[Scan-DC] Flying Restrictions for September 11 Events Announced

Thu, 05 Sep 2002 16:53:45 -0400

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Subject: Flying Restrictions for September 11 Events Announced
Date: Thu, 05 Sep 2002 11:35:16 -0400
From: [email protected]
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

APA 38-02
September 5, 2002
Contact: William Shumann
Phone: 202-267-3883

Flying Restrictions for September 11 Events Announced

WASHINGTON � The U. S. Department of 
Transportation�s Transportation 
Security Administration (TSA) and 
Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) 
announced today temporary flight 
restrictions (TFRs) that will be in 
effect on September 11, 2002.  These 
restrictions will be in effect in 
connection with public events that day 
in New York, Washington, DC and 
Somerset, PA. 

During those times, there will be 
extensive limits on flying within a 30-
nautical-mile (34.5-statute-mile) 
radius of the event sites at altitudes 
below 18,000 feet.  For airline flights 
into and out of all airports in these 
areas, the �30-minute seat rule� will 
be in effect.  That means all 
passengers must remain seated for 30 
minutes after takeoff and for 30 
minutes prior to landing.  This same 
rule has been in effect for flights at 
Reagan Washington National Airport 
since last October.

General aviation or private flying will 
be banned or, in some cases, limited to 
aircraft on Instrument Flight Rules 
(IFR) flight plans, which must be filed 
at least six hours before takeoff.  
Sightseeing and training flights are 
banned, as are all Visual Flight Rules 
(VFR) flights.

Special air traffic management 
procedures will be in effect for all 
flights in these areas, including 
foreign airlines.

In the New York area, these 
restrictions will be in effect from 7 
a.m. on September 11 until 8 p.m. on 
September 13. There will be no general 
aviation flying in the TFR area before, 
during and after public outdoor events 
on those three days.  At other times, 
general aviation flying will be limited 
to IFR operations.  The 30th and 34th 
Street heliports in Manhattan will have 
limited flying during the public 
outdoor events.  Times for these events 
will be announced later.  For pilots, 
the center of the 30-nautical-mile TFR 
will be the Ground Zero site.  

In the Washington area, the 
restrictions will be in effect from 
8:30 a.m. until 11 a.m. on September 
11.  The Washington Monument will be 
the center of the TFR.  There will be 
no flying over or near the Pentagon 
ceremony, and use of Runway 15/33 at 
Reagan Washington National Airport will 
be restricted.  IFR general aviation 
flying will be permitted in the outer 
area of the TFR zone, not less than 15 
miles from the Washington Monument.  
All general aviation flying continues 
to be prohibited within a 15-statute-
mile radius of the Washington 
Monument.   

In Somerset, PA, the TFR will be 
centered on the ceremony site, near the 
location of the crash of United Air 
Lines Flight 93.  There will be no 
flying over or near the ceremony.  

An interagency working group that 
included the Office of Homeland 
Security, North American Aerospace 
Defense Command, US Secret Service and 
the Department of State, as well as TSA 
and FAA, developed these restrictions. 

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An electronic version of this news 
release is available via the 
World Wide Web at 
http://www.faa.gov/apa/pr/index.cfm

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