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This page is updated frequently. Please review it often!

Status Update September 5, 2008

  • Stand by for pending update with the latest news. This should be out the week of Sep 8th)

    Updated T and Q Route PDF files. T Routes (8-28-08) (PDF, 298 KB) Q Routes (8-21-08) (PDF, 174 KB)

    • Status Update June 6, 2008

  • ATO-E has issued direction to remove the Q Route Unavailability NOTAM. That NOTAM was removed on June 5th.
  • User comments were addressed in an FAA working group in May, resulting in most of the suggestions being implemented. The work has been rank-ordered and submitted back to ATO-E. The package is being coordinated with AVN, and placeholders in their work schedule have been saved for new and updated T Routes to be published on July 2, 2009.
  • Updated Q Route Plan - May 15, 2008 (PDF, 685 KB) This graphic is large. Zoom to 200% using Adobe Acrobat to look at specific routes with easier legibility. We will provide the updated T Route graphics as soon as they are completed by ZAN. This should occur by mid-June.
  • Additional input is sought and will be considered for subsequent route expansion. Please continue to support this effort by assisting the FAA in identifying those areas that route structure offers value to the Alaska aviation community. Thanks to all those who have been participating. Contact either Lari Belisle at ZAN (907) 269-1124 or Gary Rolf at AMTI (907) 271-5898.

    • ZAN's RNAV Airway Vision (Updated Nov 13, 2007)

  • ZAN's Vision for RNAV (T) Routes in AK (PDF, 903 KB)
  • ZAN's Vision for RNAV (Q) Routes in AK (PDF, 758 KB)
  • Combined T & Q Routes (PDF, 915 KB)
  • Text Input from ZAN (PDF, 84 KB)

    • This is ZAN's initial proposal to show what the enroute RNAV structure might look like in Alaska. It is not the final product. Use this data to base your feedback.


    Review the links above and provide comment

    Medevac Graphics

  • 1st of 3 Graphics depicting Medevac Operations in AK (Anchorage, Barrow, Bethel, Dillingham) (PDF, 13.09 MB)
  • 2nd of 3 Graphics depicting Medevac Operations in AK (Homer, SE AK, Kodiak) (PDF, 8.86 MB)
  • 3rd of 3 Graphics depicting Medevac Operations in AK (Fairbanks, Nome) (PDF, 4.78 MB)

  • The three documents (above) depict Medevac use in Alaska. They are being used as a tool to help determine where RNAV Enroute Structure in Alaska might be published.
  • As part of an FAA Initiative to implement an Enroute RNAV Airway structure within the State of Alaska, the FAA is currently having dialog with various user groups to gather information about possible RNAV routing within the state. These routes are called T and Q and are similar in nature to Victor and Jet Routes. There are currently 41 charted RNAV routes in Alaska, with 33 T routes (below 18,000' MSL) and 8 Q routes (above 18,000' MSL). The FAA is seeking to improve on the charted routing and will bring them into use by Sep 30, 2009. In the interim, you can help. Review the slides above, and contact your Alaska flying organization representatives, such as AOPA (AK), Alaska Aviation Safety Foundation, Alaska Air Carriers Association, or contact us directly (below). Watch this page as more information becomes available.
  • RNAV operations are the future in aviation. Right now you can fly IFR instrument procedures with no land based navaid backup requirement. You will be able to take off, fly to your destination and land at some airports in weather that is around 300 ft. ceiling and 3/4 mile visability - all using RNAV equipment on board. The current rule in Alaska for flying on T Routes is to have Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) compliant equipment on board. As soon as the FAA establishes separation standards and makes some modification to low altitude alerting automation equipment, these routes will become usable. In the meantime, we want to improve on what is currently charted. Are the routes the most efficiently designed (point a to b)? Will they be used? By whom? One measure is the Alaskan medical evacuation operation. There are 15 communities serving as medical hubs with medical facilities in place to treat patients from outlying communities. The graphics above depict the 15 hub communities and the communities they each serve.
    • Other measures being evaluated are an airport's future IFR status, navigation aid decommissioning plans, and routing of current IFR and VFR operations. The FAA would like your feedback to help establish the most efficient route structure.

    Minutes from Past meetings (Updated Nov 9, 2007)

  • October 30 User Group Meeting Notes (PDF, 72 KB)
  • September 6 User Group Meeting Notes (PDF, 89 KB)
  • August 3 User Group Meeting Notes (PDF, 2.01 MB)
  • May 30 User Group Meeting Notes (PDF, 512 KB)

    • Updated: 1:34 pm ET September 8, 2008