60710 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 206 / Thursday, October 25, 2007 / Notices 

1 In accordance with 49 U.S.C. 41722, the FAA 

Acting Administrator and the Secretary of 

Transportation have determined that a scheduling 

reduction meeting is needed to address peak hour 

schedules that exceed capacity. The meeting will 

begin on October 23, 2007. Notice of the meeting 

was published in the Federal Register on October 

22, 2007. 

immediately upon issuance, it will also 

result in a cost savings. 

DATES: This cessation of printing and 

distribution of advisory circulars issued 

by the Aircraft Certification Service is 

effective October 1, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Roberta Katson, Acting Manager, 

Planning and Program Management 

Division, AIR–500, FAA, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591, phone: 202–

493–4633, e-mail: 

roberta.katson@faa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

In the past, the only way for the 

public to see advisory circulars issued 

by the Aircraft Certification Service was 

to receive a printed copy in the mail. 

The FAA provided means for anyone in 

the public to be placed on a mailing list 

to receive (or have the opportunity to 

purchase, if the advisory circular was 

larger than a certain size) copies of these 

documents. Technology now allows us 

to make advisory circulars immediately 

available to the public upon issuance, 

via an easily-accessible Web site, the 

Regulatory and Guidance Library, 

http://rgl.faa.gov. Because of the ease of 

access of this Web site, and because not 

printing our advisory circulars would be 

a cost-saving measure for the 

government, we decided to cease 

printing advisory circulars issued by the 

Aircraft Certification Service of the 

FAA, effective October 1, 2007. 

Issued in Washington, DC on October 15, 

2007. 

Dorenda D. Baker, 

Deputy Director, Aircraft Certification 

Service. 

[FR Doc. 07–5263 Filed 10–24–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

Federal Aviation Administration 

Notice of Airport Level Designation for 

John F. Kennedy International Airport 

for the Summer 2008 Scheduling 

Season 

AGENCY: Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA), Department of 

Transportation. 

ACTION: Notice of schedule coordination. 

SUMMARY: Under this notice, the FAA 

announces that New York’s John F. 

Kennedy International Airport (JFK) has 

been designated a Level 3 Coordinated 

Airport for the summer 2008 scheduling 

season in accordance with the 

International Air Transport Association 

(IATA) Worldwide Scheduling 

Guidelines. This notice supercedes the 

September 24, 2007, notice that 

designated JFK a Level 2 Schedules 

Facilitated Airport. 72 FR 54317. Based 

on a recently completed capacity 

analysis, a review of last summer’s 

demand, the projections for summer 

2008, and the agency’s decision to seek 

voluntary schedule reductions from 

domestic air carriers, the FAA has 

determined that a Level 3 airport 

declaration is warranted. The primary 

coordination constraint is runway/air 

traffic control capacity. 

JFK is experiencing increased 

congestion and delay. Comparing the 

period of October 2006 through July 

2007 to the same period in the previous 

year, the average daily operations at JFK 

increased 23 percent; the average daily 

arrivals with delays greater than one 

hour increased 114 percent; and on-time 

gate arrivals within 15 minutes of 

scheduled time decreased from 69.7 

percent to 61.2 percent. The average 

taxi-out delay increased 19 percent from 

30 to almost 36 minutes. On-time 

departures within 15 minutes of 

scheduled time declined from 74.7 

percent to 65.2 percent. Much of this 

delay is attributed to volume and is not 

likely to be entirely mitigated by shortterm air traffic control procedural 

enhancements, airport or airspace 

efficiency gains, or airport infrastructure 

changes. For example, from February 

2007 through July 2007, JFK’s average 

airport capacity was 81 operations per 

hour while demand during the busiest 

hour, 4 p.m., was over 110 scheduled 

arrivals and departures during summer 

2007. Adjacent hours had fewer 

scheduled flights but still above the 

average hourly capacity rate. 

Under a preliminary review of the 

schedule submissions for summer 2008, 

the FAA notes that there are proposed 

schedule increases by domestic carriers 

and foreign flag carriers. These 

proposed schedules will result in a 

significant increase of operations at JFK. 

While JFK has available capacity for 

additional flights during some periods 

of the day, certain hours are currently 

beyond capacity and would get only 

worse if the schedules were 

implemented as proposed. Thus, based 

on the level of congestion experienced 

this past summer season, the planned 

increases for next summer, and the 

decision to seek voluntary reductions of 

existing schedules from domestic 

operators through a scheduling 

reduction meeting,1 an immediate Level 

3 designation is warranted. 

The FAA has established a target of 80 

total operations per hour at JFK from 6 

a.m. through 9:59 p.m., local time, 

except for the hours between 3 p.m. and 

7:59 p.m., when the target will be 81 

total operations per hour. A copy of the 

notice including additional details of 

the FAA analyses and the airport’s 

capacity is available on the FAA Web 

site at http://www.faa.gov and in Docket 

No. FAA–2007–29320. 

Under this Level 3 designation, the 

FAA will accept the schedule 

information previously submitted to the 

FAA. The FAA will grant historic status 

for the operations of foreign flag air 

carriers based on their summer 2007 

flights if requested for summer 2008. 

For domestic air carriers, the base level 

of operations, both international and 

domestic, will be determined as part of 

the scheduling reduction meeting 

process. The FAA will continue to seek 

voluntary solutions to accommodate 

flight requests but overall demand must 

be within the airport’s practical capacity 

if there is to be a successful reduction 

of delays. Carriers with new flights 

planned for peak hours should consider 

alternative schedules, especially for 

those planned in the late afternoon and 

evening hours. 

ADDRESSES: Any change to schedule 

information for summer 2008 may be 

submitted by mail to Slot 

Administration Office, AGC–240, Office 

of the Chief Counsel, 800 Independence 

Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20591; 

facsimile: 202–267–7277; ARINC: 

DCAYAXD; or by e-mail to: 7-AWAslotadmin@faa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Komal K. Jain, Regulations Division, 

Office of the Chief Counsel, Federal 

Aviation Administration, 800 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20591; telephone 

number: 202–267–3073. 

Issued in Washington, DC on October 19, 

2007. 

Rebecca B. MacPherson, 

Assistant Chief Counsel for Regulations. 

[FR Doc. 07–5269 Filed 10–22–07; 9:30 am] 

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