Fri, May 07, 2004
Nobody's Happy About That
EAA, NAFI, and IAC members, along with other general aviation
groups, learned about a planned expansion of the Detroit Class B
airspace at an FAA public hearing on April 27. The plan shows an
expanded area to the northeast and the southwest, plus raising the
Class B airspace ceiling from 8,000 feet to 10,000 feet MSL. The
Class B area due east of the airport that lies within Canadian
airspace will not be modified and those ceilings will remain at
8,000 feet MSL due to international agreements.
Historically, FAA has not altered their Class B airspace
proposals based on public comments. In this case, EAA encourages
air traffic officials at the FAA Great Lakes Regional Headquarters
and at the Detroit Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) to
consider logical public comments on the proposed changes. EAA
specifically recommends moving the proposed southwest border two
miles to the north to allow the existing glider operations at Lada
Airport to continue flight operations; moving the northeast sector
line from the middle of the Detroit River to the western shoreline
to allow for VFR transitions; and raising the floor of the proposed
new outer areas from 4,000 feet MSL to 5,000 feet MSL to allow for
greater VFR access to the underlying general aviation airports.
In a separate management issue, EAA also encourages the FAA
planners to develop appropriate VFR transition corridors as they
work on expanding the Class B airspace. Only by combining both
management processes will commercial and general aviation users be
able to effectively use the new airspace structure when it is put
into effect.
The FAA asked the groups to study the proposal and return on May
18th for follow-up discussions.
FMI: www.eaa.org
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