Section 16. North
American Route Program
17-16-1. PURPOSE
The
NRP provides the users
of the NAS greater
flexibility in flight
plan filing at or
above 29,000 feet
(FL290).
17-16-2. RESPONSIBILITIES
a. The ATCSCC
must:
1. Have the
authority to suspend
and/or modify NRP
operations for
specific geographical
areas or airports.
Suspensions may be
implemented for severe
weather reroutes,
special events, or as
traffic/equipment
conditions warrant.
2. Conduct special
user teleconferences
and transmit ATCSCC
advisories whenever a
provision of the NRP
will not be available
to the user community
for more than one
hour.
b. ARTCC TMUs
must:
1. Avoid issuing
route and/or altitude
changes for aircraft
which display the
remarks “NRP" except
when due to strategic,
meteorological or
other dynamic
conditions.
2. Coordinate with
ATCSCC before
implementing any
reroute to NRP flights
beyond 200 NM from
point of departure or
destination.
3. Monitor
activity to identify
potential
sector/airport
constraint that may
impact DP/STAR
operations and
coordinate with the
ATCSCC for problem
resolution.
c. DP/STAR
procedures for the
ARTCCs are authorized
the following
exemptions:
1. NRP flights
will be allowed to
file and fly any
published transitions
of the DPs and/or
STARs. Not all of the
published transitions
may be available, due
to facility procedural
constraints.
2. In the case of
radar vector DPs the
ARTCC will clear the
NRP flight to the
first en-route NAVAID/fix/waypoint
of the flight plan as
soon as practical.
3. When problems
are identified
involving the use of
the DP/STAR
transitions,
immediately notify the
ATCSCC for resolution.
d. Customer flight
plan filing
requirements are
authorized the
following exemptions:
1. Customers may
file and fly any
published transition
of the DPs and/or
STARs, regardless of
the mileage from the
airport to transition
end point.
2. Customers
should not file
DP/STAR transitions in
offshore transition
areas (12 NM or more
off the United States
shoreline)
17-16-3. PROCEDURES
a. “NRP" must be
retained in the
remarks section of the
flight plan if the
aircraft is moved due
to weather, traffic,
or other tactical
reasons. In these
situations, every
effort will be made to
ensure the aircraft is
returned to the
original filed flight
plan/altitude as soon
as conditions warrant.
b. Traffic
management specialists
must not enter “NRP"
in the remarks section
of a flight plan
unless prior
coordination
concerning this
particular flight is
accomplished with the
ATCSCC or as
prescribed by
international NRP
flight operations
procedures.
c. The en route
facility within which
an international
flight entering the
conterminous United
States requests to
participate in the NRP
must enter “NRP" in
the remarks section of
the flight plan.
17-16-4. REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS
Reports of unusual or
unsatisfactory events
attributable to NRP
traffic should be
forwarded to the
System Operations
ATCSCC TCA via
facsimile at (540)
422-4196 or telephone
at (540) 359-3146.
Reports must include,
at a minimum: aircraft
call sign, type,
altitude, route of
flight, affected
sectors, brief
description of event,
description of impact,
and any actions taken.
17-16-5. USER
REQUIREMENTS
a. International
operators filing
through the Canadian
airspace to
destinations within
the conterminous
United States must
file an inland
navigational fix
within 30 NM north of
the common
Canada/United States
airspace geographical
boundary to be
eligible to
participate in the NRP.
b. Flights must be
filed and flown via
any published DP or
STAR for the
departure/arrival
airport respectively,
or published preferred
IFR routes, for at
least that portion of
flight which is within
200 NM from the point
of departure or
destination. If the
procedures above do
not extend to 200 NM,
published airways may
be used for the
remainder of the 200
NM. If the procedures
above do not exist,
published airways may
be used for the entire
200 NM.
c. Operators that
file a flight plan
which conforms to a
published preferred
IFR route must not
enter “NRP" in the
remarks section of
that flight plan.
d. Operators must
ensure that the route
of flight contains no
less than one
waypoint, in the FRD
format, or NAVAID, per
each ARTCC that a
direct route segment
traverses and these
waypoints or NAVAIDs
must be located within
200 NM of the
preceding ARTCC's
boundary. Additional
route description
fixes for each turning
point in the route
must be defined.
e. Operators must
ensure that the route
of flight avoids
active restricted
areas and prohibited
areas by at least 3 NM
unless permission has
been obtained from the
using agency to
operate in that
airspace and the
appropriate air
traffic control
facility is advised.
f. Operators must
ensure that “NRP" is
entered in the remarks
section of the flight
plan for each flight
participating in the
NRP program.
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