Section 17. North
American Route
Program
17-17-1. PURPOSE
The NRP provides the
users of the NAS
greater flexibility
in flight plan
filing at or above
29,000 feet (FL290).
17-17-2. RESPONSIBILITIES
a. The
ATCSCC must:
1. Have
the authority to
suspend and/or
modify NRP
operations for
specific
geographical areas
or airports.
Suspensions may be
implemented for
severe weather
reroutes, special
events, or as
traffic/equipment
conditions warrant.
2. Conduct
special user
teleconferences and
transmit ATCSCC
advisories whenever
a provision of the
NRP will not be
available to the
user community for
more than one hour.
b. ARTCC
TMUs must:
1. Avoid
issuing route and/or
altitude changes for
aircraft which
display the remarks
“NRP" except when
due to strategic,
meteorological or
other dynamic
conditions.
2. Coordinate
with ATCSCC before
implementing any
reroute to NRP
flights beyond 200
NM from point of
departure or
destination.
3. Monitor
activity to identify
potential
sector/airport
constraint that may
impact DP/STAR
operations and
coordinate with the
ATCSCC for problem
resolution.
c. DP/STAR
procedures for the
ARTCCs are
authorized the
following
exemptions:
1. NRP
flights will be
allowed to file and
fly any published
transitions of the
DPs and/or STARs.
Not all of the
published
transitions may be
available, due to
facility procedural
constraints.
2. In
the case of radar
vector DPs the ARTCC
will clear the NRP
flight to the first
en-route
NAVAID/fix/waypoint
of the flight plan
as soon as
practical.
3. When
problems are
identified involving
the use of the
DP/STAR transitions,
immediately notify
the ATCSCC for
resolution.
d. Customer
flight plan filing
requirements are
authorized the
following
exemptions:
1. Customers
may file and fly any
published transition
of the DPs and/or
STARs, regardless of
the mileage from the
airport to
transition end
point.
2. Customers
should not file
DP/STAR transitions
in offshore
transition areas (12
NM or more off the
United States
shoreline)
17-17-3. PROCEDURES
a. “NRP"
must be retained in
the remarks section
of the flight plan
if the aircraft is
moved due to
weather, traffic, or
other tactical
reasons. In these
situations, every
effort will be made
to ensure the
aircraft is returned
to the original
filed flight
plan/altitude as
soon as conditions
warrant.
b. Traffic
management
specialists must not
enter “NRP" in the
remarks section of a
flight plan unless
prior coordination
concerning this
particular flight is
accomplished with
the ATCSCC or as
prescribed by
international NRP
flight operations
procedures.
c. The
en route facility
within which an
international flight
entering the
conterminous United
States requests to
participate in the
NRP must enter “NRP"
in the remarks
section of the
flight plan.
17-17-4. REPORTING
REQUIREMENTS
Reports of unusual
or unsatisfactory
events attributable
to NRP traffic
should be forwarded
to the System
Operations ATCSCC
TCA via facsimile at
(540) 422-4196 or
telephone at (540)
359-3146. Reports
must include, at a
minimum: aircraft
call sign, type,
altitude, route of
flight, affected
sectors, brief
description of
event, description
of impact, and any
actions taken.
17-17-5. USER
REQUIREMENTS
a. International
operators filing
through the Canadian
airspace to
destinations within
the conterminous
United States must
file an inland
navigational fix
within 30 NM north
of the common
Canada/United States
airspace
geographical
boundary to be
eligible to
participate in the
NRP.
b. Flights
must be filed and
flown via any
published DP or STAR
for the
departure/arrival
airport
respectively, or
published preferred
IFR routes, for at
least that portion
of flight which is
within 200 NM from
the point of
departure or
destination. If the
procedures above do
not extend to 200
NM, published
airways may be used
for the remainder of
the 200 NM. If the
procedures above do
not exist, published
airways may be used
for the entire 200
NM.
c. Operators
that file a flight
plan which conforms
to a published
preferred IFR route
must not enter “NRP"
in the remarks
section of that
flight plan.
d. Operators
must ensure that the
route of flight
contains no less
than one waypoint,
in the FRD format,
or NAVAID, per each
ARTCC that a direct
route segment
traverses and these
waypoints or NAVAIDs
must be located
within 200 NM of the
preceding ARTCC's
boundary. Additional
route description
fixes for each
turning point in the
route must be
defined.
e. Operators
must ensure that the
route of flight
avoids active
restricted areas and
prohibited areas by
at least 3 NM unless
permission has been
obtained from the
using agency to
operate in that
airspace and the
appropriate air
traffic control
facility is advised.
f. Operators
must ensure that
“NRP" is entered in
the remarks section
of the flight plan
for each flight
participating in the
NRP program.
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