airspace · Rule · Final rule. · Published 2013-10-25 · Effective 2014-01-09 · 78 FR 63861
Document
Document number
2013-24983
Federal Register citation
78 FR 63861
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
airspace
Publication date
2013-10-25
Effective date
2014-01-09
FAA docket
Docket No. FAA-2012-1296
Abstract
This action amends the Minneapolis, MN, Class B airspace area to contain large turbine-powered aircraft conducting published instrument procedures at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP), MN, within Class B airspace. The FAA is taking this action to ensure containment of aircraft being vectored to and conducting dual Simultaneous Instrument Landing System (SILS) approaches to parallel Runways 12L/R and 30L/R; aircraft being vectored to and conducting approaches to Runway 35; and, aircraft being re-sequenced from approaches to Runway 35 to approaches to Runway 30L. This action supports the FAA's national airspace redesign goal of optimizing terminal and en route airspace areas to enhance safety, improving the flow of air traffic, and reducing the potential for near midair collision in terminal airspace areas.