Change 3
Explanation of Changes

Direct questions through appropriate facility/service center office staff
to the Office of Primary Interest (OPI)

a. 1-1-10. CONSTRAINTS GOVERNING SUPPLEMENTS AND PROCEDURAL DEVIATIONS

This change provides an address correction for future correspondence of air traffic related material.

b. 2-3-5. AIRCRAFT IDENTITY

These changes update abbreviated call signs for aircraft carrying the President, Vice-President, and/or their family members. This change cancels and incorporates N JO 7110.496, Aircraft Identity, effective February 23, 2009.

c. 3-6-5. RADAR-ONLY MODE

Adds new paragraph, Radar-Only Mode. This change cancels and incorporates N JO 7110.502, Airport Surface Detection Equipment System-Model X (ASDE-X) Radar-Only Mode, effective April 30, 2009.

d. 4-1-2. EXCEPTIONS;
4-4-2. ROUTE STRUCTURE TRANSITIONS;
5-5-1. APPLICATION; and
6-5-4. MINIMA ALONG OTHER THAN ESTABLISHED AIRWAYS OR ROUTES

This change supports an exception to the radar monitoring/separation requirement for aircraft operating on random RNAV routes for properly-equipped aircraft on point-to-point RNAV routes in Anchorage ARTCC controlled airspace, excluding oceanic airspace. This change cancels and incorporates N JO 7110.491, Random Point-to-Point GPS RNAV Routes within the Anchorage Air Route Traffic Control Center (ZAN) Controlled Airspace, Excluding Oceanic Airspace, effective October 1, 2008.

e. 4-5-2. FLIGHT DIRECTION

The section in Table 4-5-1 specifying a different altitude assignment for aircraft operating within Oceanic RVSM or RVSM transition airspace is removed. The note referring to supplemented Oceanic separation procedures is removed.

f. 8-1-3. VFR FLIGHT PLANS

This change defines operations on a VFR flight plan within the Miami, Houston, and San Juan Oceanic CTAs as permitted “below FL 180.”

g. 9-3-3. VFR-ON-TOP

This change clarifies the intent that VFR-on-top aircraft shall conduct flight operations at least 500 feet above or 500 feet below any active Special Use Airspace.

h. Editorial/format changes were made where necessary. Revision bars were not used because of the insignificant nature of these changes.