[Federal Register: December 9, 2003 (Volume 68, Number 236)]
[Rules and Regulations]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2003-16081-; Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-73]
Modification of Class E Airspace; Kingman, KS
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Direct final rule; request for comments.
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SUMMARY: Kingman Municipal Airport, Kingman, KS, has been renamed
Kingman Airport--Clyde Cessna Field. Area Navigation (RNAV) Global
Positioning System (GPS) Standard Instrument Approach Procedrues
(SIAPs) have been developed to serve Kingman Airport--Clyde Cessna
Field. Also, an existing SIAP serving Kingman Airport--Clyde Cessna
Field has been amended. An examination of controlled airspace for
Kingman, KS revealed discrepancies in the legal description of the
Class E airspace area.
This action modifies the Kingma, KS Class E airspace area, replaces
``Kingman Municipal Airport'' in the legal description of Kingman, KS
Class E airspace area with ``Kingman Airport--Clyde Cessna Field,''
provides controlled airspace of appropriate dimensions to protect
aircraft executing SIAPs to Kingman Airport--Clyde Cessna Field and
brings the Class E airspace area and legal description into compliance
with FAA Orders.
DATES: This direct final rule is effective on 0901 UTC, April 15, 2004.
Comments for inclusion in the Rules Docket must be received on or
before January 14, 2004.
ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the Docket Management
System, U.S. Department of Transportation, Room Plaza 401, 400 Seventh
Street, SW., Washington, DC 20590-0001. You must identify the docket
number FAA-2003-16081/Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-73, at the beginning
of your comments. You may also submit comments on the Internet at
http://www.dms.dot.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 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday,
except Federal holidays. The Docket Office (telephone 1-800-647-5527)
is on the plaza level of the Department of Transportation NASSIF
Building at the above address.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kathy Randolph, Air Traffic Division,
Airspace Branch, ACE-520C, DOT Regional Headquarters Building, Federal
Aviation Administration, 901 Locust, Kansas City, MO 64106; telephone:
(816) 329-2525.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This amendment to 14 CFR 71 modifies the
Class E airspace area extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
at Kingman, KS. It replaces ``Kingman Municipal Airport,'' the former
name of the airport, with ``Kingman Airport--Clyde Cessna Field,'' the
new name of the airport, in the legal description. A review of
controlled airspace at Kingman, KS indicates existing 700 feet Above
Ground Level (AGL) airspace does not meet criteria for diverse
departures as specified in FAA Order 7400.2E, Procedures for Handling
Airspace Matters. The criteria in FAA Order 7400.2E for an aircraft to
reach 1200 feet AGL is based on a standard climb gradient of 200 feet
per mile plus the distance from the Airport Reference Point (ARP) to
the end of the outermost runway. Any fractional part of a mile is
converted to the next higher tenth of a mile. The area is enlarged to
conform to the criteria in FAA Order 7400.2E. An amendment to the Very
High Frequency Omni-Directional Range (VOR)/Distance Measuring
Equipment (DME) Runway (RWY) 18 SIAP raises the final approach fix
crossing altitude and thereby eliminates the need for the north
extension of the Kingman, KS Class E airspace area. This action brings
the legal description of this airspace area into commpliance with FAA
Order 7400.2E. The area will be depicted on appropriate aeronautical
charts. Class E airspace areas extending upward from 700 feet or more
above the surface of the earth are published in paragraph 6005 of FAA
Order 7400.9L, dated September 2, 2003, and effective September 16.
2003, 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 Direct Final Rule Procedure
The FAA anticipates that this regulation will not result in adverse
or negative comment and, therefore, is issuing it as a direct final
rule. Previous actions of this nature have not been controversial and
have not resulted in adverse comments or objections. Unless a written
adverse or negative comment, or a written notice of intent to submit an
adverse or negative comment is received within the comment period, the
regulation will become effective on the date specified above. After the
close of the comment period, the FAA will publish a document in the
Federal Register indicating that no adverse or negative comments were
received and confirming the date on which the final rule will become
effective. If the FAA does receive, within the comment period, an
adverse or negative comment, or written notice of intent to submit such
a comment, a document withdrawing the direct final rule will be
published in the Federal Register, and a notice of proposed rulemaking
may be published with a new comment period.
Comments Invited
Interested parties are invited to participate in this 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
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Agency Findings
The regulations adopted herein will not have a substantial direct
effect on the States, on the relationship between the national
government and the States, or on the distribution of power and
responsibilities among the various levels of government. Therefore, it
is determined that this final rule does not have federalism
implications under Executive Order 13132.
The FAA has determined that this regulation is noncontroversial and
unlikely to result in adverse or negative comments. For the reasons
discussed in the preamble, I certify that this regulation (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) if promulgated, will not have a significant economic impact,
positive or negative, 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).
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Accordingly, the Federal Aviation Administration amends 14 CFR part 71
as follows:
Adoption of the Amendment
PART 71--DESIGNATION OF CLASS A, CLASS B, CLASS C, CLASS D, AND
CLASS E AIRSPACE AREAS; AIRWAYS; ROUTES; AND REPORTING POINTS
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1. The authority citation for part 71 continues to read as follows:
Authority: 49 U.S.C. 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 Federal Aviation
Administration Order 7400.9L, dated September 2, 2003, and effective
September 16, 2003, 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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ACE KS E5 Kingman, KS
Kingman Airport--Clyde Cessna Field, KS
(Lat. 37[deg]40'08'' N., long. 98[deg]07'26'' W.)
That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface
within a 6.5-mile radius of Kingman Airport--Clyde Cessna Field.
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Issued in Kansas City, MO on November 24, 2003.
Paul J. Sheridan,
Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central Region.
[FR Doc. 03-30455 Filed 12-8-03; 8:45 am]
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