Airspace Will Be Affected September 15th To October 2nd
Four separate TFR's will be in place around New York City when
the United Nations General Assembly meets next month, one of which
will be in effect for two weeks.
The initial NOTAM for the UNGA-64 will be in effect from
September 15th through October 2nd, 2009. According to the official
FAA document, all aircraft operations are prohibited within a 2
nautical mile radius of latitude 40 44’ 59” North /
longitude 073 58’ 04” West (JFK VOR/DME 320 degree
radial 11.4 nautical mile fix), from the surface up to but not
including 7,000 feet MSL, with the following exceptions:
- Approved law enforcement, approved military aircraft, and
approved air ambulance flights are authorized. In addition,
commercial cargo and regularly
- scheduled commercial carrier operations that meet or exceed the
Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) domestic security
integrated program standards and are arriving into and/or departing
from LaGuardia, Newark, and John F. Kennedy airports are also
authorized.
- All air ambulance operations shall be coordinated in advance
with the FAA supervisor at the New York TRACON, at (516) 683-2984,
to avoid potential delays.
- All aircraft shall squawk a discrete transponder code assigned
by ATC. All aircraft shall squawk the discrete transponder code
prior to departure and at all times within the TFR. In the event of
a transponder failure, the pilot shall advise ATC and ATC will
provide the most direct course to exit the lateral limits of the
TFR.
- All aircraft must remain in two-way radio communications with
ATC.
Helicopter operations arriving and departing the West 30th
street (JRA) and East 34th street heliports (6N5), and sea-plane
operations arriving and departing the East 23rd street seaplane
base (6N7), are permitted from September 15 through October 02,
2009, daily between 1200 UTC (0800 Local) to 2100 UTC (1700 Local)
provided pilots comply with 3 and 4 above. Authorized
helicopters/seaplanes must fly ATC assigned ingress/egress
routes.
A second NOTAM will be in effect from September 21st through
September 24th, 2009, and will include both an inner and outer
ring. For the inner ring, all aircraft operations are prohibited
within a 7 nautical mile radius of latitude 40 45’ 01”
North / longitude 073 59’ 38” West excluding a 2
nautical mile radius of latitude 40 50’ 55” North /
longitude 074 03’ 44” West or the TEB VOR at and below
2000 feet MSL, with the following exceptions:
- Approved law enforcement, approved military aircraft directly
supporting the United States Secret Service and the Office of the
President of the United States, approved emergency medical flights,
and regularly scheduled commercial, passenger and all-cargo
carriers operating under TSA-approved standard security
programs/procedures and are arriving into and/or departing from
LaGuardia, Newark, and John F. Kennedy airports.
- Helicopter operations arriving and departing the West 30th
Street (JRA), East 34th Street (6N5) and Port
Authority-Downtown-Manhattan/Wall Street (JRB) heliports and fixed
wing seaplane operations arriving and departing 6N7 that have been
TSA security screened, and have met gateway requirements described
in paragraph D below, are authorized. TSA screening will be
available daily during the TFRs and exact times will be published
in the NOTAM. Special VFR operations and overflights of Manhattan
are not permitted.
- All air ambulance flight operations shall be coordinated in
advance with the FAA supervisor at the New York TRACON, at (516)
683-2984 to avoid potential delays.
- All aircraft shall squawk a discrete transponder code assigned
by ATC. All aircraft shall squawk the discrete transponder code
prior to departure and at all times within the TFR. In the event of
a transponder failure, the pilot shall advise ATC and ATC will
provide the most direct course to exit the lateral limits of the
TFR.
- All aircraft must remain in two-way radio communications with
ATC.
In the outer ring, all aircraft operations are prohibited
within the lateral confines of the New York Class B airspace, from
the surface, up to but not including FL180. Excluding a 3 nautical
mile radius around Farmingdale Republic, NY (FRG) and Westchester
County, NY (HPN) airports below 2,000 feet MSL, for arrivals and
departures to FRG and HPN airports only. Except for the following
operations:
- All aircraft shall be on an active IFR or VFR flight plan.
- All aircraft shall squawk a discrete transponder code assigned
by ATC. All aircraft shall squawk the discrete transponder code
prior to departure and at all times within the TFR. In the event of
a transponder failure, the pilot shall advise ATC and ATC will
provide the most direct course to exit the lateral limits of the
TFR.
- All aircraft must remain in two-way radio communications with
ATC.
- Fixed wing operations are limited to aircraft arriving or
departing local airfields. Aircraft may not loiter.
- Helicopter operations are permitted to land and depart local
airfields and transit the airspace from the 7 nautical mile radius
to the 20 nautical mile boundary of the New York Class B airspace
provided pilots comply with part B, 2 and 3 above. Helicopters may
not loiter.
- All air ambulance flight operations shall be coordinated in
advance with the FAA supervisor at the New York TRACON, at (516)
683-2984, to avoid potential delays.
The following aeronautical operations are not authorized within
the New York Class B airspace LGA 20 nautical mile, JFK 20 nautical
mile, and EWR 20 nautical mile boundaries, from the surface, up to
but not including FL180: Flight training, practice instrument
approaches, aerobatic flight, glider operations, parachute
operations, ultralight, hang gliding, balloon operations,
agriculture/crop dusting, animal population control flight
operations, banner towing operations, model aircraft operations,
model rocketry, unmanned aerial systems (UAS).
Gateway airports have been created at Farmingdale Republic
Airport, NY (FRG) and Linden Airport, NJ (LDJ) by FAA, TSA and U.S.
Secret Service to accommodate helicopters arriving and departing
JRA, JRB, 6N5 and VFR fixed wing seaplane operations arriving and
departing 6N7. TSA screening will be available daily during the
TFRs and exact times will be published in the NOTAM. Special ATC
procedures and routes to and from these airports will be assigned
prior to departure from a gateway airport. Intermediate stops are
not authorized unless an emergency exists.
A third NOTAM will be in effect from September 21st through
September 24th, 2009. Special notice, ingress/egress procedures for
Morristown airport (MMU), New Jersey. This notice supplements the
requirements for flight within the New York (NY) Class B Temporary
Flight Restriction (TFR), as described in the second NOTAM above,
for aircraft ingress/egress operations at MMU only.
New York Sectional
And a A fourth NOTAM will be in effect on September 21st and
September 24th, 2009. All aircraft operations are prohibited within
an 8 nautical mile radius of 403800N/0734618W or the JFK VOR/DME up
to but not including 18000 FT MSL, with many of the same exceptions
described above.
As always please check with FAA before making a flight near one
of these areas for the latest updated information. The NOTAMs may
change with little or no notice. Pilots are advised to check NOTAMs
frequently for possible changes prior to operations in the area.
Pilots are strongly encouraged to contact a Flight Service Station
at 1-800- WX-BRIEF (1-800-992-7433)