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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

14 CFR Part 71 

[Docket No. FAA–2022–0712; Airspace 

Docket No. 22–ACE–1] 

RIN 2120–AA66 

Proposed Amendment and Revocation 

of Multiple Air Traffic Service (ATS) 

Routes; Establishment of Area 

Navigation (RNAV) Route; and 

Revocation of the Pawnee City, NE, 

Low Altitude Reporting Point in the 

Vicinity of Pawnee City, NE 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), DOT. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking 

(NPRM). 

SUMMARY: This action proposes to 

amend Jet Route J–64; amend VHF 

Omnidirectional Range (VOR) Federal 

airways V–50, V–71, V–216, and V–307; 

amend Area Navigation (RNAV) route 

T–286; establish RNAV route T–468; 

and revoke J–130, J–192, V–553, and the 

Pawnee City, NE, low altitude reporting 

point. The FAA is proposing this action 

due to the planned decommissioning of 

the VOR portion of the Pawnee City, NE, 

VOR/Tactical Air Navigation (VORTAC) 

navigational aid (NAVAID). The Pawnee 

City VOR is being decommissioned in 

support of the FAA’s VOR Minimum 

Operational Network (MON) program. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before July 25, 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; telephone: 

1(800) 647–5527, or (202) 366–9826. 

You must identify FAA Docket No. 

FAA–2022–0712; Airspace Docket No. 

22–ACE–1 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 Rules 

and Regulations Group, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267–8783. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Colby Abbott, Rules and Regulations 

Group, Office of Policy, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 

DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267–8783. 

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 the 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 

modify the National Airspace System 

(NAS) as necessary to preserve the safe 

and efficient flow of air traffic. 

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 (FAA Docket No. FAA– 

2022–0712 Airspace; Docket No. 22– 

ACE–1) and be submitted in triplicate to 

the Docket Management Facility (see 

ADDRESSES section for address and 

phone number). You may also submit 

comments through the internet at 

https://www.regulations.gov. 

Commenters wishing the FAA to 

acknowledge receipt of their comments 

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–2022–0712; Airspace 

Docket No. 22–ACE–1.’’ The postcard 

will be date/time stamped and returned 

to the commenter. 

All communications received on or 

before the specified comment closing 

date will be considered before taking 

action on the proposed rule. The 

proposal contained in this action may 

be changed in light of 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 

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 during 

normal business hours at the office of 

the Operations Support Group, Central 

Service Center, Federal Aviation 

Administration, 10101 Hillwood 

Parkway, Fort Worth, TX 76177. 

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. 

Background 

The FAA is planning to 

decommission the Pawnee City, NE, 

VOR in February 2023. The Pawnee City 

VOR was one of the candidate VORs 

identified for discontinuance by the 

FAA’s VOR MON program and listed in 

the Final policy statement notice, 

‘‘Provision of Navigation Services for 

the Next Generation Air Transportation 

System (NextGen) Transition to 

Performance-Based Navigation (PBN) 

(Plan for Establishing a VOR Minimum 

Operational Network),’’ published in the 

Federal Register of July 26, 2016 (81 FR 

48694), Docket No. FAA–2011–1082. 

Although the VOR portion of the 

Pawnee City, NE, VORTAC is planned 

for decommissioning, the co-located 

Distance Measuring Equipment (DME) 

portion of the NAVAID is being retained 

to support NextGen PBN flight 

procedure requirements. 

The air traffic service (ATS) routes 

effected by the Pawnee City VOR 


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decommissioning are Jet Routes J–64, 

J–130, and J–192; VOR Federal airways 

V–50, V–71, V–216, V–307, and V–553; 

and RNAV route T–286. With the 

planned decommissioning of the 

Pawnee City VOR, the remaining 

ground-based NAVAID coverage in the 

area is insufficient to enable the 

continuity of the affected ATS routes. 

As such, proposed modifications to 

J–64, V–71, and V–216 would result in 

a gap being created in the ATS routes; 

to V–50 and V–307 would result in the 

airways being shortened; and to T–286 

would result in one route point being 

changed and one route point being 

removed from the description, without 

affecting the route structure. 

Additionally, proposed actions to J–130, 

J–192, V–553, and the Pawnee City, NE, 

low altitude reporting point would 

result in the ATS routes and low 

altitude reporting point being revoked. 

To overcome the proposed 

modifications and revocations to the 

affected ATS routes, instrument flight 

rules (IFR) traffic could use portions of 

adjacent ATS routes, including Jet 

Routes J–21, J–25, J–41, J–60, J–80, and 

J–146 in the high altitude enroute 

structure and V–77, V–159, and V–532 

in the low altitude enroute structure, or 

receive air traffic control (ATC) radar 

vectors to fly around or through the 

affected area. Pilots equipped with 

RNAV capabilities could also navigate 

using Q–90 and Q–136 in the high 

altitude enroute structure; T–286, 

T–411, or T–468 being established in 

the low altitude enroute structure; or 

point to point using the existing 

NAVAIDs and fixes that would remain 

in place to support continued 

operations though the affected area. 

Visual flight rules (VFR) pilots who 

elect to navigate via the affected ATS 

routes could also take advantage of the 

adjacent ATS routes or ATC services 

listed previously. 

Additionally, the FAA proposes to 

amend the T–286 RNAV route by 

replacing the Pawnee City, NE, 

VORTAC with a waypoint (WP) being 

established in close proximity of the 

Pawnee City VORTAC, as well as 

removing an unnecessary fix from the 

route description, and extending the 

existing T–286 RNAV route northward 

to the FONIA, ND, Fix. 

The FAA also proposes to establish 

RNAV route T–468 between the Hill 

City, KS, VORTAC and the LEWRP, MO, 

WP located near the Kirksville, MO, 

area. The new T-route would, in part, 

mitigate the proposed removal of the 

V–216 airway segment affected by the 

planned Pawnee City VOR 

decommissioning, reduce ATC sector 

workload and complexity, and reduce 

pilot-to-controller communication. The 

new T-route also would provide RNAV 

equipped aircraft an ATS route 

alternative and support the FAA’s 

NextGen efforts to modernize the NAS 

navigation system from a ground-based 

system to a satellite-based system. 

Finally, the Pawnee City, NE, low 

altitude reporting point would no longer 

be required by ATC after the Pawnee 

City VOR is decommissioned and the 

proposed route amendments 

implemented; hence, the reporting point 

is proposed to be removed as well. 

The Proposal 

The FAA is proposing an amendment 

to 14 CFR part 71 to amend Jet Route 

J–64; amend VOR Federal airways V–50, 

V–71, V–216, and V–307; amend RNAV 

route T–286; establish RNAV route 

T–468; and revoke J–130, J–192, V–553, 

and the Pawnee City, NE, low altitude 

reporting point. The ATS route and 

reporting point amendments and 

revocations are due to the planned 

decommissioning of the Pawnee City, 

NE, VOR. The proposed ATS route and 

low altitude reporting point actions are 

described below. 

J–64: J–64 currently extends between 

the Los Angeles, CA, VORTAC and the 

intersection of the Ravine, PA, VORTAC 

102° and Lancaster, PA, VOR/Distance 

Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME) 044° 

radials (SARAA Fix). The FAA proposes 

to remove the route segment overlying 

the Pawnee City, NE, VORTAC between 

the Hill City, KS, VORTAC and the 

Lamoni, IA, VOR/DME. The unaffected 

portions of the existing route would 

remain as charted. 

J–130: J–130 currently extends 

between the Mc Cook, NE, VOR/DME 

and the Pawnee City, NE, VORTAC. The 

FAA proposes to remove the route in its 

entirety. 

J–192: J–192 currently extends 

between the Goodland, KS, VORTAC 

and the Iowa City, IA, VOR/DME. The 

FAA proposes to remove the route in its 

entirety. 

V–50: V–50 currently extends 

between the Hastings, NE, VOR/DME 

and the Dayton, OH, VOR/DME. The 

FAA proposes to remove the airway 

segment overlying the Pawnee City 

VORTAC between the Hastings, NE, 

VOR/DME and the St Joseph, MO, 

VORTAC. The unaffected portions of 

the existing airway would remain as 

charted. 

V–71: V–71 currently extends 

between the Fighting Tiger, LA, 

VORTAC and the O’Neill, NE, VORTAC; 

and between the Pierre, SD, VORTAC 

and the Williston, ND, VOR/DME. The 

FAA proposes to remove the airway 

segment overlying the Pawnee City 

VORTAC between the Topeka, KS, 

VORTAC and the Lincoln, NE, 

VORTAC. The unaffected portions of 

the existing airway would remain as 

charted. 

V–216: V–216 currently extends 

between the Lamar, CO, VOR/DME and 

the Janesville, WI, VOR/DME. The FAA 

proposes to remove the airway segment 

overlying the Pawnee City VORTAC 

between the Mankato, KS, VORTAC and 

the Lamoni, IA, VOR/DME. The 

unaffected portions of the existing 

airway would remain as charted. 

V–307: V–307 currently extends 

between the Chanute, KS, VORTAC and 

the Omaha, IA, VORTAC. The FAA 

proposes to remove the airway segment 

overlying the Pawnee City VORTAC 

between the Emporia, KS, VORTAC and 

the Omaha, IA, VORTAC. The 

unaffected portion of the existing airway 

would remain as charted. 

V–553: V–553 currently extends 

between the Salina, KS, VORTAC and 

the Pawnee City, KS, VORTAC. The 

FAA proposes to remove the airway in 

its entirety. 

T–286: T–286 currently extends 

between the Rapid City, SD, VORTAC 

and the BOWLR, KS, Fix. The FAA 

proposes to replace the Pawnee City, 

NE, VORTAC with the HTHWY, NE, WP 

being established in close proximity of 

the Pawnee City VORTAC; remove the 

EFFEX, NE, Fix from the route 

description since it does not denote a 

route turn point; and extend the route 

northward to the FONIA, ND, Fix via 

the JELRO, SD, Fix and the Dickenson, 

ND, VORTAC. The amended route 

would provide RNAV routing between 

the Williston, ND, area and the 

Atchison, KS, area. The full RNAV Troute description is listed in ‘‘The 

Proposed Amendment’’ section, below. 

T–468: T–468 is a new RNAV route 

proposed to extend between the Hill 

City, KS, VORTAC and the LEWRP, MO, 

WP. This new T-route would provide 

RNAV routing from the Hill City, KS, 

area eastward to the Kirksville, MO, area 

via the KNSAS, KS, WP being 

established and the Lamoni, IA, VOR/ 

DME. The full RNAV T-route 

description is listed in ‘‘The Proposed 

Amendment’’ section, below. 

Pawnee City, NE: The FAA proposes 

to remove the Pawnee City, NE, low 

altitude reporting point as it would no 

longer be required by ATC as a result of 

the Pawnee City VOR being 

decommissioned. 

All NAVAID radials listed in the ATS 

route descriptions below are unchanged 

and stated in True degrees. 

Jet Routes are published in paragraph 

2004, VOR Federal airways are 

published in paragraph 6010(a), RNAV 


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T-routes are published in paragraph 

6011, and Domestic Low Altitude 

Reporting Points are published in 

paragraph 7001 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 ATS routes and reporting 

point 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 Department of 

Transportation (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. 

List 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 

■ 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. 

§ 71.1 [Amended] 

■ 2. The incorporation by reference in 

14 CFR 71.1 of FAA Order JO 7400.11F, 

Airspace Designations and Reporting 

Points, dated August 10, 2021, and 

effective September 15, 2021, is 

amended as follows: 

Paragraph 2004 Jet Routes. 

* * * * * 

J–64 [Amended] 

From Los Angeles, CA; INT Los Angeles 

083° and Hector, CA, 226° radials; Hector; 

Peach Springs, AZ; Tuba City, AZ; 

Rattlesnake, NM; Pueblo, CO; to Hill City, 

KS. From Lamoni, IA; Bradford, IL; INT 

Bradford 089° and Fort Wayne, IN, 280° 

radials; Fort Wayne; Ellwood City, PA; 

Ravine, PA; to INT Ravine 102° and 

Lancaster, PA, 044° radials. 

* * * * * 

J–130 [Removed] 

* * * * * 

J–192 [Removed] 

* * * * * 

Paragraph 6010(a) Domestic VOR Federal 

Airways. 

* * * * * 

V–50 [Amended] 

From St. Joseph, MO; Kirksville, MO; 

Quincy, IL; Spinner, IL; Adders, IL; Terre 

Haute, IN; Brickyard, IN; to Dayton, OH. 

* * * * * 

V–71 [Amended] 

From Fighting Tiger, LA; Natchez, MS; 

Monroe, LA; El Dorado, AR; Hot Springs, AR; 

INT Hot Springs 358° and Harrison, AR, 176° 

radials; Harrison; Springfield, MO; Butler, 

MO; to Topeka, KS. From Lincoln, NE; 

Columbus, NE; to O’Neill, NE. From Pierre, 

SD; Bismarck, ND; to Williston, ND. 

* * * * * 

V–216 [Amended] 

From Lamar, CO; Hill City, KS; to Mankato, 

KS. From Lamoni, IA; Ottumwa, IA; Iowa 

City, IA; INT Iowa City 062° and Janesville, 

WI, 240° radials; to Janesville. 

* * * * * 

V–307 [Amended] 

From Chanute, KS; to Emporia, KS. 

* * * * * 

V–553 [Removed] 

* * * * * 

Paragraph 6011 United States Area 

Navigation Routes. 

* * * * * 

T–286 FONIA, ND TO BOWLR, KS [AMENDED] 

FONIA, ND FIX (Lat. 48°15′35.07′′ N, long. 103°10′37.54′′ W) 

Dickinson, ND (DIK) VORTAC (Lat. 46°51′36.14′′ N, long. 102°46′24.60′′ W) 

JELRO, SD FIX (Lat. 45°48′43.83′′ N, long. 102°51′46.96′′ W) 

Rapid City, SD (RAP) VORTAC (Lat. 43°58′33.74′′ N, long. 103°00′44.38′′ W) 

Gordon, NE (GRN) NDB (Lat. 42°48′03.90′′ N, long. 102°10′45.82′′ W) 

Thedford, NE (TDD) VOR/DME (Lat. 41°58′53.99′′ N, long. 100°43′08.52′′ W) 

BOKKI, NE FIX (Lat. 41°39′54.99′′ N, long. 099°52′17.00′′ W) 

Grand Island, NE (GRI) VOR/DME (Lat. 40°59′02.50′′ N, long. 098°18′53.20′′ W) 

HTHWY, NE WP (Lat. 40°12′01.96′′ N, long. 096°12′22.51′′ W) 

Robinson, KS (RBA) DME (Lat. 39°51′03.00′′ N, long. 095°25′23.00′′ W) 

BOWLR, KS FIX (Lat. 39°37′21.29′′ N, long. 095°11′00.26′′ W) 

*******

T–468 HILL CITY, KS (HLC) TO LEWRP, MO [NEW] 

Hill City, KS (HLC) VORTAC (Lat. 39°15′31.49′′ N, long. 100°13′33.06′′ W) 

KNSAS, KS WP (Lat. 39°48′22.62′′ N, long. 098°15′36.62′′ W) 

Lamoni, IA (LMN) VOR/DME (Lat. 40°35′48.35′′ N, long. 093°58′03.33′′ W) 

LEWRP, MO WP (Lat. 40°08′06.06′′ N, long. 092°35′30.15′′ W) 

Paragraph 7001 Domestic Low Altitude 

Reporting Points. 

* * * * * 

Pawnee City, NE [Removed] 

* * * * * 

Issued in Washington, DC, on June 3, 2022. 

Scott M. Rosenbloom, 

Manager, Airspace Rules and Regulations. 

[FR Doc. 2022–12322 Filed 6–8–22; 8:45 am] 

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