Section 2. Criteria
26-2-1. GENERAL
a. Alert areas should
be designated only at those locations where it
is determined that either the volume of training
operations, or the unusual aeronautical
activity, is so unique that dissemination of the
information would be of operational value to the
flying public, and would significantly enhance
aviation safety.
NOTE-
Before proposing an alert area, consider whether
the publication of an advisory note on
aeronautical charts near the affected location
would provide satisfactory notice of the
activity to nonparticipating pilots.
b. Alert areas may be
designated for either military or civil aviation
activities.
c. Since pilots should
normally expect to encounter concentrated air
traffic near major military and civil airports,
the establishment of alert areas at such
locations is not recommended in order to avoid
diminishing the effectiveness of the alert area
designation.
d. Alert areas should
not be designated for activities where other
approved charting symbology is more appropriate
(e.g., Parachute Jumping Areas, Glider Operating
Areas).
e. Establishment of an
alert area is not a prerequisite to conduct any
type of flight activity.
f. Other than the
basic requirement to comply with applicable
sections of 14 CFR, alert areas do not impose
any flight restrictions or communications or ATC
clearance requirements on pilots either
operating within, or transiting the area.
26-2-2. TYPES OF
OPERATIONS
Limit the establishment of
alert areas to the following types of
operations:
a. Concentrated
Student Training.
1. A high volume of
flight training operations at one or more
airports in a given area. The volume of activity
should exceed 250,000 local operations (as
defined in FAAO JO 7210.3, chapter 12, Facility
Statistical Data, Reports, and Forms) annually
and be generated primarily by student training
in fixed-wing and/or rotary-wing aircraft.
2. A pilot training
area beyond a 20 NM radius of the airport that
contains unusually intensive training
operations.
b. Unusual
Aeronautical Activity. There are no specific
criteria established for this category. Each
proposal will be evaluated on a case-by-case
basis to determine its significance to the
flying public and aviation safety.
NOTE-
One example of an alert area fitting this
category is A-381, designated to identify the
unusual concentration and volume of aviation
activity in the U.S. Gulf Coast/Gulf of Mexico
area.
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