[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 240 (Friday, December 17, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 71597-71600]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-27210]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2021-0941; Airspace Docket No. 21-ASO-31]
RIN 2120-AA66
Proposed Amendment of Class D, Class E, and Establishment of
Class E Airspace; Atlanta, GA Area
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).
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SUMMARY: This action proposes to amend Class D airspace, Class E
surface airspace, Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above
the surface, and establish Class E Airspace Designated as an Extension
to a Class D Surface Area in the Atlanta, GA area. This action would
replace the Atlanta VORTAC (Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range
Collocated Tactical Air Navigation) with the term Point of Origin. This
action would update several airport names and geographic coordinates.
This action would also make an editorial change replacing the term
Airport/Facility Directory with the term Chart Supplement in the legal
descriptions of associated Class D and E airspace. Controlled airspace
is necessary for the safety and management of instrument flight rules
(IFR) operations in the area.
DATES: Comments must be received on or before January 31, 2022.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to: The U.S. Department of
Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590-0001;
Telephone: (800) 647-5527, or (202) 366-9826. You must identify the
Docket No. FAA-2021-0941; Airspace Docket No. 21-ASO-31 at the
beginning of your comments. You may also submit comments through the
internet at https://www.regulations.gov.
FAA Order JO 7400.11F, 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. FAA Order JO 7400.11F is also available for inspection at the
National Archives and Records Administration (NARA). For information on
the availability of FAA Order JO 7400.11F at NARA, email
[email protected] or go to https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John Goodson, Operations Support
Group, Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration, 1701
Columbia Avenue, College Park, GA 30337; Telephone (404) 305-5966.
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 airspace in the Atlanta, GA area to support IFR
operations in the area.
Comments Invited
Interested persons are invited to comment on 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 (Docket No. FAA-
2021-0941 and Airspace Docket No. 21-ASO-31) and be submitted in
triplicate to DOT Docket Operations (see ADDRESSES section for the
address and phone number). You may also submit comments through the
internet at https://www.regulations.gov.
Persons wishing the FAA to acknowledge receipt of their comments
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on this action must submit with those comments a self-addressed stamped
postcard on which the following statement is made: ``Comments to FAA
Docket No. FAA-2021-0941; Airspace Docket No. 21-ASO-31.'' 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 document may be changed in light of the
comments received. All comments submitted will be available for
examination in the public docket both before and after the comment
closing date. 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 https://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 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 between 8:00 a.m. and
4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, except federal holidays, at the
office of the Eastern Service Center, Federal Aviation Administration,
Room 350, 1701 Columbia Avenue, College Park, GA 30337.
Availability and Summary of Documents for Incorporation by Reference
This document proposes to amend FAA Order JO 7400.11F, Airspace
Designations and Reporting Points, dated August 10, 2021, and effective
September 15, 2021. FAA Order JO 7400.11F is publicly available as
listed in the ADDRESSES section of this document. FAA Order JO 7400.11F
lists Class A, B, C, D, and E airspace areas, air traffic service
routes, and reporting points.
The Proposal
The FAA proposes an amendment to 14 CFR part 71 to amend Class D
airspace, Class E surface airspace, and Class E airspace extending
upward from 700 feet above the surface, and establish Class E Airspace
Designated as an Extension to Class D airspace at the following
airports:
The Dekalb-Peachtree Airport Class D airspace would be amended by
removing unnecessary verbiage from the descriptor header, updating the
geographical coordinates of the airport to coincide with the FAA's
database, and replacing the outdated term Airport/Facility Directory
with the term Chart Supplement in the airport description;
The Fulton County Executive Airport/Charlie Brown Field (formerly
Atlanta, Fulton County Airport-Brown Field) Class D airspace would be
amended by removing unnecessary verbiage from the descriptor header and
updating the airport's name. Dobbins ARB Class D airspace would be
amended by updating the geographical coordinates of the ARB to coincide
with the FAA's database;
The Cobb County International Airport-McCollum Field (formerly Cobb
County-McCollum Field) Class D airspace would be amended by removing
unnecessary verbiage from the descriptor header, updating the airport's
name, and updating the geographical coordinates of the airport to
coincide with the FAA's database. Dobbins ARB (formerly Dobbins ARB/NAS
Atlanta) Class D airspace would be amended by updating the ARB's name
and updating the geographical coordinates of the ARB to coincide with
the FAA's database. This action would also replace the outdated term
Airport/Facility Directory with the term Chart Supplement in the
airport description;
The Dobbins ARB (formerly Dobbins ARB/NAS Atlanta) Class D airspace
would be amended by removing unnecessary verbiage from the descriptor
header, updating the ARB's name, and updating the geographical
coordinates of the ARB to coincide with the FAA's database. Cobb County
International Airport-McCollum Field (formerly Cobb County-McCollum
Field) Class D airspace would be amended by updating the airport's name
and updating the geographical coordinates of the airport to coincide
with the FAA's database. Fulton County Executive Airport/Charlie Brown
Field (formerly Atlanta, Fulton County Airport-Brown Field) Class D
airspace would be amended by updating the airport's name. This action
would also replace the outdated term Airport/Facility Directory with
the term Chart Supplement in the airport description;
The Dekalb-Peachtree Airport Class E surface airspace would be
amended by removing unnecessary verbiage from the descriptor header,
updating the geographical coordinates of the airport to coincide with
the FAA's database, and removing unnecessary verbiage in the
description;
The Dekalb-Peachtree Airport Class E Airspace Designated as an
Extension to a Class D Surface Area would be established by adding that
airspace extending upward from the surface within 1 mile each side of
the Dekalb-Peachtree Airport 206[deg] and 021[deg] bearings from the
airport, extending from the 4-mile radius of Dekalb-Peachtree Airport
to 7.7 miles southwest and northeast of the airport;
The Fulton County Executive Airport/Charlie Brown Field Class E
Airspace Designated as an Extension to a Class D Surface Area would be
established by adding that airspace extending upward from the surface
within 1 mile each side of the Fulton County Executive Airport/Charlie
Brown Field 260[deg] and 080[deg] bearings from the airport, extending
from the 4-mile radius of Fulton County Executive Airport/Charlie Brown
Field to 7.2 miles west and east of the airport.
The Cobb County International Airport-McCollum Field Class E
Airspace Designated as an Extension to a Class D Surface Area would be
established by adding that airspace extending upward from the surface
from the 4-mile radius of the Cobb County International Airport-
McCollum Field to the 8.4-mile radius of the airport; clockwise from
the 255[deg] bearing to the 303[deg] bearing from the airport and
within 1 mile each side of the Cobb County International Airport-
McCollum Field 089[deg] bearing extending from the 4-mile radius to 8.4
miles east of the airport excluding that portion within the Dobbins
ARB, Class D airspace area.
The Atlanta, GA Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet
above the surface would be amended by updating the name of Hartsfield-
Jackson Atlanta International Airport (formerly Atlanta, The William B.
Hartsfield Atlanta International Airport) and updating the geographical
coordinates of the airport to coincide with the FAA's database. Dobbins
ARB Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
would be amended by updating the ARB's name (formerly Dobbins AFB) and
updating the geographical coordinates of the airport to coincide with
the FAA's database. Fulton County Executive Airport/Charlie Brown Field
Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface would
be amended by updating the airport's name (formerly Fulton County
Airport-Brown Field) and increasing the radius to 9.7 miles (formerly 5
miles). Cobb County International Airport-McCollum Field
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Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface would
be amended by updating the airport's name (formerly Cobb Co-McCollum
Field), updating the geographical coordinates of the airport to
coincide with the FAA's database, and increasing the radius to 10.9
miles (formerly 7 miles). Dekalb-Peachtree Airport Class E airspace
extending upward from 700 feet above the surface would be amended by
updating the geographical coordinates of the airport to coincide with
the FAA's database and increasing the radius to 10.2 miles (formerly 7
miles). The Atlanta VORTAC would be replaced by the term Point of
Origin and the geographical coordinates would be updated to coincide
with the FAA's database.
Controlled airspace is necessary for the safety and management of
instrument flight rules (IFR) operations in the area.
Class D and Class E airspace designations are published in
Paragraphs 5000, 6002, 6004, and 6005, respectively, of FAA Order JO
7400.11F, dated August 10, 2021, and effective September 15, 2021,
which is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class D and
Class E airspace designations listed in this document would be
published subsequently in FAA Order JO 7400.11.
FAA Order JO 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 proposed regulation only involves
an established body of technical regulations for which frequent and
routine amendments are necessary to keep them operationally current.
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 proposed rule, when promulgated, will 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.
Lists of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71
Airspace, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).
The Proposed Amendment
In consideration of the foregoing, 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 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 Federal Aviation
Administration Order 7400.11F, Airspace Designations and Reporting
Points, dated August 10, 2021, and effective September 15, 2021, is
amended as follows:
Paragraph 5000 Class D Airspace.
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ASO GA D Atlanta, GA [Amended]
DeKalb-Peachtree Airport, GA
(Lat. 33[deg]52'34'' N, long. 84[deg]18'07'' W)
That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including
3,500 feet MSL within a 4-mile radius of DeKalb-Peachtree Airport.
This Class D airspace area is effective during the specific dates
and times established in advance by a Notice to Airmen. The
effective date and time will thereafter be continuously published in
the Chart Supplement.
ASO GA D Atlanta, GA [Amended]
Fulton County Executive Airport/Charlie Brown Field, GA
(Lat. 33[deg]46'45'' N, long. 84[deg]31'17'' W)
Dobbins ARB
(Lat. 33[deg]54'52'' N, long. 84[deg]30'51'' W)
That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including
3,300 feet MSL within a 4-mile radius of Fulton County Executive
Airport/Charlie Brown Field; excluding the portion north of a line
connecting the 2 points of intersection with a 5.5-mile radius
circle centered on Dobbins ARB.
ASO GA D Marietta, GA [Amended]
Cobb County International Airport-McCollum Field, GA
(Lat. 34[deg]00'47'' N, long. 84[deg]35'49'' W)
Dobbins ARB
(Lat. 33[deg]54'52'' N, long. 84[deg]30'51'' W)
That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including
3,500 feet MSL within a 4-mile radius of Cobb County International
Airport-McCollum Field, GA, excluding that airspace southeast of a
line connecting the 2 points of intersection with a 5.5-mile radius
centered on Dobbins ARB. This Class D airspace area is effective
during the specific dates and times established in advance by a
Notice to Airmen. The effective date and time will thereafter be
continuously published in the Chart Supplement.
ASO GA D Marietta, GA [Amended]
Dobbins ARB, GA
(Lat. 33[deg]54'52'' N, long. 84[deg]30'51'' W)
Cobb County International Airport-McCollum Field
(Lat. 34[deg]00'47'' N, long. 84[deg]35'49'' W)
Fulton County Executive Airport/Charlie Brown Field
(Lat. 33[deg]46'45'' N, long. 84[deg]31'17'' W)
That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including
3,600 feet MSL within a 5.5-mile radius of Dobbins ARB and within
1.7 miles each side of the 289[deg] bearing and the 109[deg] bearing
from the Dobbins ARB, extending from the 5.5-mile radius to 6.9
miles east and west of the airport; excluding that airspace
northwest of a line connecting the 2 points of intersection with a
4-mile radius centered on Cobb County International Airport-McCollum
Field, and the 5.5-mile radius of Dobbins ARB, and also excluding
that airspace south of a line connecting the 2 points of
intersection with the 4-mile radius centered on Fulton County
Executive Airport/Charlie Brown Field. This Class D airspace area is
effective during the specific dates and times established in advance
by a Notice to Airmen. The effective date and time will thereafter
be continuously published in the Chart Supplement.
Paragraph 6002 Class E Surface Airspace.
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ASO GA E2 Atlanta [Amended]
Dekalb-Peachtree Airport, GA
(Lat. 33[deg]52'34'' N, long. 84[deg]18'07'' W)
That airspace within a 4-mile radius of the Dekalb-Peachtree
Airport.
Paragraph 6004 Class E Airspace Designated as an Extension to Class
D.
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ASO GA E4 Atlanta [New]
Dekalb-Peachtree Airport, GA
(Lat. 33[deg]52'34'' N, long. 84[deg]18'07'' W)
That airspace extending upward from the surface within 1 mile
each side of the Dekalb-Peachtree Airport 206[deg] and 021[deg]
bearings from the airport, extending from the 4-mile radius of
Dekalb-Peachtree Airport to 7.7 miles southwest and northeast of the
airport.
ASO GA E4 Atlanta, GA [New]
Fulton County Executive Airport/Charlie Brown Field, GA
(Lat. 33[deg]46'45'' N, long. 84[deg]31'17'' W)
That airspace extending upward from the surface within 1 mile
each side of the Fulton County Executive Airport/Charlie Brown Field
260[deg] and 080[deg] bearings from the airport, extending from the
4-mile radius of Fulton County Executive Airport/Charlie Brown Field
to 7.2 miles west and east of the airport.
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ASO GA E4 Marietta, GA [New]
Cobb County International Airport-McCollum Field, GA
(Lat. 34[deg]00'47'' N, long. 84[deg]35'49'' W)
That airspace extending upward from the surface from the 4-mile
radius of the Cobb County International Airport-McCollum Field to
the 8.4-mile radius of the airport; clockwise from the 255[deg]
bearing to the 303[deg] bearing from the airport and within 1 mile
each side of the Cobb County International Airport-McCollum Field
089[deg] bearing extending from the 4-mile radius to 8.4 miles east
of the airport excluding that portion within the Dobbins ARB, GA
Class D airspace area.
Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas Extending Upward From 700
Feet or More Above the Surface of the Earth.
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ASO GA E5 Atlanta, GA [Amended]
Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport, GA
(Lat. 33[deg]38'12'' N, long. 84[deg]25'40'' W)
Dobbins ARB
(Lat. 33[deg]54'52'' N, long. 84[deg]30'51'' W)
Fulton County Executive Airport/Charlie Brown Field
(Lat. 33[deg]46'45'' N, long. 84[deg]31'17'' W)
Cobb County International Airport-McCollum Field
(Lat. 34[deg]00'47'' N, long. 84[deg]35'49'' W)
Dekalb-Peachtree Airport
(Lat. 33[deg]52'34'' N, long. 84[deg]18'07'' W)
Point of Origin
(Lat. 33[deg]37'45'' N, long. 84[deg]26'06'' W)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 12-mile radius of the Point of Origin and within a 9.7-mile
radius of Fulton County Executive Airport/Charlie Brown Field and
within an 8-mile radius of Dobbins ARB and within a 10.9-mile radius
of Cobb County International Airport-McCollum Field, and within a
10.2-mile radius of Dekalb-Peachtree Airport.
Issued in College Park, Georgia, on December 10, 2021.
Andreese C. Davis,
Manager, Airspace & Procedures Team South, Eastern Service Center, Air
Traffic Organization.
[FR Doc. 2021-27210 Filed 12-16-21; 8:45 am]
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