Federal Aviation Administration July 29, 2010 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

This action proposes to remove Class E airspace at St. George Municipal Airport, St. George, UT, as the airport will be closing, eliminating the need for controlled airspace. This action also would establish Class E airspace for the new St. George Municipal Airport located to the south of the original airport. Controlled airspace is necessary to accommodate aircraft using a new Area Navigation (RNAV) Global Positioning System (GPS), VHF Omni-Directional Radio Range/ Distance Measuring Equipment (VOR/DME), Localizer Type Directional Aid/ Distance Measuring Equipment (LDA/DME) Standard Instrument Approach Procedures (SIAPs) at the new St. George Municipal Airport, St. George, UT. The FAA is proposing this action to enhance the safety and management of aircraft operations at the airport.

This action establishes two new restricted areas, amends an existing restricted area, and amends the boundaries description of the Special Use Airspace (SUA) Hog High North military operation area (MOA) that is contained in the Razorback Range Airspace Complex (RRAC) in the vicinity of Fort Chaffee, AR. Unlike restricted areas, which are designated under 14 CFR part 73, MOAs are not rulemaking airspace actions. However, since the proposed R-2402B airspace and the Hog High North MOA airspace overlap, the FAA included a description of the Hog High North MOA change in the NPRM. The Air National Guard (ANG) requested these airspace changes to permit more realistic aircrew training in modern tactics to be conducted within the RRAC and to enable more efficient use of the National Airspace System.