[Federal Register Volume 85, Number 20 (Thursday, January 30, 2020)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 5343-5346]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2020-01587]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2019-1030; Airspace Docket No. 19-ASW-17]
RIN 2120-AA66
Proposed Amendment of Class D and E Airspace; Dallas-Fort Worth,
Fort Worth, and Stephenville, TX
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
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SUMMARY: This action proposes to amend the Class D airspace at Fort
Worth Spinks Airport, Fort Worth, TX, and the Class E airspace
extending upward from 700 feet above the surface at Bourland Field,
Fort Worth, TX, and Mesquite Metro Airport, Mesquite, TX, which are
contained within the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, airspace legal description,
and Stephenville Clark Regional Airport, Stephenville, TX. The FAA is
proposing these actions as the result of airspace reviews caused by the
decommissioning of the Glen Rose VHF omnidirectional range (VOR)
navigation aid, which provided navigation information for the
instrument procedures at Bourland Field and Stephenville Clark Regional
Airport, as part of the VOR Minimum Operational Network (MON) Program,
and to bring the airspace legal description for Mesquite Metro Airport
into compliance with FAA Order 7400.2M, Procedures for Handling
Airspace Matters. The geographic coordinates for Fort Worth Spinks
Airport; Bridgeport Municipal Airport, Bridgeport, TX; and Stephenville
Clark Regional Airport and the names of Dallas-Fort Worth International
Airport, Dallas-Fort Worth, TX; Lancaster Regional Airport, Lancaster,
TX; Bourland Field, and Stephenville Clark Regional Airport would also
be updated to coincide with the FAA's aeronautical database.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before March 16, 2020.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, West Building Ground Floor, Room
W12-140, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, Washington, DC 20590; telephone
(202) 366-9826, or (800) 647-5527. You must identify FAA Docket No.
FAA-2019-1030, Airspace Docket No. 19-ASW-17 at the beginning of your
comments. You may also submit comments through the internet at https://www.regulations.gov. You may review the public docket containing the
proposal, any comments received, and any final disposition in person in
the Dockets Office between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except federal holidays.
FAA Order 7400.11D, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, and
subsequent amendments can be viewed online at https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/. For further information, you can contact the
Airspace Policy Group, Federal Aviation Administration, 800
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267-
8783. The Order is also available for inspection at the National
Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on the
availability of FAA Order 7400.11D at NARA, email [email protected]
or go to https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeffrey Claypool, Federal Aviation
Administration, Operations Support Group, Central Service Center, 10101
Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177; telephone (817) 222-5711.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Authority for This Rulemaking
The FAA's authority to issue rules regarding aviation safety is
found in Title 49 of the United States Code. Subtitle I, Section 106
describes the authority of the FAA Administrator. Subtitle VII,
Aviation Programs, describes in more detail the scope of the agency's
authority. This rulemaking is promulgated under the authority described
in Subtitle VII, Part A, Subpart I, Section 40103. Under that section,
the FAA is charged with prescribing regulations to assign the use of
airspace necessary to ensure the safety of aircraft and the efficient
use of airspace. This regulation is within the scope of that authority
as it would amend the Class D airspace at Fort Worth Spinks Airport,
Fort Worth, TX, and the Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet
above the surface at Bourland Field, Fort Worth, TX, and Mesquite Metro
Airport, Mesquite, TX, which are contained in the Dallas-Fort Worth,
TX, airspace legal description, and Stephenville Clark Regional
Airport, Stephenville, TX, to support instrument flight rule operations
at these airports.
Comments Invited
Interested parties are invited to participate in this proposed
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-2019-1030,
Airspace Docket No. 19-ASW-17.'' The postcard will be date/time stamped
and returned to the commenter.
All communications received 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 the
comments received. A report summarizing each substantive public contact
with FAA personnel concerned with this rulemaking will be filed in the
docket.
Availability of NPRMs
An electronic copy of this document may be downloaded through the
internet at http://www.regulations.gov. Recently published rulemaking
documents can also be accessed through the FAA's web page at https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/airspace_amendments/.
You may review the public docket containing the proposal, any
comments received, and any final disposition in person in the Dockets
Office (see the ADDRESSES section for the address and phone number)
between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal
holidays. An informal docket may also be examined during normal
business hours at the Federal Aviation Administration, Air Traffic
Organization, Central Service Center, Operations Support Group, 10101
Hillwood Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177.
Availability and Summary of Documents for Incorporation by Reference
This document proposes to amend FAA Order 7400.11D, Airspace
Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 8, 2019, and effective
September 15, 2019. FAA Order 7400.11D is publicly available as listed
in the ADDRESSES section of this document. FAA Order 7400.11D lists
Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, air traffic service routes, and
reporting points.
The Proposal
The FAA is proposing an amendment to Title 14 Code of Federal
Regulations (14 CFR) part 71 by:
Amending the Class D airspace at Fort Worth Spinks Airport, Fort
Worth, TX, by updating the header of the airspace legal description
from ``Fort Worth Spinks Airport, TX'' to ``Fort Worth, TX'' to
coincide with the FAA's aeronautical database and comply with FAA Order
7400.2M; updating the geographic coordinates of the airport; and
replacing the outdated term
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``Airport/Facility Directory'' with ``Chart Supplement;''
Amending the Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above
the surface for Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, by updating the header of the
airspace legal description from ``Dallas/Fort Worth, TX'' to ``Dallas-
Fort Worth, TX'' to coincide with the FAA's aeronautical database;
updating the name of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
(previously Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport), Dallas-Fort
Worth, TX, to coincide with the FAA's aeronautical database; removing
the cities associated with McKinney National Airport, McKinney, TX;
Ralph M. Hall/Rockwall Municipal Airport, Rockwall, TX; and Mesquite
Metro Airport, Mesquite, TX, contained in the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX,
airspace legal description to comply with FAA Order 7400.2M; removing
the Mesquite NDB and the associated extension from the airspace legal
description as the associated instrument procedure has been cancelled
and the extension is no longer needed; updating the name of the
Mesquite Metro: RWY 18-LOC (previously Mesquite Metro ILS Localizer) to
coincide with the FAA's aeronautical database; removing the extension
south of the airport associated with the Mesquite Metro ILS Localizer;
adding an extension 4 miles west and 7.9 miles east of the 001[deg]
bearing from the Mesquite Metro: RWY 18-LOC extending from the 6.5-mile
radius of the Mesquite Metro Airport to 10 miles north of the Mesquite
Metro: RWY 18-LOC; updating the name of Lancaster Regional Airport
(previously Lancaster Airport), Lancaster, TX, to coincide with the
FAA's aeronautical database and removing the city associated with
Lancaster Regional Airport contained in the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX,
airspace legal description to comply with FAA Order 7400.2M; removing
the city associate with Fort Worth Spinks Airport, Fort Worth, TX,
contained in the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, airspace legal description to
comply with FAA Order 7400.2M and updating the geographic coordinates
of the airport to coincide with the FAA's aeronautical database;
removing the city associated with Cleburne Regional Airport, Cleburne,
TX, contained in the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, airspace legal description
to comply with FAA Order 7400.2M; updating the name of Bourland Field
(previously Bourland Field Airport), Fort Worth, TX, to coincide with
the FAA's aeronautical database and removing the city associated with
the airport contained in the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, airspace legal
description to comply with FAA Order 7400.2M; removing the cities
associated with Granbury Regional Airport, Granbury, TX, and Parker
County Airport, Weatherford, TX, contained in the Dallas-Fort Worth,
TX, airspace legal description to comply with FAA Order 7400.2M;
removing the city associated with Bridgeport Municipal Airport,
Bridgeport, TX, contained in the Dallas-Fort Worth, TX, airspace legal
description to comply with FAA Order 7400.2M and updating the
geographic coordinates of the airport to coincide with the FAA's
aeronautical database; and removing the city associated with the
Decatur Municipal Airport, Decatur, TX, contained in the Dallas-Fort
Worth, TX, airspace legal description to comply with FAA Order 7400.2M;
And updating the Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet
above the surface at Stephenville Clark Regional Airport (previously
Clark Field Municipal Airport), Stephenville, TX, by updating the name
and geographic coordinates of the airport to coincide with the FAA's
aeronautical database; removing the city associated with the airport in
the airspace legal description to comply with FAA Order 7400.2M; and
adding an extension 4 miles each side of the 329[deg] bearing from the
airport extending from the 6.4-mile radius to 10.5 miles northwest of
the airport.
Class D and E airspace designations are published in paragraph 5000
and 6005, respectively, of FAA Order 7400.11D, dated August 8, 2019,
and effective September 15, 2019, which is incorporated by reference in
14 CFR 71.1. The Class D and E airspace designations listed in this
document will be published subsequently in the Order.
FAA Order 7400.11, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, is
published yearly and effective on September 15.
Regulatory Notices and Analyses
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, is
non-controversial and unlikely to result in adverse or negative
comments. It, therefore: (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, when promulgated, would not have a
significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities
under the criteria of the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
Environmental Review
This proposal will be subject to an environmental analysis in
accordance with FAA Order 1050.1F, ``Environmental Impacts: Policies
and Procedures'' prior to any FAA final regulatory action.
List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71
Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).
The Proposed Amendment
Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, the Federal
Aviation Administration proposes to amend 14 CFR part 71 as follows:
PART 71--DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, B, C, D, AND E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIR
TRAFFIC SERVICE ROUTES; AND REPORTING POINTS
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1. The authority citation for 14 CFR part 71 continues to read as
follows:
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 106(f), 106(g); 40103, 40113, 40120; E.O.
10854, 24 FR 9565, 3 CFR, 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389.
Sec. 71.1 [Amended]
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2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order 7400.11D,
Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 8, 2019, and
effective September 15, 2019, is amended as follows:
Paragraph 5000 Class D Airspace.
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ASW TX D Fort Worth, TX [Amended]
Fort Worth Spinks Airport, TX
(Lat. 32[deg]33'55'' N, long. 97[deg]18'30'' W)
That airspace extending upward from the surface up to but not
including 3,000 feet MSL within a 4.1-mile radius of Fort Worth
Spinks Airport, and within 1 mile each side of the 173[deg] bearing
from the airport extending from the 4.1-mile radius to 4.8 miles
south of the airport. This Class D airspace area is effective during
the specific dates and times established in advance by a Notice to
Airmen. The effective dates and times will thereafter be
continuously published in the Chart Supplement.
Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas Extending Upward From 700
Feet or More Above the Surface of the Earth.
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ASW TX E5 Dallas-Fort Worth, TX [Amended]
Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport, TX
(Lat. 32[deg]53'50'' N, long. 97[deg]02'16'' W)
McKinney National Airport, TX
(Lat. 33[deg]10'37'' N, long. 96[deg]35'20'' W)
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Ralph M. Hall/Rockwall Municipal Airport, TX
(Lat. 32[deg]55'50'' N, long. 96[deg]26'08'' W)
Mesquite Metro Airport, TX
(Lat. 32[deg]44'49'' N, long. 96[deg]31'50'' W)
Mesquite Metro: RWY 18-LOC
(Lat. 32[deg]44'03'' N, long. 96[deg]31'50'' W)
Lancaster Regional Airport, TX
(Lat. 32[deg]34'39'' N, long. 96[deg]43'03'' W)
Point of Origin
(Lat. 32[deg]51'57'' N, long. 97[deg]01'41'' W)
Fort Worth Spinks Airport, TX
(Lat. 32[deg]33'55'' N, long. 97[deg]18'30'' W)
Cleburne Regional Airport, TX
(Lat. 32[deg]21'14'' N, long. 97[deg]26'02'' W)
Bourland Field, TX
(Lat. 32[deg]34'55'' N, long. 97[deg]35'27'' W)
Granbury Regional Airport, TX
(lat. 32[deg]26'40'' N, long. 97[deg]49'01'' W)
Parker County Airport, TX
(Lat. 32[deg]44'47'' N, long. 97[deg]40'57'' W)
Bridgeport Municipal Airport, TX
(Lat. 33[deg]10'26'' N, long. 97[deg]49'42'' W)
Decatur Municipal Airport, TX
(Lat. 33[deg]15'15'' N, long. 97[deg]34'50'' W)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 30-mile radius of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport,
and within a 6.6-mile radius of McKinney National Airport, and
within 1.8 miles each side of the 002[deg] bearing from McKinney
National Airport extending from the 6.6-mile radius to 9.2 miles
north of the airport, and within a 6.3-mile radius of Ralph M. Hall/
Rockwall Municipal Airport, and within 1.6 miles each side of the
010[deg] bearing from Ralph M. Hall/Rockwall Municipal Airport
extending from the 6.3-mile radius to 10.8 miles north of the
airport, and within a 6.5-mile radius of Mesquite Metro Airport, and
within 4 miles west and 7.9 miles east of the 001[deg] bearing from
the Mesquite Metro: RWY 18-LOC extending from the 6.5-mile radius of
the Mesquite Metro Airport to 10 miles north of the Mesquite Metro:
RWY 18-LOC, and within a 6.6-mile radius of Lancaster Regional
Airport, and within 1.9 miles each side of the 140[deg] bearing from
Lancaster Regional Airport extending from the 6.6-mile radius to 9.2
miles southeast of the airport, and within 8 miles northeast and 4
miles southwest of the 144[deg] bearing from the Point of Origin
extending from the 30-mile radius of Dallas-Fort Worth International
Airport to 35 miles southeast of the Point of Origin, and within a
6.5-mile radius of Fort Worth Spinks Airport, and within 8 miles
east and 4 miles west of the 178[deg] bearing from Fort Worth Spinks
Airport extending from the 6.5-mile radius to 21 miles south of the
airport, and within a 6.9-mile radius of Cleburne Regional Airport,
and within 3.6 miles each side of the 292[deg] bearing from the
Cleburne Regional Airport extending from the 6.9-mile radius to 12.2
miles northwest of airport, and within a 6.5-mile radius of Bourland
Field, and within a 6.3-mile radius of Granbury Regional Airport,
and within a 6.3-mile radius of Parker County Airport, and within 8
miles east and 4 miles west of the 177[deg] bearing from Parker
County Airport extending from the 6.3-mile radius to 21.4 miles
south of the airport, and within a 6.3-mile radius of Bridgeport
Municipal Airport, and within 1.6 miles each side of the 040[deg]
bearing from Bridgeport Municipal Airport extending from the 6.3-
mile radius to 10.6 miles northeast of the airport, and within 4
miles each side of the 001[deg] bearing from Bridgeport Municipal
Airport extending from the 6.3-mile radius to 10.7 miles north of
the airport, and within a 6.3-mile radius of Decatur Municipal
Airport, and within 1.5 miles each side of the 263[deg] bearing from
Decatur Municipal Airport extending from the 6.3-mile radius to 9.2
miles west of the airport.
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ASW TX E5 Stephenville, TX [Amended]
Stephenville Clark Regional Airport, TX
(Lat. 32[deg]12'55'' N, long. 98[deg]10'40'' W)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 6.4-mile radius of Stephenville Clark Regional Airport, and
within 4 miles each side of the 329[deg] bearing from the airport
extending from the 6.4-mile radius to 10.5 miles northwest of the
airport.
Issued in Fort Worth, Texas, on January 22, 2020.
Steve Szukala,
Acting Manager, Operations Support Group, ATO Central Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2020-01587 Filed 1-29-20; 8:45 am]
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