DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION
NEW YORK AUTOMATED INTERNATIONAL FLIGHT SERVICE STATION
150 ARRIVAL AVENUE
LONG ISLAND MACARTHUR AIRPORT
RONKONKOMA, NEW YORK 11779
HAZARDOUS AREA REPORTING SERVICE
Selected AFSSs provide flight monitoring where regularly traveled VFR routes cross large bodies of water, swamps, and mountains. This service is provided for expeditiously alerting Search and Rescue facilities when required.
At New York AIFSS we offer Long Island Sound Reporting Service and Block Island Reporting Service.
The New York AIFSS and Bridgeport AFSS provide Long Island Sound Reporting Service on request for aircraft traversing Long Island Sound.
1. When requesting the service, pilots should ask for LONG ISLAND SOUND REPORTING SERVICE or BLOCK ISLAND REPORTING SERVICE and should be prepared to provide the following appropriate information, if not on a flight plan:
a. Type and color of aircraft.
b. The specific route and altitude across the sound, including shore crossing points and final destination.
c. The over water crossing time.
d. Number of persons on board.
e. True air speed.
2. Radio contacts are required every 10 minutes, however, a mid-sound report is requested for flights of a shorter duration. If contact is lost, for more than 15 minutes, Search and Rescue is alerted.
Pilots are responsible for canceling their request for the Long Island Sound Reporting Service when across the sound. Aircraft experiencing radio failure are expected to land as soon as practicable and cancel the service.
3. Communications - Normal AFSS frequencies (122.6 and 122.2) are utilized for Sound Reporting Service. Pilots should remain at an altitude sufficient to maintain communications with New York AIFSS and remain in VFR conditions.
4. If you lose contact with New York Radio, contact BDR Radio over 122.2, 122.6 or over the following NAVAIDs.
a. Madison VOR/DME (110.4 MHz).
b. Groton VOR (111.8 MHz).
c. Bridgeport VOR (108.8 MHz).
Remember a minimum of three position reports are required for either the Long Island Reporting Service or the Block Island Reporting Service and they are:
1. Report leaving the shore line.
2. A mid-sound report or reporting every 10 minutes for longer flights.
3. Report reaching the destination shoreline.