[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 209 (Wednesday, October 29, 1997)]
[Rules and Regulations]
[Pages 56068-56069]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-28601]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 97-AEA-32]


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 
Global Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures 
(SIAP) to Runway (RWY) 19 and RWY 01 at Flying W Airport, Lumberton, 
NJ, 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 RWY 19 SIAP and the GPS RWY 
01 SIAP to Flying W Airport at Lumberton, NJ.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 UTC, January 1, 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 August 22, 1997, the FAA proposed to amend 14 CFR Part 71 to 
amend the Class E airspace at Wrightstown, NJ (62 FR 44605). A GPS RWY 
19 SIAP and a GPS RWY 01 SIAP developed for Flying W Airpoort, 
Lumberton, NJ, requires the amendment of the Class E airspace at 
Wrightstown, NJ. The proposal would amend controlled airspace extending 
upward from 700 feet AGL to contain IFR operations in controlled 
airspace during portions of the terminal operation 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 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 Rule

    This amendment to 14 CFR Part 71 amends Class E airspace at 
Wrightstown, NJ, to provide controlled

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airspace extending upward from 700 feet AGL for aircraft executing the 
GPS RWY 19 SIAP and GPS RWY 01 SIAP to Flying W 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 AEA 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, 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.)
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 form 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 form 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 a 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, Vincetown, NJ, Old 
Bridge, NJ, Matawan, NJ, and North Philadelphia, PA, Class E 
airspace areas.
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    Issued in Jamaica, New York on October 7, 1997.
Franklin D. Hatfield,
Manager, Air Traffic Division, Eastern Region.
[FR Doc. 97-28601 Filed 10-28-97; 8:45 am]
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