Realignment of Jet Routes; Texas

This rule realigns 14 jet routes located in the Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW), TX, area. These realignments will remove all high altitude navigation routes from the DFW Very High Frequency Omnidirectional Range/Tactical Air Navigation (VORTAC) and realign them to existing navigational aids (NAVAID) located in the DFW area. This action completes a portion of a master plan to relocate the DFW VORTAC 3/4 nautical miles (NM) to the west of its current position and to provide more NAVAID capacity for airport traffic use by eliminating the high altitude en route traffic service. Additionally, Jet Route 66 (J-66) is further realigned west of the DFW area to include the Big Springs, TX, VORTAC as part of its route structure. This realignment will allow pilots to fly at lower minimum en route altitudes (MEA) between the Newman, TX, and Abilene, TX, VORTACs.