# 2025-00503: Sunbury Fire Department Gets Its Own Airspace Bubble

2025-00503, Establishment of Class E Airspace; Sunbury, NC, is a Federal Register proposed rule from an unnamed agency published 2025-01-16, effective Comments must be received on or before March 3, 2025. (as of 2026-06-11).

- Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00503
- As of: 2026-06-11
- Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts.

## Facts
- Document number: 2025-00503
- Title: Establishment of Class E Airspace; Sunbury, NC
- Type: Proposed Rule
- Agencies: unknown
- Citation: unknown
- Published: 2025-01-16
- Effective: Comments must be received on or before March 3, 2025.
- Comments close: not stated
- Significant: no
- Touches household money: no
- Regulation identifier numbers: none
- Last updated: 2026-06-11

## In one line

Sunbury Fire Department Gets Its Own Airspace Bubble

## Summary

The FAA wants to create new Class E airspace starting 700 feet above the ground near Sunbury, NC, to keep helicopter flights at the Sunbury Fire Department Heliport safe and organized. This change mainly affects pilots flying by instruments in that area. You can share your thoughts by March 3, 2025, and there’s no cost to the public for this update.

## Abstract

This action proposes to establish Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface for Sunbury, NC, by adding airspace for Sunbury Fire Department Heliport, Sunbury, NC. Controlled airspace is necessary for the safety and management of instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at this heliport.

## Effects PRIA read

- New Class E Airspace at Sunbury Heliport: benefit, low. If you are a pilot who flies by instruments near Sunbury, NC, the FAA proposes new Class E controlled airspace starting 700 feet above the surface within a 6-mile radius of the Sunbury Fire Department Heliport. The change is intended to improve the safety and management of instrument flight rules (…
- No Significant Cost to Small Entities: benefit, low. The FAA certified that this proposed airspace amendment ‘‘will not have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities’’ under the Regulatory Flexibility Act, and the agency says the anticipated impact is minimal. Small businesses or self-employed operators in the area are…

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## Sources
- [2025-00503 on federalregister.gov](https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/01/16/2025-00503/establishment-of-class-e-airspace-sunbury-nc)
- [2025-00503 as published (PDF)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2025-01-16/pdf/2025-00503.pdf)

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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/federal-register/2025-00503 (as of 2026-06-11).