Direct questions through appropriate facility/service center office staff
to the Office of Primary Interest (OPI)
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1–1–9. REQUESTS FOR INTERPRETATIONS OR CLARIFICATIONS TO THIS ORDER
1–1–10. PROCEDURAL LETTERS OF AGREEMENT (LOA)
1–1–11. CONSTRAINTS GOVERNING SUPPLEMENTS AND PROCEDURAL DEVIATIONS
This change updates language and aligns procedures with FAA Order JO 7210.3, Facility Operation and Administration, pertaining to requests for interpretation or clarification to this order. A process for Department of Defense requests is now incorporated. Paragraphs 1–1–10 and 1–1–11 are updated with titles and procedures that harmonize with related paragraphs in FAA Order JO 7210.3.
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2–7–2. ALTIMETER SETTING ISSUANCE BELOW LOWEST USABLE FL
2–7–3. ALTIMETER SETTINGS GREATER THAN 31.00 INCHES MERCURY
This change transfers the responsibility for implementing high barometric pressure Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) from Flight Standards to the Air Route Traffic Control Center (ARTCC) responsible for the affected region. This change also moves subparagraph 2-7-2g and places it in a newly created paragraph 2-7-3, Altimeter Settings Above 31.00 Inches Mercury, along with added phraseology.
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3–7–2. TAXI AND GROUND MOVEMENT OPERATIONS
3–9–8. INTERSECTING RUNWAY/INTERSECTING FLIGHT PATH OPERATIONS
3–10–4. INTERSECTING RUNWAY/INTERSECTING FLIGHT PATH OPERATIONS
3–10–5. LANDING CLEARANCE
This change incorporates permitted LAHSO operations under FAA Order JO 7110.118, Land and Hold Short Operations (LAHSO), into explicit guidance for controllers in this order. Procedures are aligned between the paragraphs that use or reference LAHSO and include additional and/or new phraseology and examples for LAHSO.
Paragraph 3–7–2, Taxi and Ground Movement Operations, includes content previously contained only in the LAHSO order that permits ground traffic to cross downfield of an arriving aircraft that has acknowledged a land and hold short clearance. Phraseology and examples are added to this paragraph for the required traffic exchange.
Paragraph 3–9–8, Intersecting Runway/Intersecting Flight Path Operations, relocates LAHSO to a new subparagraph for separating a departing aircraft on an intersecting runway. The location of the new language and figure no longer labels the aircraft that will land and hold short a “preceding aircraft” as land and hold short operations are simultaneous.
Paragraph 3–10–4, Intersecting Runway/Intersecting Flight Path Operations, is significantly revised to cover the operational application. All administrative or operational requirements for conducting LAHSO contained in the LAHSO order are removed. Arrival procedures and application of LAHSO have been clarified with reduced verbiage. The phraseology for the land and hold short clearance has been removed and relocated to paragraph 3–10–5. Additional figures are included for a visual representation of LAHSO.
Paragraph 3–10–5, Landing Clearance, includes the land and hold short clearance as a separate subparagraph as this is a variation of the landing clearance and is required for all applications of LAHSO. Phraseology and examples of the land and hold short clearance are relocated to this paragraph and expanded. The structure is revised to provision a change to the landing runway as a separate subparagraph.
This change cancels GENOT 24/36 N JO 7110.793, effective October 16, 2024.
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3–10–3. SAME RUNWAY SEPARATION
This change replaces the B737 aircraft referenced in subparagraph b2 EXAMPLE 3 with an aircraft category representative of the guidance provided in subparagraph b.
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4–8–1. APPROACH CLEARANCE
This change introduces procedures when a Standard Terminal Arrival Route (STAR) or Air Traffic Service (ATS) route connects to an Instrument Approach Procedure (IAP) at an initial approach fix (IAF) or intermediate fix (IF). This change includes a minimum distance requirement prior to the fix where the approach procedure begins for the crew to complete the connection, and it also introduces new phraseology unique for this approach clearance. Lastly, this change includes revised Terminal Arrival Area (TAA) figures accounting for other TAA types supporting other than RNAV approach procedures. This change cancels and incorporates N JO 7110.794, which was effective February 20, 2025.
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4–8–9. MISSED APPROACH
This change moves requirement language previously located in subparagraph 4–8–9, Missed Approach, Note 1, into the body of the paragraph with a revised subparagraph structure for clarity. Paragraph references are updated.
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4–8–11. PRACTICE APPROACHES
This change clarifies that a delay in providing practice instrument approach services is not meant to be indefinite, and that the pilot must be informed of the delay expected. Emphasis has been placed on controller workload and traffic conditions for authorizing practice instrument approaches. This change standardizes controller responsibility for visual flight rules (VFR) practice instrument approaches to terminate at the missed approach point unless a published missed approach procedure has been authorized. Mission Support's interpretation, FAA Order 7210.3Y, Paragraph 10–4–5b, VFR Practice Approaches, dated March 23, 2015, is canceled. Related procedures for instrument flight rules (IFR) separation to VFR aircraft conducting practice instrument approaches are revised in conjunction with this change in FAA Order JO 7210.3, paragraph 6–4–4, Practice Instrument Approaches, and paragraph 10–4–5, Practice Instrument Approaches.
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5–4–10. EN ROUTE FOURTH LINE DATA BLOCK USAGE
This change adds guidance for celestial navigation coordination format when using "CELNAV" in the fourth line and deletes the example that is no longer needed.
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7–5–1. AUTHORIZATION
This change adds content to delineate when Special Visual Flight Rules (SVFR) is authorized pertaining to when pilots are operating above or beneath a ceiling, that SVFR is not authorized when operating within a Class E extension area and clarifies that SVFR is authorized based on the reported weather conditions at the airport for which the surface area is designated.
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8–7–3. LONGITUDINAL SEPARATION
8–8–3. LONGITUDINAL SEPARATION
8–9–3. LONGITUDINAL SEPARATION
8–10–3. LONGITUDINAL SEPARATION
This change will add a 20 nautical mile longitudinal separation standard with a required 192 second Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Contract (ADS-C) rate. Also added is a requirement for the ADS-C periodic contract rate to be established before applying Performance‐based Communication and Surveillance (PBCS) longitudinal separation standards. This change incorporates and cancels Notice JO 7110.795, Longitudinal Separation, effective February 21, 2025.
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13–2–1. DESCRIPTION
13–2–5. WEATHER DEVIATION TOOL
This change adds policy for use of the Advanced Technologies Oceanic Procedures (ATOP) weather deviation tool as a decision support tool, allowing controllers the ability to issue weather deviation clearances to aircraft when using required navigation performance (RNP) distance-based longitudinal separation in United States‐delegated oceanic airspace. This change incorporates and cancels Notice JO 7110.796, Decision Support Tools, effective February 21, 2025.
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Editorial Changes
Editorial changes include correcting a reference to FAA Order JO 8020.16 in paragraph 2–1–27; correcting a reference to FAA Order JO 7210.3 in paragraph 2–1–29; correcting a reference in subparagraph 5–9–5b; adding verbiage to paragraph 5–9–4, Arrival Instructions, to include all types of instrument approaches; updating references to AJT-2 to AJT-1 to reflect a recent reorganization; updating a reference to FAA Order JO 7110.67 in paragraph 5–2–24; removing references to Simplified Directional Facilities (SDF); updating the abbreviation of NWSOP in paragraph 1-2-6; a universal change replacing all prior references to the term Gulf of Mexico with the term Gulf of America in accordance with Executive Order 14172; and a universal change updating the term Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) to Notice to Airmen (NOTAM).
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Entire publication
Additional editorial/format changes were made where necessary. Revision bars were not used because of the insignificant nature of these changes.