Document ID: FAA-2019-1030-0001
Agency: faa
Document Type: Proposed Rule
Title: Amendment of Class D and E Airspace: Dallas-Fort Worth, Fort Worth, and Stephenville, TX
Posted Date: 2020-01-30T05:00Z

[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 fedreg.legal@nara.gov 
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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