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)

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