Section 13. Special
Traffic Management
Programs
17-13-1. SPECIAL EVENT
PROGRAMS
Special procedures may
be established for a
location to accommodate
abnormally large traffic
demands (Indianapolis
500 Race, Kentucky
Derby, fly-ins) or a
significant reduction in
airport capacity for an
extended period (airport
runway/taxiway closures
for airport
construction). These
special procedures may
remain in effect until
the event is over or
local TM procedures can
handle the situation.
17-13-2. COORDINATION
Documentation to justify
special procedures must
be submitted by the
facilities to the En
Route and Oceanic
Operations Service Area
Office and Terminal
Operations Area Office
90 days in advance, with
a copy to the
appropriate Manager,
Tactical Operations. The
service area office must
review and forward the
request to the ATCSCC
for coordination and
approval 60 days in
advance.
a. Documentation
must include the
following as a minimum:
1. The
reason for implementing
special procedures and a
statement of system
impact. Include the
total number of
additional flights
expected.
2. Airport(s)/sector(s)
to be controlled.
3. Capacity
restraints by user
category (five air
carrier, three air taxi,
seven general aviation,
three military) per hour
per airport.
4. Hours
capacity must be
controlled specified in
both local time and in
UTC (e.g., 0900-1859
EST, 1400-2359Z or,
0900-1859 EDT,
1300-2259Z).
5. Type
of flight to be
controlled (e.g.,
unscheduled, arrivals,
departures, IFR, VFR).
6. Days
of the week and dates
(e.g., Thursday, May 7
through Monday, May 11
or Friday, May 22 and
Sunday, May 24).
7. A
draft copy of the
associated NOTAM and
temporary flight
restrictions.
(Electronic mailing
preferred).
8. IFR/VFR
capacity at each
airport/sector.
9. Resource
cost estimate including
staffing and telephone
requirements.
10. The
number of slots to be
allocated per airport,
or group of airports,
per time increment
(e.g., ten arrivals
every fifteen minutes or
forty aircraft every
sixty minutes).
11. Coordination
accomplished with
impacted facilities and
any unresolved issues.
b. The
service area office must
forward the NOTAM to
System Operations
Airspace Aeronautical
Information
Management/Publications,
for publication no later
than 28 days prior to
the publication date.
Cutoff submittal dates
and publication dates
are printed inside the
front cover of the
monthly NOTAM Flight
Information Publication.
NOTE-
The toll-free number/web
address to obtain a STMP
slot are:
1. Touch-tone
interface:
1-800-875-9755.
2. Web
interface:
www.fly.faa.gov.
3. Trouble
number: (540) 422-4246.
17-13-3. IMPLEMENTATION
a. Special
TM programs must be
managed by the ATCSCC or
the affected ARTCC. The
ATCSCC must transmit an
advisory containing the
reason for the program,
airport(s)/sector(s)
involved, dates and
times the program will
be in effect, telephone
numbers to be used, and
any special
instructions, as
appropriate. The
affected ARTCC must
monitor special TM
programs to ensure that
the demand to the
center/terminal
facilities is equal to
the capacity.
b. The
ATCSCC will disseminate
a password and
instructions for
facility STMP reports.
Detailed instructions
can be found on the web
site for the web
interface, or in the
Aeronautical Information
Manual for the
touch-tone interface.
17-13-4. AIRPORT
RESERVATION OFFICE
a. The
Airport Reservations
Office (ARO) has been
established to monitor
the operation and
allocation of
reservations for
unscheduled operations
at airports designated
by the Administrator
under FAA adopted rules.
These airports are
generally known as slot
controlled airports. The
ARO allocates
reservations on a first
come, first served basis
determined by the time
the request is received
at the ARO. Standby
lists are not
maintained. Reservations
are allocated through
the ARO by the Enhanced
Computer Voice
Reservation System
(e-CVRS) and not by the
local air traffic
control facility.
b. Requests
for reservations for
unscheduled flights at
the slot controlled
airports will be
accepted beginning 72
hours before the
proposed time of
operation.
c. Flights
with declared
emergencies do not
require reservations.
d. Refer
to the Web site or
touch-tone phone
interface below for the
current listing of the
slot controlled
airports, limitations,
and reservation
procedures.
NOTE-
The Web
interface/telephone
numbers to obtain a
reservation for
unscheduled operations
at a slot controlled
airport are:
1. http://www.fly.faa.gov/ecvrs.
2. Touch-tone:
1-800-875-9694 (e-CVRS
interface).
3. Trouble
number: (540) 422-4246.
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