended certain provisions of the regulations that require the 
installation and use of automatic altitude reporting (Mode C) 
transponders. On December 5, 1990, the FAA published SFAR No. 62, which 
suspended the Mode C transponder requirement for certain operations to 
and from specific outlying airports located within 30 miles of a 
terminal control area (Class B airspace area) primary airport (the Mode 
C Veil). The operations and routings specified in SFAR No. 62 included 
operations within a 2 nautical mile radius of the designated airports 
and along a direct route between those airports and the outer boundary 
of the Mode C veil. No airports were excluded from the Mode C 
transponder requirement if those airports were primarily served by 
aircraft required to install and operate Traffic Alert and Collision 
Avoidance Systems (TCAS). SFAR No. 62 was issued with an expiration 
date of December 30, 1993, to allow sufficient time to upgrade ATC 
radar systems at the Class B airspace areas listed in the SFAR. 
Scheduled radar system upgrades have not been completed and 
operationally assessed in all of the Class B airspace areas. This 
notice proposes to reinstate the previous exclusions at those Class B 
airspace areas that have not attained improved radar coverage, amend 
the list of exempted airports affected by the movement of the Denver 
Class B airspace and Mode C veil associated with the closing of the 
Stapleton International Airport and opening of the Denver International 
Airport, Denver CO, and reinstate and amend the previous exclusions in 
the 4 Class B airspace areas that have attained improved radar 
coverage.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before October 11, 1994.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on the proposal in triplicate to: Federal 
Aviation Administration, Office of the Chief Counsel, Attention: Rules 
Docket (AGC-200), Airspace Docket No. 26242, 800 Independence Avenue, 
SW., Washington, DC 20591.
    The official docket may be examined in the Rules Docket, Office of 
the Chief Counsel, Room 916, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington 
DC, weekdays, except Federal holidays, between 8:30 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. 
An informal docket may also be examined during normal business hours at 
the office of the Regional Air Traffic Division.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ms. Ellen Crum, Air Traffic Rules Branch (ATP-230), Airspace-Rules and 
Aeronautical Information Division, Air Traffic Rules and Procedures 
Service, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20591; Telephone: (202) 267-8783.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Comments Invited

    The original SFAR No. 62 was effective on December 5, 1990, and 
provided access for aircraft without operating Mode C transponders to 
specified outlying airports located within 30 miles of a Class B 
airspace area primary airport. The FAA invites comments from users 
regarding the effectiveness of this SFAR, and the number of aircraft 
operators who have benefitted from this SFAR.
    Interested parties should submit such written data, views, or 
arguments as they may desire. Comments that provide the factual basis 
supporting the views and suggestions presented are particularly helpful 
in developing reasoned regulatory decisions on the proposal. Comments 
are specifically invited on the overall regulatory, aeronautical, 
economic, environmental, and energy-related aspects of the proposal. 
Communications should identify the docket number and be submitted in 
triplicate to the address listed above. Commenters wishing the FAA to 
acknowledge receipt of their comments on this notice must submit with 
those comments a self-addressed, stamped postcard on which the 
following statement is made: ``Comments to Docket No. 26242.'' The 
postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the commenter. All 
communications received on or before the specified closing date for 
comments will be considered before taking action on the proposed rule. 
The proposal contained in this notice may be changed in light of 
comments received. All comments submitted will be available for 
examination in the Rules Docket both before and after the closing date 
for comments. A report summarizing each substantive public contact with 
FAA personnel concerned with this rulemaking will also be filed in the 
docket.

Availability of NPRM's

    Any person may obtain a copy of this Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 
(NPRM) by submitting a request to the Federal Aviation Administration, 
Office of Public Affairs, Attention: Public Inquiry Center, APA-220, 
800 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20591, or by calling (202) 
267-3485. Communications must identify the notice number of this NPRM. 
Persons interested in being placed on a mailing list for future NPRM's 
should also request a copy of Advisory Circular No. 11-2A, Notice of 
Proposed Rulemaking Distribution System, which describes the 
application procedure.

Related Rulemaking Actions

    On May 21, 1970, the FAA published Amendment 91-78 to part 91 of 
the Federal Aviation Regulations (35 FR 7782), which provided for the 
establishment of Terminal Control Areas (TCA's). On June 21, 1988, the 
FAA published the Mode C final rule (53 FR 23356). The Mode C rule 
requires, in part, that aircraft operating within 30 miles of a Class B 
airspace area (formerly known as TCA) primary airport (the Mode C veil) 
to be equipped with an operable Mode C transponder.
    On December 17, 1991, the FAA published the airspace 
reclassification final rule (56 FR 65638). Specifically applicable to 
this NPRM is the reclassification of TCA airspace into Class B 
airspace, effective September 16, 1993. Nevertheless, the FAA did not 
modify any of the Mode C veils under the airspace reclassification 
final rule.

Background

    As a result of regulatory proceedings initiated under Notice 88-2 
(53 FR 4306, February 12, 1988), no person may operate an aircraft in 
the Mode C veil unless that aircraft is equipped with an operable Mode 
C transponder. However, aircraft otherwise authorized or directed by 
ATC; aircraft not originally certificated with an engine-driven 
electrical system or not subsequently certified with such a system 
installed; balloons; and gliders are excluded from the Mode C 
requirement in the veil.
    In response to over 65,000 comments received to Notice 88-2, the 
FAA stated that it would consider a means of providing access to 
outlying airports within the Mode C veil for those aircraft not 
equipped with an operable Mode C transponder; and that access would be 
allowed only to the extent that operations without an operable Mode C 
transponder would be consistent with maintaining adequate safety.
    SFAR No. 62 was proposed (55 FR 21722; May 25, 1990) to permit the 
operation of aircraft to and from designated airports within the Mode C 
veil without an operable Mode C transponder. When SFAR No. 62 was 
adopted (55 FR 50302; December 5, 1990), the FAA designated 306 
airports, within 24 Mode C veils, at which the Mode C requirement would 
be suspended. SFAR No. 62 allowed for the operation of aircraft not 
equipped with an operable Mode C transponder in the airspace at or 
below the altitude specified for the airport and within 2-nautical 
miles of the center of the airport or along the most direct and 
expeditious routing (or on a routing directed by ATC) between that 
airport and the outer boundary of the Mode C veil, consistent with 
established traffic patterns, noise abatement procedures, and safety.
    Prior to the adoption of SFAR No. 62, any requests to deviate from 
the Mode C transponder requirements were handled by ATC facilities on a 
case-by-case basis. If approved, the ATC authorization specified all 
restrictions or conditions necessary to ensure that the operation could 
be conducted safely, without any impact on other operations. Although 
there were circumstances that were applicable to many operators (such 
as operations to and from a specified outlying airport or operations 
conducted in areas of no radar coverage), ATC authorizations had to be 
requested and granted on an individual basis. This aspect of the ATC 
authorization process proved to be inefficient and time consuming for 
both operators and ATC staff.
    The promulgation of SFAR No. 62 proved to be beneficial for the 
affected aircraft and ATC, in that it provided access to outlying 
airports with a minimum of ATC involvement without degrading the safety 
benefits of the Mode C rule. The 3-year duration of SFAR No. 62 was 
expected to allow for the completion or ATC radar system upgrades at 
each Class B airspace area primary airport. An operational evaluation 
was to be completed to determine the extent of the improved radar 
coverage within each Mode C veil achieved as a result of the radar 
system upgrades. It was anticipated that if extensions to the 
suspension of the Mode C transponder requirement for operations at 
certain airports were required, each extension would be addressed on a 
site-by-site basis. During the period that SFAR No. 62 was in effect, 
no known violations or derogations of safety were known to have 
occurred and no complaints were received by the FAA. Consequently, the 
FAA still believes, as stated in the original promulgation of SFAR No. 
62, that the operation of an aircraft not equipped with a Mode C 
transponder within the Mode C veil can be accommodated safely, provided 
the operations are conducted outside ATC radar coverage, and are 
consistent with the restrictions delineated in the expired SFAR No. 62.

The Proposal

    In support of the FAA's General Aviation Action Plan, which in part 
promotes increased access to airspace and eliminating unneeded 
equipment requirements for General Aviation (GA) aircraft, this notice 
proposes to reinstate and amend the former SFAR No. 62. This proposal 
will permit the operation of aircraft, without an operable Mode C 
transponder, in the airspace at or below the specified altitude and 
within a 2-nautical mile radius, or, if directed by ATC, within a 5-
nautical mile radius, of an airport listed in section 2 of the SFAR; 
and in the airspace at or below the specified altitude along the most 
direct and expeditious routing, or on routing directed by ATC, between 
an airport listed in section 2 of this SFAR and the outer boundary of 
the Mode C veil overlying that airport, consistent with established 
traffic patterns, noise abatement procedures and safety.
    This proposed SFAR and the amended altitude designations for each 
airport would not supersede the provisions of Sec. 91.119, minimum safe 
altitudes. Routings to and from each airport are intentionally 
unspecified to permit the pilot to avoid operating near obstructions.
    As of the date of this notice, only 10 of the 24 Mode C veils have 
commissioned the new radar systems. This notice proposes to reinstate, 
without change, the exclusions previously afforded to airports 
associated with the 14 Mode C veils that have not commissioned the new 
radar systems.
    The FAA has conducted operational evaluations of the 10 sites that 
have commissioned the new radar systems to determine the extent of 
attained radar coverage improvement. Of the 10 sites evaluated, 6 
experienced no increase in radar coverage at the altitudes and routing 
previously approved under SFAR No. 62. The FAA proposes to reinstate 
the exclusions formerly provided for by SFAR No. 62 at these 6 sites 
without change. Four sites have experienced improvement in radar 
coverage, and this notice proposes the following changes to the 
altitudes at which operations by aircraft not equipped with an operable 
Mode C transponder can be accommodated at those sites:
    Airports within a 30-nautical-mile radius of the Charlotte/Douglas 
International Airport.

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                                                      Former    Proposed
                   Airport name                       (AGL)      (AGL)  
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Arant Airport, Wingate, NC........................      2,500      2,000
Bradley Outernational Airport, China Grove, NC....      2,500      1,500
Chester Municipal Airport, Chester, SC............      2,500      1,600
China Grove Airport, China Grove, NC..............      2,500      1,500
Goodnight's Airport, Kannapolis, NC...............      2,500      1,500
Knapp Airport, Marshville, NC.....................      2,500      2,000
Lake Norman Airport, Mooresville, NC..............      2,500      2,000
Lancaster County Airport, Lancaster, SC...........      2,500      1,600
Little Mountain Airport, Denver, NC...............      2,500      2,000
Long Island Airport, Long Island, NC..............      2,500      2,000
Miller Airport, Mooresville, NC...................      2,500      1,500
U S Heliport, Wingate, NC.........................      2,500      1,600
Unity Aerodrome Airport, Lancaster, SC............      2,500      1,900
Wilhelm Airport, Kannapolis, NC...................      2,500     1,900 
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    Airports within a 30-nautical-mile radius of the Houston 
Intercontinental Airport and the William P. Hobby Airport. 

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                                                      Former    Proposed
                   Airport name                       (AGL)      (AGL)  
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Ainsworth Airport, Cleveland, TX..................      1,200      1,000
Ausinia Ranch Airport, Texas City, TX.............      1,200      1,000
Bailes Airport, Angleton, TX......................      1,200      1,000
Biggin Hill Airport, Hockley, TX..................      1,200      1,000
Cleveland Municipal Airport, Cleveland, TX........      1,200      1,000
Covey Trails Airport, Fulshear, TX................      1,200      1,000
Creasy Airport, Santa Fe, TX......................      1,200      1,000
Custom Aire Service Airport, Angleton, TX.........      1,200      1,000
Fay Ranch Airport, Cedar Lane, TX.................      1,200      1,000
Flying C Ranch Airport, Needville, TX.............      1,200      1,000
Freeman Property Airport, Katy, TX................      1,200      1,000
Garrett Ranch Airport, Danbury, TX................      1,200      1,000
Gum Island Airport, Dayton, TX....................      1,200      1,000
H & S Airfield Airport, Damon, TX.................      1,200      1,000
Harbican Airpark Airport, Katy, TX................      1,200      1,000
Harold Freeman Farm Airport, Katy, TX.............      1,200      1,000
HHI Hitchcock Heliport, Hitchcock, TX.............      1,200      1,000
Hoffpauir Airport, Katy, TX.......................      1,200      1,000
Horn-Katy Hawk International Airport, Katy, TX....      1,200      1,000
Johnnie Volk Field Airport, Hitchcock, TX.........      1,200      1,000
King Air Airport, Katy, TX........................      1,200      1,000
Lake Bay Gall Airport, Cleveland, TX..............      1,200      1,000
Lake Bonanza Airport, Montgomery, TX..............      1,200      1,000
Lane Airpark Airport, Rosenberg, TX...............      1,200      1,000
Meyer Field Airport, Rosharon, TX.................      1,200      1,000
Prairie Aire Field Airport, Damon, TX.............      1,200      1,000
R W J Airpark Airport, Baytown, TX................      1,200      1,000
Westheimer Air Park Airport, Houston, TX..........      1,200     1,000 
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    Airports within a 30-nautical-mile radius of the Memphis 
International Airport.

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                                                      Former    Proposed
                   Airport name                       (AGL)      (AGL)  
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Bernard Manor Airport, Earle, AR..................      2,500      2,000
Holly Springs-Marshall County Airport, Holly                            
 Springs, MS......................................      2,500      2,000
McNeely Airport, Earle, AR........................      2,500      2,000
Price Field Airport, Joiner, AR...................      2,500      2,000
Tucker Field Airport, Hughes, AR..................      2,500      2,000
Tunica Airport, Tunica, MS........................      2,500      2,000
Tunica Municipal Airport, Tunica, MS..............      2,500     2,000 
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    Airports within a 30-nautical-mile radius of the Lambert/St. Louis 
International Airport.

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                                                      Former    Proposed
                   Airport name                       (AGL)      (AGL)  
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Blackhawk Airport, Old Monroe, MO.................      1,000      1,000
Lebert Flying L Airport, Lebanon, IL..............      1,000      1,000
Shafer Metro East Airport, St. Jacob, IL..........      1,000         *0
Sloan's Airport, Elsberry, MO.....................      1,000      1,000
Wentzville Airport, Wentzville, MO................      1,000         *0
Woodliff Airpark Airport, Foristell, MO...........      1,000      1,000
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*(The FAA proposes to remove the Shafer Metro East Airport (3K6) and the
  Wentzville Airport (M050) from the Lambert/St. Louis International    
  Airport listing).                                                     


    Additionally, the FAA proposes to further amend SFAR No. 62 by 
deleting the list of airports exempted from the provisions of the Mode 
C veil requirements for the Stapleton International Airport Class B 
airspace area Mode C veil and adding the following list of airports 
exempted from the provisions of the Mode C veil requirements for the 
Denver International Airport Class B airspace area Mode C veil:
    Airports within a 30-nautical-mile radius of the Denver 
International Airport. 

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                   Airport name                      Arpt ID     (AGL)  
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Air Dusters Inc., Airport, Roggen, CO.............       49CO      1,200
Bijou Basin Airport, Byers, CO....................       CD17      1,200
Boulder Municipal Airport, Boulder, CO............        1V5      1,200
Bowen Farms No. 1 Airport, Littleton, CO CO98.....      1,200           
Bowen Farms No. 2 Airport, Strasburg, CO..........       3CO5      1,200
Carrera Airpark Airport, Mead, CO.................       93CO      1,200
Cartwheel Airport, Mead, CO.......................       0CO8      1,200
Chaparral Airport, Byers, CO......................       CO18      1,200
Colorado Antique Field Airport, Niwot, CO.........       8CO7      1,200
Comanche Livestock Airport, Strasburg, CO.........       59CO      1,200
Dead Stick Ranch Airport, Kiowa, CO...............       18CO      1,200
Frederick-Firestone Air Strip Airport, Frederick,                       
 CO...............................................       CO58      1,200
Frontier Airstrip Airport, Mead, CO...............       84CO      1,200
Horseshoe Landings Airport, Franktown, CO.........       CO60      1,200
Hoy Airstrip Airport, Bennett, CO.................       76CO      1,200
J & S Airport, Bennett, CO........................       CD14      1,200
Kostroski Airport, Franktown, CO..................       43CO      1,200
Kugel-Strong Airport, Platteville, CO.............        27V      1,200
Land Airport, Keenesburg, CO......................       CO82      1,200
Lemons Private Strip Airport, Boulder, CO.........       CO10      1,200
Lindys Airpark Airport, Hudson, CO................       7CO3      1,200
Parkland Airport, Erie, CO........................       7CO0      1,200
Pine View Airport, Elizabeth, CO..................        02V      1,200
Platte Valley Airport, Hudson, CO.................        18V      1,200
Rancho De Aereo Airport, Mead, CO.................       05CO      1,200
Reid Ranches Airport, Roggen, CO..................       7CO6      1,200
Singleton Ranch Airport, Byers, CO................       68CO      1,200
Sky Haven Airport, Byers, CO......................       CO17      1,200
Spickard Farm Airport, Byers, CO..................       5CO4      1,200
Tri-County Airport, Erie, CO......................        48V      1,200
Westberg-Rosling Farms Airport, Roggen, CO........       74CO      1,200
Yoder Airstrip Airport, Bennett, CO...............       CD09     1,200 
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    Upon expiration of the proposed SFAR, [Insert date 3 years after 
date of publication of the final rule], the Mode C transponder 
requirement would become effective for aircraft operations to and from 
the designated airports. However, during the effective period of the 
SFAR, the FAA will continue to conduct field evaluations, as the 
remaining Class B airspace areas receive and commission the new radar 
systems, to reassess the radar coverage within the associated Mode C 
veil. Additionally, the FAA will explore the feasibility of making 
permanent exclusions based on safety, operational impact, and radar 
coverage. The public will be invited to provide comment on any such 
proposals through further notice published in the Federal Register.

Paperwork Reduction Act

    This proposed rule contains no information collection requests 
requiring approval of the Office of Management and Budget pursuant to 
the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3507 et seq.).

International Civil Aviation Organization and Joint Aviation 
Regulations

    In keeping with the U.S. obligations under the Convention on 
International Civil Aviation (ICAO), it is the FAA policy to comply 
with ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices (SARP) to the maximum 
extent practicable. For this notice, the FAA has determined that this 
proposal, if adopted, would not present any difference.

Regulatory Evaluation Summary

    The FAA has determined that this proposed rule is not a 
``significant regulatory action,'' as defined by Executive Order 12866 
(Regulatory Planning and Review). The anticipated costs and benefits 
associated with this proposed rule are summarized below.

Overview

    When SFAR No. 62 was adopted (December 1990), the FAA designated 
306 airports located within the 24 Class B airspace Mode C veils at 
which the Mode C requirement would be temporarily suspended. SFAR No. 
62 allowed aircraft operations into and out of these designated 
airports without an operable Mode C transponder if these operations 
were conducted at and below the altitude specified, within 2-nautical 
miles from the airport's center, and along a direct route (or as 
directed by ATC) between that airport and the outer boundary of the 
Mode C veil. In this evaluation, the term ``Designated Airports'' 
refers to those outlying airports located within the 24 Class B 
airspace areas Mode C veils where local airport operations were beyond 
or below ATC radar coverage and, as such, were temporarily suspended 
from Mode C requirements by the forerunner of this SFAR.

Benefits

    This proposed rule is expected to generate potential benefits in 
the form of: (1) Increased convenience to pilots operating aircraft not 
equipped with operable Mode C transponders, and (2) enhanced 
operational efficiency to FAA air traffic control.
    Prior to SFAR No. 62, aircraft not equipped with operable Mode C 
transponders could operate at an airport within a Mode C veil only 
after receiving ATC authorization. This requirement was valid at all 
airports within the Mode C veil, even those airports that were located 
beyond existing ATC radar coverage. Because ATC authorization can only 
be granted on a case-by-case basis, the process of obtaining ATC 
authorization can be inefficient and time consuming for pilots, as well 
as the FAA. The benefit of this proposed rule would be temporary relief 
from the burden of obtaining individual ATC authorizations for those 
aircraft operations at airports located beyond existing radar coverage.
    For FAA air traffic control, this proposed rule would provide 
benefits in the form of enhanced operational efficiency. Such enhanced 
efficiency would be the temporary relief of ATC from assigning 
authorizations, particularly during busy periods. This proposed rule 
would allow TAC to allocate temporarily its personnel and equipment 
resources to more productive functions.
    Although the benefits of this proposed rule have not been 
quantified, they are expected to be large for both aircraft operators 
and the FAA.

Costs

    This proposed rule is not expected to impose costs on the FAA or 
society. In addition, this proposed rule would not impose significant 
costs on the aviation community (namely, fixed based operators).
    This proposed rule would not impose additional equipment or 
personnel costs to the FAA. The acquisition of new radar tracking 
systems is a routine cost of upgrading FAA equipment. No additional FAA 
personnel would be required, because the temporary suspension of the 
Mode C transponder requirement is expected to enhance air traffic 
control (ATC) operational efficiency by eliminating the need for ATC 
authorizations at the designated airports. This proposed rule would 
reduce the demand on ATC equipment and personnel resources.
    This proposed rule is not expected to impose societal costs, in the 
form of reduced aviation safety. When the FAA initially published SFAR 
No. 62, which temporarily suspended the Mode C requirements at the 
Designated Airports, it did so on the basis that there was no ATC radar 
coverage at those Designated Airports. The regulatory evaluation 
prepared for that final rule concluded that there would not be any 
adverse impact on aviation safety, because the full intent of the Mode 
C rule had not been realized. Furthermore, such safety would not be 
realized until ATC radar coverage was extended to those designated 
airports, through the installation of the new ASR-9 radar.
    Since the implementation of SFAR No. 62, ASR-9 radar has been 
commissioned at 10 of the 24 Class B airspace areas. Under this 
proposed rule, aviation safety would not be affected adversely for two 
reasons. First, operations at those designated airports located within 
the Mode C veils of the 14 Class B airspace areas not utilizing the 
ASR-9 radar would be temporarily excluded from the Mode C requirements. 
Second, operations at those designated airports, located within the 
Mode C veils of the 10 Class B airspace areas now equipped with ASR-9 
radar, would be subject to the requirements of the Mode C rule when 
conducted within that associated airspace covered by the extended ASR-9 
radar coverage. Operations conducted at those same airports, but below 
the areas of ASR-9 radar coverage, would be exempt from the Mode C 
rule. The areas not covered by the ASR-9 radar would be defined by a 
specified ceiling altitude and extend down to the surface. For example, 
prior to the installation of ASR-9 radar, radar coverage excluded the 
airspace above Airport A, from a ceiling of 2000 feet AGL down to the 
ground. As the result of the installation of ASR-9 radar, the airspace 
above Airport A, which is not excluded from the enhanced ATC coverage, 
is from a ceiling of 1000 feet AGL down to the ground. Under this 
proposed rule, operations below 1000 feet AGL would be temporarily 
excluded from the Mode C requirements, since operations below the 
altitude of 1000 feet AGL are beyond ATC radar coverage. Thus, the FAA 
contends that access to certain outlying airports by aircraft without 
Mode C transponders can be accommodated without diminishing Mode C 
safety benefits, provided the operation is conducted outside radar 
coverage. When aircraft operations are confined exclusively to areas of 
no radar coverage, many of the safety benefits of the Mode C rule 
cannot be realized. Further enhancement of the radar tracking system is 
expected to increase radar coverage, thus extending the Mode C benefits 
to more areas outside of the current radar coverage.
    For the aviation community, the FAA anticipates that this proposed 
rule would impose no significant costs on fixed base operators (FBO's). 
FBO's represent the most likely group to incur potential costs. When 
the FAA evaluated the potential cost impact of SFAR No. 62 on FBO's, it 
did so on the increased likelihood that some general aviation (GA) 
aircraft operators (without Mode C transponders) would relocate to 
airports outside of the Mode C veil from airports inside of the Mode C 
veil. If this relocation activity had materialized, FBO's inside of the 
Mode C veil would have incurred lost revenues from decreases in demand 
for mechanical repairs and related activities from some GA aircraft 
operators. After SFAR No. 62 was issued as a notice, the FAA did not 
receive any comments from FBO's with regard to cost impacts. Therefore, 
with no cost impact comments received on SFAR No. 62, this evaluation 
concludes that the proposed rule would not have any significant cost 
impact on any FBO's.

Conclusion

    This proposed rule is not expected to impose costs on either the 
FAA or society. In addition, this proposed rule would not impose any 
significant costs on the aviation community (FBO's). The FAA estimates 
that this proposed rule would generate benefits in the form of 
increased convenience to some GA aircraft operators and increased 
operational efficiency to FAA air traffic control. Thus, the FAA 
contends that this proposed rule is cost-beneficial.

Initial Regulatory Flexibility Determination

    The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (RFA) was enacted to ensure 
that small entities are not unnecessarily and disproportionately 
burdened by Government regulations. The RFA requires agencies to review 
rules that may have ``a significant economic impact on a substantial 
number of small entities.'' The types of small entities that could be 
potentially affected by the implementation of the proposed rule are air 
taxi operators and FBOs.
    In terms of air taxi operators, no cost impacts are anticipated by 
this proposed rule. This assessment is based on the FAA's estimation 
that these operators are already equipped with Mode C transponders. 
They are, in all likelihood, based at airports within the Mode C veil 
which fall within the radar coverage of ATC.
    In terms of FBO's, the FAA estimates that this proposed rule would 
not impose significant costs. This assessment is based on the belief 
that FBO's would not experience revenue losses from GA aircraft to 
airports outside of the Mode C veil or undesignated airports within the 
Mode C veil to designated airports specified in this proposed rule. 
Although the proposed rule provides access to a Mode C veil, the FAA 
believes that this proposed rule does not provide GA aircraft operators 
with much of an incentive to relocate. This assessment is further 
supported by the belief that the vast majority of those GA aircraft 
operators required to install Mode C transponders acquired them by 
December 30, 1990 (Phase II of the Mode C rule for Airport Radar 
Service Areas). Therefore, the FAA contends that a regulatory 
flexibility analysis is not required because this proposed rule would 
not have a significant economic impact on substantial number of small 
entities.

International Trade Impact Assessment

    This proposed rule would not have an effect on the sale of foreign 
aviation products or services in the United States, nor would not have 
an effect on the sale of U.S. products or services in foreign 
countries. This proposed rule would neither impose costs on aircraft 
operators nor aircraft manufacturers (U.S. or foreign) that would 
result in a competitive disadvantage to either. The proposed rule may 
impose insignificant costs on FBO's in the United States. However, 
FBO's in the U.S. do not compete directly with FBO's in foreign 
countries. Therefore, no competitive trade disadvantage is expected to 
impact FBO's.

Federalism Determination

    This proposed rule would not have substantial direct effects on the 
states, on the relationship between the national government and the 
states, or on the distribution of power and responsibilities among the 
various levels of government. Therefore, in accordance with Executive 
Order 12612 (52 FR 41685; October 30, 1987), it is determined that this 
proposed rule does not have sufficient federalism implications to 
warrant the preparation of a Federalism Assessment.

Conclusion

    For the reasons discussed in the preamble, and based on the 
findings in the Initial Regulatory Flexibility Determination and the 
International Trade Impact Assessment, the FAA has determined that this 
proposed regulation is not a ``significant regulatory action'' under 
Executive Order 12866. In addition the FAA certifies that this proposed 
regulation, if adopted, would not have a significant economic impact, 
positive or negative, on a substantial number of small entities under 
the criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act. This proposal is not 
considered significant under DOT Order 2100.5, Policies and Procedures 
for Simplication, Analysis, and Review of Regulations. An initial 
Regulatory Flexibility Determination and International Trade Impact 
Assessment, has been placed in the docket. A copy may be obtained by 
contacting the person identified under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 91

    Agriculture, Air traffic control, Aircraft, Airmen, Airports, 
Aviation safety, Canada, Cuba, Federal Aviation Administration, 
Freight, Mexico, Noise control, Political candidates, Reporting and 
recordkeeping requirements.

The Proposed Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration proposes to amend part 91 of the Federal Aviation 
Regulation (14 CFR part 91) as follows:

PART 91--GENERAL OPERATING AND FLIGHT RULES

    1. The authority citation for part 91 continues to read as follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. app. 1301(7), 1303, 1344, 1348, 1352 
through 1355, 1401, 1421 through 1431, 1471, 1472, 1502, 1510, 1522, 
and 2121 through 2125; articles 12, 29, 31, and 32(a) of the 
Convention on International Civil Aviation (61 Stat. 1180); 42 
U.S.C. 4321 et seq.; E.O. 11514, 35 FR 4247, 3 CFR, 1966-1970 Comp., 
p. 902; 49 U.S.C. 106(g).

    2. Special Federal Aviation Regulation (SFAR) No. 62, which expired 
on December 30, 1993, is reinstated as SFAR 62-1 and amended to read as 
follows:

Special Federal Aviation Regulation No. 62-1--Suspension of Certain 
Aircraft Operations From the Transponder With Automatic Pressure 
Altitude Reporting Capability Requirement

    Section 1. For purposes of this SFAR:
    (a) The airspace within 30 nautical miles of a Class B airspace 
area primary airport, from the surface upward to 10,000 feet MSL, 
excluding the airspace designated as a Class B airspace area is 
referred to as the Mode C veil.
    (b) Effective until [Insert date three years after date of 
publication of the final rule], the transponder with automatic 
altitude reporting capability requirements of Sec. 91.215(b)(2) do 
not apply to the operation of an aircraft:
    (1) In the airspace at or below the specified altitude and 
within a 2-nautical mile radius, or, if directed by ATC, within a 5-
nautical mile radius, of an airport listed in Section 2 of this 
SFAR; and
    (2) In the airspace at or below the specified altitude along the 
most direct and expeditious routing, or on a routing directed by 
ATC, between an airport listed in Section 2 of this SFAR and the 
outer boundary of the Mode C veil airspace overlying that airport, 
consistent with established traffic patterns, noise abatement 
procedures, and safety.
    Section 2. Effective until [Insert date three years after date 
of publication of the final rule], airports at which the provisions 
of Sec. 91.215(b)(2) do not apply.
    (1) Airports within a 30-nautical mile radius of The William B. 
Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport. 

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                                                                  Alt.  
                   Airport name                      Arpt ID     (AGL)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Air Acres Airport, Woodstock, GA..................       5GA4      1,500
B&L Strip Airport, Hollonville, GA................       GA29      1,500
Camfield Airport, McDonough, GA...................       GA36      1,500
Cobb County-McCollum Field Airport, Marietta, GA..        RYY      1,500
Covington Municipal Airport, Covington, GA........        9A1      1,500
Diamond R Ranch Airport, Villa Rica, GA...........       3GA5      1,500
Dresden Airport, Newnan, GA.......................       GA79      1,500
Eagles Landing Airport, Williamson, GA............       5GA3      1,500
Fagundes Field Airport, Haralson, GA..............       6GA1      1,500
Gable Branch Airport, Haralson, GA................       5GA0      1,500
Georgia Lite Flite Ultralight Airport, Acworth, GA       31GA      1,500
Griffin-Spalding County Airport, Griffin, GA......        6A2      1,500
Howard Private Airport, Jackson, GA...............       GA02      1,500
Newnan Coweta County Airport, Newnan, GA..........        CCO      1,500
Peach State Airport, Williamson, GA...............       3GA7      1,500
Poole Farm Airport, Oxford, GA....................       2GA1      1,500
Powers Airport, Hollonville, GA...................       GA31      1,500
S & S Landing Strip Airport, Griffin, GA..........       8GA6      1,500
Shade Tree Airport, Hollonville, GA...............       GA73     1,500 
------------------------------------------------------------------------


    (2) Airports within a 30-nautical mile radius of the General 
Edward Lawrence Logan International Airport. 

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Alt.  
                   Airport name                      Arpt ID     (AGL)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Berlin Landing Area Airport, Berlin, MA...........       MA19      2,500
Hopedale Industrial Park Airport, Hopedale, MA....        1B6      2,500
Larson's SPB, Tyngsboro, MA.......................       MA74      2,500
Moore AAF, Ayer/Fort Devens, MA...................        AYE      2,500
New England Gliderport, Salem, NH.................       NH29      2,500
Plum Island Airport, Newburyport, MA..............        2B2      2,500
Plymouth Municipal Airport, Plymouth, MA..........        PYM      2,500
Taunton Municipal Airport, Taunton, MA............        TAN      2,500
Unknown Field Airport, Southborough, MA...........       1MA5     2,500 
------------------------------------------------------------------------


    (3) Airports within a 30-nautical mile radius of the Charlotte/
Douglas International Airport. 

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Alt.  
                   Airport name                      Arpt ID     (AGL)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arant Airport, Wingate, NC........................       1NC6      2,000
Bradley Outernational Airport, China Grove, NC....       NC29      1,500
Chester Municipal Airport, Chester, SC............        9A6      1,600
China Grove Airport, China Grove, NC..............        76A      1,500
Goodnight's Airport, Kannapolis, NC...............       2NC8      1,500
Knapp Airport, Marshville, NC.....................       3NC4      2,000
Lake Norman Airport, Mooresville, NC..............        14A      2,000
Lancaster County Airport, Lancaster, SC...........        LKR      1,600
Little Mountain Airport, Denver, NC...............        66A      2,000
Long Island Airport, Long Island, NC..............       NC26      2,000
Miller Airport, Mooresville, NC...................        8A2      1,500
U S Heliport, Wingate, NC.........................       NC56      1,600
Unity Aerodrome Airport, Lancaster, SC............       SC76      1,900
Wilhelm Airport, Kannapolis, NC...................       6NC2     1,900 
------------------------------------------------------------------------


    (4) Airports within a 30-nautical mile radius of the Chicago-
O'Hare International Airport. 

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Alt.  
                   Airport name                      Arpt ID     (AGL)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Aurora Municipal Airport, Chicago/Aurora, IL......        ARR      1,200
Donald Alfred Gade Airport, Antioch, IL...........       IL11      1,200
Dr. Joseph W. Esser Airport, Hampshire, IL........       7IL6      1,200
Flying M. Farm Airport, Aurora, IL................       IL20      1,200
Fox Lake SPB, Fox Lake, IL........................       IS03      1,200
Graham SPB, Crystal Lake, IL......................       IS79      1,200
Herbert C. Mass Airport, Zion, IL.................       IL02      1,200
Landings Condominium Airport, Romeoville, IL......        C49      1,200
Lewis University Airport, Romeoville, IL..........        LOT      1,200
McHenry Farms Airport, McHenry, IL................       44IL      1,200
Olson Airport, Plato Center, IL...................       LL53      1,200
Redeker Airport, Milford, IL......................       IL85      1,200
Reid RLA Airport, Gilberts, IL....................       6IL6      1,200
Shamrock Beef Cattle Farm Airport, McHenry, IL....       49LL      1,200
Sky Soaring Airport, Union, IL....................       55LL      1,200
Waukegan Regional Airport, Waukegan, IL...........        UGN      1,200
Wormley Airport, Oswego, IL.......................       85LL     1,200 
------------------------------------------------------------------------


    (5) Airports within a 30-nautical mile radius of the Cleveland-
Hopkins International Airport. 

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Alt.  
                   Airport name                      Arpt ID     (AGL)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Akron Fulton International Airport, Akron, OH.....        AKR      1,300
Bucks Airport, Newbury, OH........................       400H      1,300
Derecsky Airport, Auburn Center, OH...............       6OI0      1,300
Hannum Airport, Streetsboro, OH...................       69OH      1,300
Kent State University Airport, Kent, OH...........        1G3      1,300
Lost Nation Airport, Willoughby, OH...............        LNN      1,300
Mills Airport, Mantua, OH.........................       OH06      1,300
Portage County Airport, Ravenna, OH...............        29G      1,300
Stoney's Airport, Ravenna, OH.....................       OI32      1,300
Wadsworth Municipal Airport, Wadsworth, OH........        3G3     1,300 
------------------------------------------------------------------------


    (6) Airports within a 30-nautical mile radius of the Dallas/Fort 
Worth International Airport. 

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Alt.  
                   Airport name                      Arpt ID     (AGL)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Beggs Ranch/Aledo Airport, Aledo, TX..............       TX15      1,800
Belcher Airport, Sanger, TX.......................       TA25      1,800
Bird Dog Field Airport, Krum, TX..................       TA48      1,800
Boe-Wrinkle Airport, Azle, TX.....................       28TS      1,800
Flying V Airport, Sanger, TX......................       71XS      1,800
Graham Ranch Airport, Celina, TX..................       TX44      1,800
Haire Airport, Bolivar, TX........................       TX33      1,800
Hartlee Field Airport, Denton, TX.................        1F3      1,800
Hawkin's Ranch Strip Airport, Rhome, TX...........       TA02      1,800
Horseshoe Lake Airport, Sanger, TX................       TE24      1,800
Ironhead Airport, Sanger, TX......................        T58      1,800
Kezer Air Ranch Airport, Springtown, TX...........        61F      1,800
Lane Field Airport, Sanger, TX....................        58F      1,800
Log Cabin Airport, Aledo, TX......................       TX16      1,800
Lone Star Airpark Airport, Denton, TX.............        T32      1,800
Rhome Meadows Airport, Rhome, TX..................       TS72      1,800
Richards Airport, Krum, TX........................       TA47      1,800
Tallows Field Airport, Celina, TX.................       79TS      1,800
Triple S Airport, Aledo, TX.......................       42XS      1,800
Warshun Ranch Airport, Denton, TX.................       4TA1      1,800
Windy Hill Airport, Denton, TX....................       46XS      1,800
Aero Country Airport, McKinney, TX................       TX05      1,400
Bailey Airport, Midlothian, TX....................       7TX8      1,400
Branson Farm Airport, Burleson, TX................       TX42      1,400
Carroll Air Park Airport, De Soto, TX.............        F66      1,400
Carroll Lake-View Airport, Venus, TX..............       70TS      1,400
Eagle's Nest Estates Airport, Ovilla, TX..........       2T36      1,400
Flying B Ranch Airport, Ovilla, TX................       TS71      1,400
Lancaster Airport, Lancaster, TX..................        LNC      1,400
Lewis Farm Airport, Lucas, TX.....................       6TX1      1,400
Markum Ranch Airport, Fort Worth, TX..............       TX79      1,400
McKinney Municipal Airport, McKinney, TX..........        TKI      1,400
O'Brien Airpark Airport, Waxahachie, TX...........        F25      1,400
Phil L. Hudson Municipal Airport, Mesquite, TX....        HQZ      1,400
Plover Heliport, Crowley, TX......................        82Q      1,400
Venus Airport, Venus, TX..........................       75TS     1,400 
------------------------------------------------------------------------


    (7) Airports within a 30-nautical mile radius of the Denver 
International Airport. 

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Alt.  
                   Airport name                      Arpt ID     (AGL)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Air Dusters Inc., Airport, Roggen, CO.............       49CO      1,200
Bijou Basin Airport, Byers, CO....................       CD17      1,200
Boulder Municipal Airport, Boulder, CO............        1V5      1,200
Bowen Farms No. 1 Airport, Littleton, CO..........       CO98      1,200
Bowen Farms No. 2 Airport, Strasburg, CO..........       3CO5      1,200
Carrera Airpark Airport, Mead, CO.................       93CO      1,200
Cartwheel Airport, Mead, CO.......................       0CO8      1,200
Chaparral Airport, Byers, CO......................       CO18      1,200
Colorado Antique Field Airport, Niwot, CO.........       8CO7      1,200
Comanche Livestock Airport, Strasburg, CO.........       59CO      1,200
Dead Stick Ranch Airport, Kiowa, CO...............       18CO      1,200
Frederick-Firestone Air Strip Airport, Frederick,                       
 CO...............................................       CO58      1,200
Frontier Airstrip Airport, Mead, CO...............       84CO      1,200
Horseshoe Landings Airport, Franktown, CO.........       CO60      1,200
Hoy Airstrip Airport, Bennett, CO.................       76CO      1,200
J & S Airport, Bennett, CO........................       CD14      1,200
Kostroski Airport, Franktown, CO..................       43CO      1,200
Kugel-Strong Airport, Platteville, CO.............        27V      1,200
Land Airport, Keenesburg, CO......................       CO82      1,200
Lemons Private Strip Airport, Boulder, CO.........       CO10      1,200
Lindys Airpark Airport, Hudson, CO................       7CO3      1,200
Parkland Airport, Erie, CO........................       7CO0      1,200
Pine View Airport, Elizabeth, CO..................        02V      1,200
Platte Valley Airport, Hudson, CO.................        18V      1,200
Rancho De Aereo Airport, Mead, CO.................       05CO      1,200
Reid Ranches Airport, Roggen, CO..................       7CO6      1,200
Singleton Ranch Airport, Byers, CO................       68CO      1,200
Sky Haven Airport, Byers, CO......................       CO17      1,200
Spickard Farm Airport, Byers, CO..................       5CO4      1,200
Tri-County Airport, Erie, CO......................        48V      1,200
Westberg-Rosling Farms Airport, Roggen, CO........       74CO      1,200
Yoder Airstrip Airport, Bennett, CO...............       CD09     1,200 
------------------------------------------------------------------------


    (8) Airports within a 30-nautical mile radius of the Detroit 
Metropolitan Wayne County Airport. 

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Alt.  
                   Airport name                      Arpt ID     (AGL)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Al Meyers Airport, Tecumseh, MI...................        3TE      1,400
Brighton Airport, Brighton, MI....................        45G      1,400
Cackleberry Airport, Dexter, MI...................       2MI9      1,400
Erie Aerodome Airport, Erie, MI...................       05MI      1,400
Ham-A-Lot Field Airport, Petersburg, MI...........       MI48      1,400
Merillat Airport, Tecumseh, MI....................        34G      1,400
Rossettie Airport, Manchester, MI.................        75G      1,400
Tecumseh Products Airport, Tecumseh, MI...........        0D2     1,400 
------------------------------------------------------------------------


    (9) Airports within a 30-nautical mile radius of the Honolulu 
International Airport.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Alt.  
                   Airport Name                      Arpt ID     (AGL)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dillingham Airfield Airport, Moluleia, HI.........        HDH      2,500
------------------------------------------------------------------------


    (10) Airports within a 30-nautical mile radius of the Houston 
Intercontinental Airport and the William P. Hobby Airport.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Alt.  
                   Airport name                      Arpt ID     (AGL)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ainsworth Airport, Cleveland, TX..................        0T6      1,000
Ausinia Ranch Airport, Texas City, TX.............       TS50      1,000
Bailes Airport, Angleton, TX......................        7R9      1,000
Biggin Hill Airport, Hockley, TX..................       TX49      1,000
Cleveland Municipal Airport, Cleveland, TX........        6R3      1,000
Covey Trails Airport, Fulshear, TX................       80XS      1,000
Creasy Airport, Santa Fe, TX......................       5TA5      1,000
Custom Aire Service Airport, Angleton, TX.........        81D      1,000
Fay Ranch Airport, Cedar Lane, TX.................        0T2      1,000
Flying C Ranch Airport, Needville, TX.............       XS25      1,000
Freeman Property Airport, Katy, TX................        61T      1,000
Garrett Ranch Airport, Danbury, TX................       77XS      1,000
Gum Island Airport, Dayton, TX....................        3T6      1,000
H & S Airfield, Damon, TX.........................       XS21      1,000
Harbican Airpark Airport, Katy, TX................       9XS9      1,000
Harold Freeman Farm Airport, Katy, TX.............       8XS1      1,000
HHI Hitchcock Heliport, Hitchcock, TX.............       6TA5      1,000
Hoffpauir Airport, Katy, TX.......................        59T      1,000
Horn-Katy Hawk International Airport, Katy, TX....        57T      1,000
Johnnie Volk Field Airport, Hitchcock, TX.........        37R      1,000
King Air Airport, Katy, TX........................        55T      1,000
Lake Bay Gall Airport, Cleveland, TX..............        0T5      1,000
Lake Bonanza Airport, Montgomery, TX..............       33TA      1,000
Lane Airpark Airport, Rosenberg, TX...............        T54      1,000
Meyer Field Airport, Rosharon, TX.................       TA33      1,000
Prairie Aire Field Airport, Damon, TX.............       4TA0      1,000
R W J Airpark Airport, Baytown, TX................       54TX      1,000
Westheimer Air Park Airport, Houston, TX..........       5TA4      1,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (11) Airports within a 30-nautical mile radius of the Kansas 
City International Airport. 

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                                                                  Alt.  
                   Airport name                      Arpt ID     (AGL)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Amelia Earhart Airport, Atchison, KS..............        K59      1,000
Booze Island Airport, St. Joseph, MO..............       64MO      1,000
Cedar Air Park Airport, Olathe, KS................        51K      1,000
D'Field Airport, McLouth, KS......................       KS90      1,000
Dorei Airport, McLouth, KS........................        K69      1,000
East Kansas City Airport, Grain Valley, MO........        3GV      1,000
Excelsior Springs Memorial Airport, Excelsior                           
 Springs, MO......................................        3EX      1,000
Flying T Airport, Oskaloosa, KS...................       7KS0      1,000
Hermon Farm Airport, Gardner, KS..................       KS59      1,000
Hillside Airport, Stilwell, KS....................        63K      1,000
Independence Memorial Airport, Independence, MO...        3IP      1,000
Johnson County Executive Airport, Olathe, KS......        OJC      1,000
Johnson County Industrial Airport, Olathe, KS.....        IXD      1,000
Kimray Airport, Plattsburg, MO....................       7MO7      1,000
Lawrence Municipal Airport, Lawrence, KS..........        LWC      1,000
Martins Airport, Lawson, MO.......................       21MO      1,000
Mayes Homestead Airport, Polo, MO.................       37MO      1,000
McComas-Lee's Summit Municipal Airport, Lee's                           
 Summit, MO.......................................        K84      1,000
Mission Road Airport, Stilwell, KS................        64K      1,000
Northwood Airport, Holt, MO.......................       2MO2      1,000
Plattsburg Airpark Airport, Plattsburg, MO........       MO28      1,000
Richards-Gebaur Airport, Kansas City, MO..........        GVW      1,000
Rosecrans Memorial Airport, St. Joseph, MO........        STJ      1,000
Runway Ranch Airport, Kansas City, MO.............       2MO9      1,000
Sheller's Airport, Tonganoxie, KS.................       11KS      1,000
Shomin Airport, Oskaloosa, KS.....................       0KS1      1,000
Stonehenge Airport, Williamstown, KS..............       71KS      1,000
Threshing Bee Airport, McLouth, KS................        41K     1,000 
------------------------------------------------------------------------

    (12) Airports within a 30-nautical mile radius of the McCarran 
International Airport. 

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Alt.  
                   Airport name                      Arpt ID     (AGL)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Sky Ranch Estates Airport, Sandy Valley, NV.......        3L2      2,500
                                                                        
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    (13) Airports within a 30-nautical mile radius of the Memphis 
International Airport.

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                                                                  Alt.  
                   Airport name                      Arpt ID     (AGL)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bernard Manor Airport, Earle, AR..................        65M      2,000
Holly Springs-Marshall County Airport, Holly                            
 Springs, MS......................................        M41      2,000
McNeely Airport, Earle, AR........................        M63      2,000
Price Field Airport, Joiner, AR...................        80M      2,000
Tucker Field Airport, Hughes, AR..................        78M      2,000
Tunica Airport, Tunica, MS........................        30M      2,000
Tunica Municipal Airport, Tunica, MS..............        M97      2,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------


    (14) Airports within a 30-nautical mile radius of the 
Minneapolis-St. Paul International World-Chamberlain Airport.

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                                                                  Alt.  
                   Airport name                      Arpt ID     (AGL)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Belle Plaine Airport, Belle Plaine, MN............        7Y7      1,200
Carleton Airport, Stanton, MN.....................        SYN      1,200
Empire Farm Strip Airport, Bongards, MN...........       MN15      1,200
Flying M Ranch Airport, Roberts, WI...............       78WI      1,200
Johnson Airport, Rockford, MN.....................       MY86      1,200
River Falls Airport, River Falls, WI..............        Y53      1,200
Rusmar Farms Airport, Roberts, WI.................       WS41      1,200
Waldref SPB, Forest Lake, MN......................        9Y6      1,200
Ziermann Airport, Mayer, MN.......................       MN71      1,200
------------------------------------------------------------------------


    (15) Airports within a 30-nautical mile radius of the New 
Orleans International/Moisant Field Airport.

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                                                                  Alt.  
                   Airport name                      Arpt ID     (AGL)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bollinger SPB, Larose, LA.........................        L38      1,500
Clovelly Airport, Cut Off, LA.....................       LA09      1,500
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    (16) Airports within a 30-nautical mile radius of the John F. 
Kennedy International Airport, the La Guardia Airport, and the 
Newark International Airport.

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                                                                  Alt.  
                   Airport name                      Arpt ID     (AGL)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Allaire Airport, Belmar/Farmingdale, NJ...........        BLM      2,000
Cuddihy Landing Strip Airport, Freehold, NJ.......       NJ60      2,000
Ekdahl Airport, Freehold, NJ......................       NJ59      2,000
Fla-Net Airport, Netcong, NJ......................       0NJ5      2,000
Forrestal Airport, Princeton, NJ..................        N21      2,000
Greenwood Lake Airport, West Milford, NJ..........        4N1      2,000
Greenwood Lake SPB, West Milford, NJ..............       6NJ7      2,000
Lance Airport, Whitehouse Station, NJ.............       6NJ8      2,000
Mar Bar L Farms, Englishtown, NJ..................       NJ46      2,000
Peekskill SPB, Peekskill, NY......................        7N2      2,000
Peters Airport, Somerville, NJ....................       4NJ8      2,000
Princeton Airport, Princeton/ Rocky Hill, NJ......        39N      2,000
Solberg-Hunterdon Airport, Readington, NJ.........        N51      2,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------


    (17) Airports within a 30-nautical mile radius of the Orlando 
International Airport.

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                                                                  Alt.  
                   Airport name                      Arpt ID     (AGL)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Arthur Dunn Air Park Airport, Titusville, FL......        X21      1,400
Space Center Executive Airport, Titusville, FL....        TIX      1,400
------------------------------------------------------------------------


    (18) Airports within a 30-nautical mile radius of the 
Philadelphia International Airport.

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                                                                  Alt.  
                   Airport name                      Arpt ID     (AGL)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ginns Airport, West Grove, PA.....................        78N      1,000
Hammonton Municipal Airport, Hammonton, NJ........        N81      1,000
Li Calzi Airport, Bridgeton, NJ...................        N50      1,000
New London Airport, New London, PA................        N01      1,000
Wide Sky Airpark Airport, Bridgeton, NJ...........        N39      1,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------


    (19) Airports within a 30-nautical mile radius of the Phoenix 
Sky Harbor International Airport.

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                                                                  Alt.  
                   Airport Name                     Arpt. ID     (AGL)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Ak Chin Community Airfield Airport, Maricopa, AZ..        E31      2,500
Boulais Ranch Airport, Maricopa, AZ...............        9E7      2,500
Estrella Sailport, Maricopa, AZ...................        E68      2,500
Hidden Valley Ranch Airport, Maricopa, AZ.........       AZ17      2,500
Millar Airport, Maricopa, AZ......................       2AZ4      2,500
Pleasant Valley Airport, New River, AZ............       AZ05      2,500
Serene Field Airport, Maricopa, AZ................       AZ31      2,500
Sky Ranch Carefree Airport, Carefree, AZ..........        E18      2,500
Sycamore Creek Airport, Fountain Hills, AZ........       0AS0      2,500
Unversity of Arizona, Maricopa Agricultural Center                      
 Airport, Maricopa, AZ............................       3AZ2      2,500
------------------------------------------------------------------------


    (20) Airports within a 30-nautical-mile radius of the Lambert/
St. Louis International Airport.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Alt.  
                   Airport Name                     Arpt. ID     (AGL)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Blackwall Airport, Old Monroe, MO.................       6MO0      1,000
Lebert Flying L Airport, Lebanon, IL..............        3H5      1,000
Sloan's Airport, Elsberry, MO.....................       0MO8      1,000
Woodlift Airpark Airport, Foristell, MO...........       98MO      1,000
------------------------------------------------------------------------


    (21) Airports within a 30-nautical-mile radius of the Salt Lake 
City International Airport.

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                                                                  Alt.  
                   Airport Name                     Arpt. ID     (AGL)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bolinder Field-Tooele Valley Airport, Tooele, UT..        TVY      2,500
Cedar Valley Airport, Cedar Fort, UT..............       UT10      2,500
Morgan County Airport, Morgan, UT.................        42U      2,500
Tooele Municipal Airport, Tooele, UT..............        U26      2,500
------------------------------------------------------------------------


    (22) Airports within a 30-nautical mile radius of the Seattle-
Tacoma International Airport.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Alt.  
                   Airport name                      Arpt ID     (AGL)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Firstair Field Airport, Monroe, WA................       WA38      1,500
Gower Field Airport, Olympia, WA..................       6WA2      1,500
Harvey Field Airport, Snohomish, WA...............        S43      1,500
------------------------------------------------------------------------


    (23) Airports within a 30-nautical mile radius of the Tampa 
International Airport.

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                                                                  Alt.  
                   Airport name                      Arpt ID     (AGL)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Hernando County Airport, Brooksville, FL..........        BKV      1,500
Lakeland Municipal Airport, Lakeland, FL..........        LAL      1,500
Zephyrhills Municipal Airport, Zephyrhills, FL....        ZPH      1,500
------------------------------------------------------------------------


    (24) Airports within a 30-nautical mile radius of the Washington 
National Airport, Andrews Air Force Base Airport, Baltimore-
Washington International Airport, and Dulles International Airport.

------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                  Alt.  
                   Airport name                      Arpt ID     (AGL)  
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Albrecht Airstrip Airport, Long Green, MD.........       MD48      2,000
Armacost Farms Airport, Hampstead, MD.............       MD38      2,000
Barnes Airport, Lisbon, MD........................       MD47      2,000
Bay Bridge Airport, Stevensville, MD..............        W29      2,000
Carroll County Airport, Westminster, MD...........        W54      2,000
Castle Marina Airport, Chester, MD................        OW6      2,000
Clearview Airpark Airport, Westminster, MD........        2W2      2,000
Davis Airport, Laytonsville, MD...................        W50      2,000
Fallston Airport, Fallston, MD....................        W42      2,000
Faux-Burhans Airport, Frederick, MD...............       3MDO      2,000
Forest Hill Airport, Forest Hill, MD..............       MD31      2,000
Fort Detrick Helipad Heliport, Fort Detrick                             
 (Frederick), MD..................................       MD32      2,000
Frederick Municipal Airport, Frederick, MD........        FDK      2,000
Fremont Airport, Kemptown, MD.....................       MD41      2,000
Good Neighbor Farm Airport, Unionville, MD........       MD74      2,000
Happy Landings Farm Airport, Unionville, MD.......       MD73      2,000
Harris Airport, Still Pond, MD....................       MD69      2,000
Hybarc Farm Airport, Chestertown, MD..............       MD19      2,000
Kennersley Airport, Church Hill, MD...............       MD23      2,000
Kentmorr Airpark Airport, Stevensville, MD........        3W3      2,000
Montgomery County Airpark Airport, Gaithersburg,                        
 MD...............................................        GAI      2,000
Phillips AAF, Aberden, MD.........................        APG      2,000
Pond View Private Airport, Chestertown, MD........       OMD4      2,000
Reservoir Airport, Finksburg, , MD................        1W8      2,000
Scheeler Field Airport, Chestertown, MD...........        OW7      2,000
Stolcrest STOL, Urbana, MD........................       MD75      2,000
Tinsley Airstrip Airport, Butler, MD..............       MD17      2,000
Walters Airport, Mount Airy, MD...................       OMD6      2,000
Waredaca Farm Airport, Brookeville, MD............       MD16      2,000
Weide AAF, Edgewood Arsenal, MD...................        EDG      2,000
Woodbine Gliderport, Woodbine, MD.................       MD78      2,000
Wright Field Airport, Chestertown, MD.............       MD11      2,000
Aviacres Airport, Warrenton, VA...................       3VA2      1,500
Birch Hollow Airport, Hillsboro, VA...............        W60      1,500
Flying Circus Aerodrome Airport, Warrenton, VA....       3VA3      1,500
Fox Acres Airport, Warrenton, VA..................       15VA      1,500
Hartwood Airport, Somerville, VA..................        8W8      1,500
Horse Feathers Airport, Midland, VA...............       53VA      1,500
Krens Farm Airport, Hillsboro, VA.................       14VA      1,500
Scott Airpark Airport, Lovettsville, VA...........       VA61      1,500
The Grass Patch Airport, Lovettsville, VA.........       VA62      1,500
Walnut Hill Airport, Calverton, VA................       58VA      1,500
Warrenton Air Park Airport, Warrenton, VA.........        9WO      1,500
Warrenton-Fauquier Airport, Warrenton, VA.........        W66      1,500
Whitman Strip Airport, Manassas, VA...............        OV5      1,500
Buds Ferry Airport, Indian Head, MD...............       MD39      1,000
Burgess Field Airport, Riverside, MD..............        3W1      1,000
Chimney View Airport, Fredericksburg, VA..........       5VA5      1,000
Holly Springs Farm Airport, Nanjemoy, MD..........       MD55      1,000
Lanseair Farms Airport, La Plata, MD..............       MD97      1,000
Nyce Airport, Mount Victoria, MD..................       MD84      1,000
Parks Airpark Airport, Nanjemoy, MD...............       MD54      1,000
Pilots Cove Airport, Tompkinsville, MD............       MDO6      1,000
Quantico MCAF, Quantico, VA.......................        NYG      1,000
Stewart Airport, St. Michaels, MD.................       MD64      1,000
US Naval Weapons Center, Dahlgren Lab Airport,                          
 Dahlgren, VA.....................................        NDY      1,000
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    Issued in Washington, DC on August 18, 1994.
Harold W. Becker,
Manager, Airspace Rules and Aeronautical Iniformation Division, Air 
Traffic Rules & Procedures Service.
[FR Doc. 94-20830 Filed 8-24-94; 8:45 am]
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