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FAA's ATL Class B Airspace Proposal
FAA's ATL Class B Airspace Proposal
FAA's ATL Class B Airspace Proposal
Proposal
• Upside down
Wedding Cake?
What is Class B Airspace?
• Pretty Simple
Concept
ALT’s Class B Airspace
Where did the simplicity go?
Airspace Change Procedures
Required by various Federal Regulations
• Process
– FAA asks local aviation officials (GDOT) to form an Ad Hoc
Committee of local users to discuss
– Ad Hoc Committee meets and provides comments
• FAA reviews comments
– FAA holds public meetings (why we are here) to solicit public
comments
• FAA reviews public comments
– FAA publishes proposed rule making action in Federal Register –
Again solicits comments
– FAA publishes final rule and adopts change
ATL Airspace Proposal
• History
– At the FAA’s request GDOT created Ad
Hoc Committee Jan. 09
– Ad Hoc Committee met 3 times
• Jan 09 – Mar 09
– Ad Hoc Committee provided comments
• PDK comments attached
– FAA announced Public Meetings
• Federal Register announcement attached
Jets at 12,000
Atlanta Props at
West
Operation
Jets at 12,000
11,000
Arrival Arrival Routes Jets at 13,000
Jets at
Routes 14,000
Props at
9,000
RNAV Routes
RNAV /
Non RNAV
Routes
Jets at
Jets at 14,000
12,000 Props
Props at
at 8,000
11,000
Comparison
Change This To This
Important Differences
• Admin note:
– Take out last page of
handout.
• Existing
– Outer ring 35 miles • Proposed
– 12 Mile line – Outer ring 30 miles
– Altitude directly above – 15 mile line
PDK – 8,000 ft – Altitude directly above
– Altitude immediately PDK – 5,000 ft
south of PDK – 6,000 ft – Altitude immediately
south of PDK – 5,000 ft
– Altitude immediately – Altitude immediately
north of PDK – 8,000 ft. north of PDK – 7,000 ft.