FAA Fixes Airspace Maps Over Hickory and Morganton
Published Date: 6/10/2025
Proposed Rule
Summary
The FAA is updating the airspace rules around Hickory and Morganton, NC, to make flying safer and smoother. They’re fixing a mistake in the old plan, making the controlled airspace bigger, and adding new areas to match updated flight paths and runway changes. These changes mainly affect pilots flying with instruments and won’t cost anyone extra or change when they take effect.
Analyzed Economic Effects
1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Expanded Controlled Airspace for Hickory
The FAA proposes to expand Class D and Class E airspace around Hickory Regional Airport, Hickory, NC, by increasing the radius and adding extensions to match updated instrument approaches and runway changes. The action also corrects a reference point and adds the Tawba NDB to the Class E5 description; it continues a notice of proposed rulemaking first published May 22, 2025. The document says these changes mainly affect pilots flying under instrument flight rules and will not cost anyone extra or change when they take effect.
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