Feds Redrawing Invisible Sky Boxes Over Nevada Desert
Published Date: 1/7/2025
Proposed Rule
Summary
The FAA wants to change the airspace rules around Battle Mountain Airport in Nevada to make flying safer and smoother, especially for pilots using instruments. These changes affect pilots flying near the airport and update how the airspace is described. If you have thoughts, you’ve got until February 21, 2025, to speak up—no costs for the public, just safer skies!
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Airspace Changed to Support IFR Safety
The FAA proposes several changes to the Class E airspace around Battle Mountain Airport, NV to support instrument flight rules (IFR). Changes include expanding the surface area from a 4.2-mile radius to a 4.4-mile radius with a 0.1-mile extension to the southwest, creating an extension to contain arriving IFR aircraft on the VOR RWY 4 approach descending below 1,000 feet, expanding the Class E starting at 700 feet to a 5-mile radius with multiple bearing and distance extensions, and removing the Class E that began at 1,200 feet above the surface.
No Significant Small-Business Costs Claimed
The FAA certifies that this proposed airspace regulation is routine, will have only minimal anticipated impact, and will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory Flexibility Act.
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