[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 94 (Friday, May 15, 1998)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 26977-26978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-12984]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 98-AEA-01]


Amendment to Class E Airspace; Wrightstown, NJ

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This action amends Class E airspace extending upward from 700 
feet Above Ground Level (AGL) at Wrightstown, NJ. The development of a 
Standard Instrument Approach Procedure (SIAP) based on the Global 
Positioning System (GPS) at Allaire Airport has made this action 
necessary. This action is intended to provide adequate Class E airspace 
to contain instrument flight rules (IFR) operations for aircraft 
executing the GPS Runway (RWY) 14 SIAP to Allaire Airport.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, August 13, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Francis Jordan, Airspace 
Specialist, Airspace Branch, AEA-520, Air Traffic Division, Eastern 
Region, Federal Aviation Administration, Federal Building # 111, John 
F. Kennedy International Airport, Jamaica, New York 11430; telephone: 
(718) 553-4521.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

History

    On January 27, 1998, a proposal to amend Part 71 of the Federal 
Aviation Regulations (14 CFR Part 71) to amend the Class E airspace at 
Wrightstown, NJ, was published in the Federal Register (63 FR 11853). 
The development of a GPS RWY 14 SIAP for Allaire Airport requires the 
amendment of the Class E airspace at Wrightstown, NJ. The proposal was 
to amend controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet AGL to 
contain IFR operations in controlled airspace during portions of the 
terminal operations and while transitioning between the enroute and 
terminal environments.
    Interested parties were invited to participate in this rulemaking 
proceeding by submitting written comments on the proposal to the FAA. 
No comments to the proposal were received. The rule is adopted as 
proposed.
    The coordinates for this airspace docket are based on North 
American Datum 83. Class E airspace areas designations for airspace 
extending upward from 700 feet AGL are published in paragraph 6005 of 
FAA Order 7400.9E, dated September 10, 1997, and effective September 
16, 1997, which is incorporate by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E 
airspace designation listed in this document will be published 
subsequently in the Order.

The Rule

    This amendment to Part 71 of the Federal Aviation Regulations (14 
CFR Part 71) amends Class E airspace at Wrightstown, NJ, to provide 
controlled airspace extending upward from 700 feet AGL for aircraft 
executing the GPS RWY 14 SIAP to Allaire Airport.
    The FAA has determined that this regulation only involves an 
established body of technical regulations for which frequent and 
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current. 
Therefore, this regulation--(1) is not a ``significant regulatory 
action'' under Executive Order 12866; (2) is not a ``significant rule'' 
under DOT Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034; February 26, 
1979); and (3) does not warrant preparation of a Regulatory Evaluation 
as the anticipated impact is so minimal. Since this is a routine matter 
that will only affect air traffic procedures and air navigation, it is 
certified that this rule will not have significant economic impact on a 
substantial number of small entities under the criteria of the 
Regulatory Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

    Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

Adoption of the Amendment

    In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation 
Administration amends 14 CFR Part 71 as follows:

PART 71--[AMENDED]

    1. The authority citation for 14 CFR Part 71 continues to read as 
follows:

    Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(g), 40103, 40113, 40120; EO 10854, 24 
FR 9565, 3 CFR 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.


Sec. 71.1  [Amended]

    2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of Federal 
Aviation Administration Order 7400.9E, Airspace Designations and 
Reporting Points, dated September 10, 1997, and effective September 16, 
1997, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 6005  Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 
feet or more above the surface of the earth.

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AEA NJ E5 Wrightstown, NJ [Revised]

Lakewood Airport, NJ
(lat. 40 deg.04'00''N., long. 74 deg.10'40''W.)
McGuire AFB, NJ
(lat. 40 deg.00'56''N., long. 74 deg.35'37''W.)
Trenton-Robbinsville airport and within 5.7 miles north and 4 miles 
south of the Robbinsville Airport, NJ
(lat. 40 deg.12'50''N., long. 74 deg.36'07''W.)
Allaire Airport, NJ
(lat. 40 deg.11'13''N., long. 74 deg.07'30''W.)
Robert J. Miller Airpark, NJ
(lat. 39 deg.55'39''N., long. 74 deg.17'33''W.)
Flying W Airport, NJ
(lat. 39 deg.56'00''N., long. 74 deg.48'24''W.)
Lakehurst (Navy) TACAN
(lat. 40 deg.02'13''N., long. 74 deg.21'12''W.)
Colts Neck VOR/DME
(lat. 40 deg.18'42''N., long. 74 deg.09'36''W.)

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Coyle VORTAC
(lat. 39 deg.49'02''N., long. 74 deg.25'54''W.)
Robbinsville VORTAC
(lat. 40 deg.12'08''N., long. 74 deg.29'43''W.)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.4-mile radius of Lakewood Airport and within a 10.5-mile 
radius of McGuire AFB and within a 11.3-mile radius of the Lakehurst 
(Navy) TACAN extending clockwise from the Lakehurst (Navy) Tacan 
310 deg. radial to the 148 deg. radial and within 4.4 miles each 
side of the Coyle VORTAC 031 deg. radial extending from the VORTAC 
to 11.3 miles northeast and within 2.6 miles southwest and 4.4 miles 
northeast of the Lakehurst (Navy) TACAN 148 deg. radial extending 
from the TACAN to 12.2 miles southeast and within a 6.4-mile radius 
of Trenton-Robbinsville Airport and within 5.7 miles north and 4 
miles south of the Robbinsville VORTAC 278 deg. and 098 deg. radials 
extending from 4.8 miles west to 10 miles east of the VORTAC and 
within a 6.7-mile radius of Allaire Airport and within 1.8 miles 
each side of the Colts Neck VOR/DME 167 deg. radial extending from 
the Allaire Airport 6.7-mile radius to the VOR/DME and within 4 
miles each side of the 312 deg. bearing from the Allaire airport 
extending from the 6.7-mile radius of the airport to 9 miles 
northwest of the airport and within 9.5-mile radius of Flying W 
Airport and within a 6.5-mile radius of Robert J. Miller Air Park 
and within 1.3 miles each side of the Coyle VORTAC 044 deg. radial 
extending from the 6.5-mile radius of Robert J. Miller Air Park to 
the VORTAC, excluding the portions that coincide with the Berlin, 
NJ, Princeton, NJ, Vincentown, NJ, Old Bridge, NJ, Matawan, NJ, and 
North Philadelphia, PA Class E airspace areas.
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    Issued in Jamacia, New York on May 6, 1998.
Franklin D. Hatfield,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Eastern Region.
[FR Doc. 98-12984 Filed 5-14-98; 8:45 am]
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