Cancellation of Standard Instrument Approach Procedures as Part of the National Procedures Assessment (NPA) Initiative
other · Rule · Final rule. · Published 2016-10-17 · Effective 2016-11-10 · 81 FR 71360
Document
Document number
2016-24445
Federal Register citation
81 FR 71360
Type
Rule
Action
Final rule.
Category
other
Publication date
2016-10-17
Effective date
2016-11-10
FAA docket
Docket No.: FAA-2015-0783
Abstract
The FAA is issuing a final rule that removes certain redundant or underutilized ground-based nondirectional radio beacon (NDB) and VHF omnidirectional range (VOR) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs). On April 13, 2015, the FAA published a notice of proposed rulemaking to remove 736 SIAPs. This final rule addresses 125 of the 198 procedures for which comments were received.