Modification of Class D Airspace: Hood Army Air Field and Robert Gray Army Airfield, TX, and Establishment of Class E Airspace: Killeen Municipal Airport, Killeen, TX

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

14 CFR Part 71

[Airspace Docket No. 93-ASW-55]

Modification of Class D Airspace: Hood Army Air Field and Robert

Gray Army Airfield, TX, and Establishment of Class E Airspace: Killeen

Municipal Airport, Killeen, TX

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Final rule.

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SUMMARY: This action modifies the Class D airspace at Hood Army

Airfield (AAF) and Robert Gray AAF, and establishes Class E airspace at

Killeen Municipal Airport, Killeen, TX. In accordance with airspace

reclassification, effective September 16, 1993, the Class D airspace

encompassing Killeen Municipal Airport required aircraft operators to

establish two-way communications with Hood AAF Airport Traffic Control

Tower (ATCT), or when Hood ATCT was closed, Robert Gray AAF ATCT. This

action removes the airspace surrounding Killeen Municipal Airport from

Hood AAF's Class D airspace, and establishes Class E airspace around

Killeen Municipal Airport. This action is intended to maintain adequate

Class D airspace and two-way radio communications at Hood AAF and

Robert Gray AAF, while removing Killeen Municipal Airport, TX, from the

current Class D airspace, and establishing Class E airspace around

Killeen Municipal Airport, Killeen, TX.

EFFECTIVE DATE: 0901 u.t.c., April 28, 1994.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Alvin DeVane, System Management Branch, Air Traffic Division, Southwest

Region, Department of Transportation, Federal Aviation Administration,

Fort Worth, TX 76193-0530, telephone (817) 222-5595.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

On January 12, 1994, a proposal to amend part 71 of the Federal

Aviation Regulations (14 CFR part 71) to modify the Class D airspace at

Hood AAF and Robert Gray AAF and to establish Class E airspace at

Killeen Municipal Airport, TX, was published in the Federal Register

(59 FR 1679).

Interested persons were invited to participate in this rulemaking

proceeding by submitting written comments on the proposal to the FAA.

No comments objecting to the proposal were received. Except for the

addition of some descriptive information in the narrative portion of

the rule for the Class D airspace at Robert Gray AAF, Texas, this

amendment is the same as that proposed in the notice. The coordinates

for this airspace docket are based on North American Datum 83. Class D

airspace designations are published in paragraph 5000, and Class E

airspace areas designated as surface areas for airports are published

in Paragraph 6002 of FAA Order 7400.9A dated June 17, 1993, and

effective September 16, 1993, which is incorporated by reference in 14

CFR 71.1 (58 FR 36298 July 6, 1993). The Class D and Class E airspace

designations listed in this document will be published subsequently in

the Order.

The Rule

This amendment to part 71 of the Federal Aviation Regulations,

modifies the Class D airspace at Hood Army Airfield (AAF) and Robert

Gray AAF to remove the Class D airspace surrounding Killeen Municipal

Airport from Hood AAF's Class D airspace and establishes Class E

airspace around Killeen Municipal Airport, Killeen, TX.

The FAA has determined that this regulation only involves an

established body of technical regulations that need frequent and

routine amendments to keep them operationally current. 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 will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial

number of small entities under the criteria of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act.

List of Subjects in 14 CFR Part 71

Aviation safety, Incorporation by reference, Navigation (air).

Adoption of the Amendment

In consideration of the foregoing, the Federal Aviation

Administration amends 14 CFR part 71 as follows:

PART 71--[AMENDED]

1. The authority citation for 14 CFR part 71 continues to read as

follows:

Authority: 49 U.S.C. app. 1348(a), 1354(a), 1510; E.O. 10854, 24

FR 9565, 3 CFR 1959-1963 Comp., p. 389; 49 U.S.C. 106(g); 14 CFR

11.69.

Sec. 71.1 [Amended]

2. The incorporation by reference in 14 CFR 71.1 of the Federal

Aviation Administration Order 7400.9A, Airspace Designations and

Reporting Points, dated June 17, 1993, and effective September 16,

1993, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 5000: General

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ASW TX D Hood Army Airfield (AAF), TX [Modify]

Hood Army Airfield (AAF), TX

(lat. 31 deg.08'16'' N., long. 97 deg.42'51'' W.)

Killeen Municipal Airport, TX

(lat. 31 deg.05'08'' N., long. 97 deg.41'12'' W.)

Robert Gray Army Airfield (AAF), TX

(lat. 31 deg.03'54'' N., long. 97 deg.49'40'' W.)

That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including

3,500 feet within a 3.8-mile radius of the Hood AAF excluding that

airspace within the Robert Gray AAF, TX, Class D surface area and

excluding that airspace southeast of a direct line between latitude

31 deg.04'39'' N., longitude 97 deg.44'16'' W., and the northeast

intersection of the 4.0-mile radius of Killeen Municipal Airport and

the 3.8-mile radius of Hood AAF. This Class D airspace area is

effective during the specific dates and times established in advance

by a Notice to Airmen. The effective date and time will thereafter

be continuously published in the Airport/Facility Directory.

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ASW TX D Robert Gray Army Airfield (AAF), TX

Robert Gray Army Airfield (AAF), TX

(lat. 31 deg.03'54'' N., long. 97 deg.49'40'' W.)

Hood Army Airfield (AAF), TX

(lat. 31 deg.08'16'' N., long. 97 deg.42'51'' W.)

Killeen Municipal Airport, TX

(lat. 31 deg.05'08'' N., long. 97 deg.41'12'' W.)

That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including

3,500 feet within a 4.7-mile radius of Robert Gray AAF and within a

3.8-mile radius of Hood AAF, excluding that airspace southeast of a

direct line between latitude 31 deg.04'39'' N., longitude

97 deg.44'16'' W., and the northeast intersection of the 4.0-mile

radius of Killeen Municipal Airport and the 3.8-mile radius of Hood

AAF, and excluding that airspace within the Hood AAF, TX, Class D

surface area when it is effective. This Class D airspace area is

effective during the specific dates and times established in advance

by a Notice to Airmen. The effective date and time will thereafter

be continuously published in the Airport/Facility Directory.

* * * * *

Paragraph 6002 Class E airspace areas designated as a surface area

for an airport

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ASW TX E2 Killeen, TX [New]

Killeen Municipal Airport, TX

(lat. 31 deg.05'08'' N., long. 97 deg.41'12'' W.)

Hood Army Airfield (AAF), TX

(lat. 31 deg.08'16'' N., long. 97 deg.42'51'' W.)

Robert Gray Army Airfield (AAF), TX

(lat. 31 deg.03'54'' N., long. 97 deg.49'40'' W.)

That airspace extending upward from the surface within a 4-mile

radius of Killeen Municipal Airport excluding that airspace within

the Robert Gray AAF, TX, Class D surface area and excluding that

airspace northwest of a direct line between latitude 31 deg.04'39''

N., longitude 97 deg.44'16'' W., and the northeast intersection of

the 4.0-mile radius of Killeen Municipal Airport and the 3.8-mile

radius of Hood AAF.

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Issued in Fort Worth, TX on February 14, 1994.

Larry D. Gray,

Acting Manager, Air Traffic Division, Southwest Region.

[FR Doc. 94-3888 Filed 2-18-94; 8:45 am]

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