ENR 7.13 New York Oceanic Control Area (OCA) West Flight Level Allocation
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Background
- The primary air traffic flows in the New York OCA West airspace are between Northeast and Mid- Atlantic U.S. airports and Caribbean and South American destinations.
- This primary flow is regularly crossed by the flow of traffic transitioning to and from the Southeast U.S./Caribbean and the North Atlantic and New York OCA East airspace.
- The ATS routes that comprise the West Atlantic Route System (WATRS) are bi-directional. Therefore, it is important that the northbound flows are procedurally separated from the southbound flows to the maximum extent possible.
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Altitude Filing
- A Flight Level schema has been designed as a guide for operators and dispatchers to determine what altitudes to file to transit the OCA West airspace.
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The following aircraft should file ODD flight levels:
- Aircraft operating South or Southeast bound on the following routes: L451, L452, L453, L454, L455, L456, L457, L459, L461, and L462;
- Northeast bound on M201, M202. M203, M204; and
- East or Northeast bound on L375, L435, M325, M326, M327, M328, M329, M330, M331, M593, M594, M595, M596, M597, and M525.
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For aircraft operating opposite direction to that listed above on the same routes - aircraft should file EVEN flight levels.
NOTE-
Due to the amount of crossing traffic throughout the region, final altitude assignments will always be determined dynamically by ATC, based on the current traffic and operational conditions.