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HANGAR TALK
FAA Finalizes Changes in Hudson River Airspace
to Enhance Safety
The Federal Aviation Administration Hudson and East Rivers, pilots must:
(FAA) has finalized a federal rule, effec- • Maintain a speed of 140 knots or less.
tive November 19, 2009, that will enhance • Turn on anti-collision and aircraft po-
safety by separating low-altitude, local air- sition/navigation lights, if equipped.
craft flights over the Hudson River from • Self-announce their position on spe-
flights transiting through the river airspace. cific radio frequencies.
“Better separation of aircraft means a • Carry current charts for the airspace
higher margin of safety,” said U.S. Trans- and be familiar with them.
portation Secretary Ray LaHood. “These
new rules will ensure that aircraft can op- In an exclusion zone below 1,300 feet
erate safely in the busy Hudson River air- over the Hudson River, pilots must an- craft in the exclusion zone over the East
space.” nounce their aircraft type, position, direc- River to seaplanes landing or taking off on
"These changes will define separate cor- tion and altitude at charted mandatory the river or those specifically approved by
ridors for aircraft operating locally and reporting points and must stay along the FAA air traffic control.
those flying along the Hudson River area," New Jersey shoreline when southbound All three updated pilot charts that local
said FAA Administrator Randy Babbitt. and along the Manhattan shoreline when fixed wing and helicopter pilots use for
"Separating aircraft on different missions northbound. navigation will include these airspace
and improving pilot situational awareness Pilots transiting the Hudson River must changes on November 19, 2009.
will add more layers of safety to this high- fly at an altitude between 1,000 feet and The FAA will conduct seminars and co-
demand airspace." 1,300 feet. Local flights will operate in the ordinate with pilot groups to make pilots
The rule also now requires pilots to fol- lower airspace below 1,000 feet. aware of the new requirements. The FAA
low safety procedures that were previously The rule also will incorporate provisions also has developed an online training pro-
recommended, but were not mandatory. In of an October 2006 Notice to Airmen gram that covers flight operations in the
a new Special Flight Rules Area over the (NOTAM) that restricted fixed-wing air- New York area.
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