[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 135 (Tuesday, July 15, 2003)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 41691-41692]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-17766]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2003-15454; Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-52]


Modification of Class E Airspace; Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, 
KS

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Direct final rule; request for comments.

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SUMMARY: This amendment to Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations, part 
71 (14 CFR part 71) modifies the Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, KS 
Class E airspace area. The FAA has developed an Area Navigation (RNAV) 
Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedure 
(SIAP) and an amended VHF Omni-directional Range (VOR) SIAP to serve 
Cessna Aircraft Field, Wichita, KS. The Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, 
KS Class E airspace area encompasses that Class E airspace designed to 
protect aircraft executing SIAPs into Cessna Aircraft Field. This 
action modifies the Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, KS Class E airspace 
area to the appropriate dimensions for protecting aircraft executing 
these newly developed instrument approach procedures. An examination of 
controlled airspace for Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, KS has revealed 
several discrepancies in the Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, KS Class E 
airspace area. This action corrects the discrepancies by modifying the 
airspace area and its legal description.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This direct final rule is effective on 0901 UTC, 
October 30, 2003. Comments for inclusion in the rules Docket must be 
received on or before August 20, 2003.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the Docket Management 
System, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400 Seventh 
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. You must identify the docket 
number FAA-2003-15454/Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-52, at the beginning 
of your comments. You may also submit comments on the Internet at 
http://dms.dot.gov. You may review the public docket containing the 
proposal, any comments received, and any final disposition in person in 
the Dockets Office between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 
except Federal holidays. The Docket Office (telephone 1-800-647-5527) 
is on the plaza level of the Department of Transportation NASSIF 
Building at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Randolph, Air Traffic Division, 
Airspace Branch, ACE-520C, DOT Regional Headquarters Building, Federal 
Aviation Administration, 901 Locust, Kansas City, MO 64106; telephone: 
(816) 329-2525.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FAA has developed RNAV (GPS)--D ORIGINAL 
SIAP and VOR--C AMENDMENT 1 SIAP to serve Cessna Aircraft Field, 
Wichita, KS. The Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, KS Class E airspace 
area encompasses that Class E airspace designed to protect aircraft 
executing SIAPs into Cessna Aircraft Field. This action modifies the 
Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, KS Class E airspace area to the 
appropriate dimension for protecting aircraft executing these newly 
developed/amended instrument approach procedures. As a result, Cessna 
Aircraft Field airport reference is no longer required in the Wichita 
Mid-Continent Airport, KS Class E airspace legal description. An 
examination of controlled airspace for Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, 
KS Class E airspace area. The locations of Wichita Mid-Continent 
Localizer Runway 1L, Wichita McConnell Air Force Base (AFB) Localizer 
Runway 1L and AUBRA Waypoint, all of which are used in the legal 
description of this airspace area, have been redefined. Portions of the 
airspace area description in the vicinity of McConnell AFB were omitted 
in the previous publication. This action corrects the discrepancies by 
modifying the airspace area and its legal description. This amendment 
to 24 CFR 71 modifies the Class E airspace area extending upward from 
700 feet above the surface of the earth at Wichita Mid-Continent 
Airport, KS. It also brings the legal descriptions of this airspace 
area into compliance with FAA Order 7400.2E, Procedures for handling 
Airspace Matters. The area will be depicted on appropriate aeronautical 
charts. Class E airspace area extending upward from 700 feet or more 
above the surface of the earth are published in paragraph 6005 of FAA 
Order 7400.9K, dated August 30, 2002, and effective September 16, 2002, 
which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class E airspace 
designation listed in this document will be published subsequently in 
the Order.

The Direct Final Rule Procedure

    The FAA anticipates that this regulation will not result in adverse 
or negative comment and, therefore, is issuing it as a direct final 
rule. Previous actions of this nature have not been

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controversial and have not resulted in adverse comments or objections. 
Unless a written adverse or negative comment, or a written notice of 
intent to submit an adverse or negative comment is received within the 
comment period, the regulation will become effective on the date 
specified above. After the close of the comment period, the FAA will 
publish a document in the Federal Register indicating that no adverse 
or negative comments were received and confirming the date on which the 
final rule will become effective. If the FAA does receive, within the 
comment period, an adverse or negative comment, or written notice of 
intent to submit such a comment, a document withdrawing the direct 
final rule will be published in the Federal Register, and a notice of 
proposed rulemaking may be published with a new comment period.

Comments Invited

    Interested parties are invited to participate in this rulemaking by 
submitting 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 
both docket numbers 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. FAA-2003-15454/Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-
52.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped and returned to the 
commenter.

Agency Findings

    The regulations adopted herein will not have a substantial direct 
effect 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, it 
is determined that this final rule does not have federalism 
implications under Executive Order 13132.
    The FAA has determined that this regulation is noncontroversial and 
unlikely to result in adverse or negative comments. For the reasons 
discussed in the preamble, I certify this regulation (1) is not a 
``significant regulatory action'' under Executive Order 12866; (2) is 
not a ``significant rule'' under Department of transportation (DOT) 
Regulatory Policies and Procedures (44 FR 11034, February 26, 1979); 
and (3) if promulgated will not have a significant economic impact, 
positive or negative, 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

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Accordingly, the Federal Aviation Administration amends 14 CFR part 71 
as follows:

PART 71--DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND 
CLASS E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIRWAYS; ROUTES AND REPORTING POINTS

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1. The authority citation for part 71 continues to read as follows:

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


Sec.  71.1  [Amended]

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2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of Federal Aviation 
Administration Order 7400.9K, dated August 20, 2002, and effective 
September 16, 1002, 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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ACE KS E5 Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, KS.

Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, KS,
    (Lat. 37[deg]39'00'' N., long. 97[deg]25'59'' W.)
Wichita Mid-Continent Localizer Runway 1L,
    (Lat. 37[deg]39'51'' N., long. 97[deg]25'57'' W.)
Wichita McConnell Air Force Base, KS,
    (Lat. 37[deg]37'33'' N., long. 97[deg]16'03'' W.)
Wichita McConnell Air Force Base Localizer Runway 1L,
    (Lat. 37[deg]38'32'' N., Long. 97[deg]15'50'' W.)
Wichita Colonel James Jabara Airport, KS,
    (Lat. 37[deg]44'51''., long. 97[deg]13'16'' W.)
Augusta Municipal Airport, KS,
    (Lat. 37[deg]40'18'' long. 97[deg]04'40'' W.)
AUBRA Waypoint,
    (Lat. 37[deg]55'14'' N., long. 97[deg]11'13'' W.)

    The airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 7.2-mile radius of Wichita Mid-Continent Airport and within 
4 miles west east of the Mid-Continent Airport ILS localizer course 
to runway 1L extending from the airport to 13 miles south of the 
airport and to 7.4 miles north of the airport and within a 7.0 mile 
radius of the McConnell Air force Base (AFB) and within 1.8 miles 
each side of the McConnell AFB ILS runway 1L localizer course 
extending from the AFB to 11.2 miles south of the AFB and within a 
6.4-mile radius of the Augusta Municipal Airport and within a 6.5 
mile radius of the Colonel James Jabrar Airport and within 1.8 miles 
each side of a lone extending from the Colonel James Jabara Airport 
to the AUGRA Waypoint extending from the 6.5-mile radius to 7 miles 
north of the airport.

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    Issued in Kansas City, MO, on June 30, 2003.
Herman J. Lyons, Jr.,
Manager, Air Traffic Davison, Central Region.
[FR Doc. 03-17766 Filed 7-14-03; 8:45 am]
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