Proposed Rule2025-06609
Modification of Class D Airspace, Establishment of Class E Airspace; San Bernardino International Airport, San Bernardino, CA
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Published
April 18, 2025
Effective
April 18, 2025
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Aviation Administration
Abstract
The FAA is withdrawing the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) published in the Federal Register on October 11, 2024, which proposed to modify the Class D airspace, establish Class E airspace designated as an extension to a Class D surface area, and update the administrative portion of the legal description at San Bernardino International Airport, CA (KSBD).
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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 74 (Friday, April 18, 2025)]
[Proposed Rules]
[Pages 16474-16475]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-06609]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
14 CFR Part 71
[Docket No. FAA-2024-2055; Airspace Docket No. 22-AWP-56]
RIN 2120-AA66
Modification of Class D Airspace, Establishment of Class E
Airspace; San Bernardino International Airport, San Bernardino, CA
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.
ACTION: Proposed rule; withdrawal.
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SUMMARY: The FAA is withdrawing the notice of proposed rulemaking
(NPRM) published in the Federal Register on October 11, 2024, which
proposed to modify the Class D airspace, establish Class E airspace
designated as an extension to a Class D surface area, and update the
administrative portion of the legal description at San Bernardino
International Airport, CA (KSBD).
DATES: Effective as of 0901 UTC, April 18, 2025, the proposed rule for
KSBD (89 FR 82538; October 11, 2024) is withdrawn.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Nathan A. Chaffman, Federal Aviation
Administration, Western Service Center, Operations Support Group, 2200
S 216th Street, Des Moines, WA 98198; telephone (206) 231-3460.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
History
The FAA published an NPRM in the Federal Register for Docket No.
FAA-2024-2055 (89 FR 82538; October 11, 2024) to modify the Class D
airspace, establish Class E airspace designated as an extension to a
Class D surface area, and update the administrative portion of the
legal description at KSBD. Interested parties were invited to
participate in this rulemaking effort by submitting written comments on
the proposal. Forty-six written comments and three phone calls were
received in reference to the proposed action. Most comments were
against the proposal and centered around KSBD/Redland Municipal
Airport's (KREI) airspace proximity/complexity, lack of RADAR/
surveillance equipment at KSBD, and/or the effects of wake turbulence.
Two comments were received in favor of the proposal.
The three comments received by phone requested either an extension
to the comment period or an image of the proposal. The FAA published an
NPRM in the Federal Register for Docket No. FAA-2024-2055 (89 FR 86761;
October 31, 2024) to extend the docket's comment period by 15 days. On
November 20, 2024, the FAA added an image of the proposed airspace to
the docket via a comment that estimated how it would be presented
within a visual flight rules (VFR) sectional chart.
Thirty commentors expressed concern over the 100-foot proximity
between KREI's published traffic pattern altitude (2,500 feet mean sea
level [MSL]) and the base of the proposed Class D airspace shelf (2,600
feet MSL), and that the lack of vertical separation between the two
areas could introduce conflicts to aircraft operating in and around the
vicinity of KREI. The FAA agrees that the Class D shelf within the
proposal could compress KREI traffic under the shelf. Two of the 26
comments on this subject suggested the establishment of a terminal
radar service area as a potential mitigation tool; this would define an
area in which participating VFR aircraft would be separated from
instrument flight rules (IFR) aircraft and other participating VFR
aircraft, in addition to basic radar services.
Eighteen comments expressed concern about wake turbulence that
could be caused by the arrival procedures to Runway 24 at KSBD. These
comments are not germane to this proposal.
Twenty-three comments suggested installing surveillance equipment
at KSBD. These comments are not germane to the proposal.
Eighteen comments expressed environmental concerns of increased
noise, air pollution, insufficient lighting, and economic impacts to
the surrounding areas. These comments are not germane to the proposal.
Nine comments expressed concern that a Class E airspace surface
area extension north through east of KREI would prohibit ultralight
operations. Code of Federal Regulations Title 14 Sec. 103.17 states
that no person may operate an ultralight vehicle within Class A, Class
B, Class C, or Class D airspace or within the lateral boundaries of the
surface area of Class E airspace designated for an airport unless that
person has prior authorization from the air traffic control facility
having jurisdiction over that airspace. Ultralight activity is
permitted within Class E airspace areas designated as an extension to a
Class D or Class E surface area, as the airspace is not designated for
an airport.
Nine comments expressed concern over the lack of a common traffic
frequency/universal communication frequency or facility-to-facility
coordination. These comments are not germane to the proposal.
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Five comments expressed concern about the lack of official weather
reporting equipment at KREI. These comments are not germane to the
proposal.
One commenter pointed out that KREI's sole instrument approach
would impose on the proposed Class D shelf at KSBD. This comment is not
germane, as the proposal is being withdrawn.
Concern was expressed by seven commenters over a perceived safety
risk to northerly KREI departures caused by the proposed Class D shelf.
The FAA acknowledges that the proposed Class D shelf could compress
KREI traffic. Five commenters expressed concern that the proposed
expansion to the northern lateral boundary to the Class D surface area
would impact northern circumnavigation of KSBD. This proposal is being
withdrawn and future designs will take these comments into
consideration.
The Withdrawal
In consideration of the foregoing, the NPRM for Docket No. FAA-
2024-2055 (89 FR 82538; October 11, 2024), FR Doc. 2024-23497 is hereby
withdrawn.
Issued in Des Moines, Washington, on April 14, 2025.
B.G. Chew,
Group Manager, Operations Support Group, Western Service Center.
[FR Doc. 2025-06609 Filed 4-17-25; 8:45 am]
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