[Federal Register Volume 86, Number 106 (Friday, June 4, 2021)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 29967-29969]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2021-11668]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2021-0226; Airspace Docket No. 20-AAL-2]
RIN 2120-AA66


Proposed Amendment of Class D and Class E Airspace, and Removal 
of Class E Airspace; Kodiak, AK

AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION: Notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM).

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SUMMARY: This action proposes to modify the Class D airspace at Kodiak 
Airport, Kodiak, AK. This action also proposes to remove the Class E 
airspace, designated as an extension to a Class D or Class E surface 
area, east of the airport. Further, this action proposes to modify the 
Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface by 
increasing the size of the area. Finally, this action proposes to 
update the geographic coordinates in the third line of the Class D text 
header and update the term ``Airport/Facility Directory'' to ``Chart 
Supplement'' in the last sentence of the Class D airspace description. 
This action would ensure the safety and management of instrument flight 
rules (IFR) operations at the airport.

DATES: Comments must be received on or before July 19, 2021.

ADDRESSES: Send comments on this proposal to the U.S. Department of 
Transportation, Docket Operations, 1200 New Jersey Avenue SE, West 
Building Ground Floor, Room W12-140, Washington, DC 20590; telephone: 
1-800-647-5527, or (202) 366-9826. You must identify FAA Docket No. 
FAA-2021-0226; Airspace Docket No. 20-AAL-2, at the beginning of your 
comments. You may also submit comments through the internet at https://www.regulations.gov.
    FAA Order 7400.11E, 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 7400.11E at NARA, email fedreg.legal@nara.gov 
or go to https://www.archives.gov/federal-register/cfr/ibr-locations.html.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matthew Van Der Wal, Federal Aviation 
Administration, Western Service Center, Operations Support Group, 2200 
S 216th Street, Des Moines, WA 98198; telephone (206) 231-3695.

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 and Class E airspace at Kodiak Airport, 
Kodiak, AK, to support IFR operations at the airport.

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. Persons 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-2021-0226; 
Airspace Docket No. 20-AAL-2''. The postcard

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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 https://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 Northwest Mountain Regional Office of the Federal 
Aviation Administration, Air Traffic Organization, Western Service 
Center, Operations Support Group, 2200 S 216th Street, Des Moines, WA 
98198.

Availability and Summary of Documents for Incorporation by Reference

    This document proposes to amend FAA Order 7400.11E, Airspace 
Designations and Reporting Points, dated July 21, 2020, and effective 
September 15, 2020. FAA Order 7400.11E is publicly available as listed 
in the ADDRESSES section of this document. FAA Order 7400.11E 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 14 CFR part 71 by modifying 
the Class D airspace at Kodiak Airport, Kodiak, AK. The Class D is not 
properly sized to contain departing IFR aircraft to 700 feet above the 
surface or arriving IFR aircraft descending below 1,000 feet above the 
surface. To properly contain IFR departures, the Class D radius should 
be increased from 3.1 miles to 4.4 miles, excluding the mountainous 
terrain west and northwest of the airport and the airspace around 
Trident Basin Airport.
    Additionally, this action proposes to remove the Class E airspace, 
designated as an extension to a Class D or Class E surface area, east 
of the airport. This airspace is no longer required to contain arriving 
IFR aircraft.
    Further, this action proposes to modify the Class E airspace 
extending upward from 700 feet above the surface, by increasing the 
size of the area east of the airport to properly contain IFR aircraft 
performing the procedure turn maneuver for the VOR RWY 26 approach.
    Lastly, this action proposes to update the geographic coordinates 
in the third line of the Class D text header to ``lat. 57[deg]44'59'' 
N, long. 152[deg]29'38'' W'' and update the term ``Airport/Facility 
Directory'' to ``Chart Supplement'' in the last sentence of the Class D 
airspace description.
    Class D, Class E4, and Class E5 airspace designations are published 
in paragraphs 5000, 6004, and 6005, respectively, of FAA Order 
7400.11E, dated July 21, 2020, and effective September 15, 2020, which 
is incorporated by reference in 14 CFR 71.1. The Class D and Class 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 7400.11E, 
Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, dated July 21, 2020, and 
effective September 15, 2020, is amended as follows:

Paragraph 5000 Class D Airspace.

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AAL AK D Kodiak, AK [Amended]

Kodiak Airport, AK
    (Lat. 57[deg]44'59'' N, long. 152[deg]29'38'' W)
Trident Basin Airport, AK
    (Lat. 57[deg]46'51'' N, long. 152[deg]23'29'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from the surface to and including 
2,600 feet MSL within a 4.4-mile radius of the airport, and within 1 
mile each side of the 091[deg] bearing from the airport, extending 
from the 4.4-mile radius to 6.1 miles east of Kodiak Airport, 
excluding that airspace west and northwest of a line beginning at 
the 228[deg] bearing from Kodiak Airport, to the 308[deg] bearing at 
2.9 miles from Kodiak Airport, to the 012[deg] bearing from Kodiak 
Airport, and excluding that airspace from the 024[deg] bearing from 
the Kodiak Airport to the 325[deg] bearing at 1.0 mile from Trident 
Basin Airport, and excluding that airspace within a 1.0-mile radius 
of Trident Basin Airport from the 325[deg] bearing from Trident 
Basin Airport counterclockwise to the 250[deg] bearing from Trident 
Basin airport, and within a 0.3-mile radius of Trident Basin Airport 
from the 250[deg] bearing from Trident Basin Airport 
counterclockwise to the 119[deg] bearing from the Trident Basin 
Airport, and from the 119[deg] bearing at 0.3 miles from Trident 
Basin Airport to the 072[deg] bearing at 4.4 miles from Kodiak 
Airport. 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 Chart Supplement.

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Paragraph 6004 Class E Airspace Areas Designated as an Extension to 
a Class D or Class E Surface Area.

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AAL AK E4 Kodiak, AK [Removed]

Kodiak Airport, AK
    (Lat. 57[deg]45'00'' N, long. 152[deg]29'38'' W)

Paragraph 6005 Class E Airspace Areas Extending Upward From 700 
Feet or more Above the Surface of the Earth.

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AAL AK E5 Kodiak, AK [Amended]

Kodiak Airport, AK
    (Lat. 57[deg]44'59'' N, long. 152[deg]29'38'' W)

    That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface 
within a 6.9-mile radius of the airport, and within 8 miles north 
and 4.1 miles south of the 071[ordm] bearing from the airport, 
extending from the 6.9-mile radius and extending from 5.2 miles east 
of the airport to 21.2 miles east of the airport, excluding that 
airspace extending beyond 12 miles of the shoreline; and that 
airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within a 
73-mile radius of the Kodiak Airport, AK, excluding that airspace 
extending beyond 12 miles of the shoreline.

    Issued in Des Moines, Washington, on May 27, 2021.
B.G. Chew,
Acting Group Manager, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2021-11668 Filed 6-3-21; 8:45 am]
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