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  • 2025-03258 — Establishment of Class E Airspace; Windsor, NC
    Type:Rule
    Citation:90 FR 11019
    Reading Time:about 4 minutes

    The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has implemented a new rule to establish Class E airspace starting 700 feet above the ground at ECU Health Bertie Hospital Heliport in Windsor, NC. This airspace designation is essential to support new area navigation (RNAV) using the global positioning system (GPS) for instrument approaches, ensuring safe and efficient instrument flight operations. The rule comes into effect on June 12, 2025, following a proposal published in 2024, to which no public comments were received. This measure is categorized as routine, with minimal expected economic impact and no significant environment effects.

    Simple Explanation

    The FAA has created new rules for a safe flying zone above a hospital in Windsor, NC, using special GPS for helicopter landings. This rule helps keep flying safe, and starts in June 2025, without affecting the environment or economy much.

  • 2021-03602 — Airworthiness Directives; Airbus Canada Limited Partnership (Type Certificate Previously Held by C Series Aircraft Limited Partnership (CSALP); Bombardier, Inc.) Airplanes
    Type:Proposed Rule
    Citation:86 FR 11178
    Reading Time:about 11 minutes

    The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing a new airworthiness directive for specific Airbus Canada airplanes due to software issues in their flight control systems. The directive requires a software update to ensure safe flight and landing by correcting problems with the primary flight control computer and remote electronics unit. The FAA invites public comments on this proposal, which must be submitted by April 12, 2021, and will consider any feedback before finalizing the rule. This proposal is based on a related Canadian directive addressing these safety concerns.

    Simple Explanation

    The airplane company found a problem with the computer software that helps the plane fly and land safely, so they are asking people to update it to make sure it's safe. The company wants people to share their thoughts about this before they make it a rule, but they don't clearly explain how to do it.

  • 2025-02460 — Modification of Class D and Class E Airspace; Abbotsford Airport, Abbotsford, BC
    Type:Rule
    Citation:90 FR 9386
    Reading Time:about 2 minutes

    The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has made corrections to a rule initially published on December 11, 2024, regarding airspace at Abbotsford Airport in British Columbia. The correction involves changing the legal description of Class D airspace by correcting an error related to the geographic location for air navigation, which has been updated from Vancouver VORTAC to "Point in Space B." These changes will become effective on February 20, 2025.

    Simple Explanation

    The airplane bosses changed some words to fix a mistake about where planes can fly around Abbotsford Airport, so pilots get the right directions and don't get confused. They made this fix because they noticed a little mix-up in the original flying maps.

  • 2025-04547 — Petition for Exemption; Summary of Petition Received; ATL Europe.
    Type:Notice
    Citation:90 FR 12930
    Reading Time:about 2 minutes

    The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has announced a petition from ATL Europe seeking an exemption from specific Federal Aviation Regulations related to a Crew Rest Module (CRM) in cargo aircraft. This notice, aimed at boosting public involvement in the FAA's exemption process, details ATL Europe's request to carry up to two authorized persons in a CRM located in a cargo area of the plane and to bypass the requirement for manual deployment of oxygen units in this setup. Public comments on this petition are due by April 8, 2025, and can be submitted through various methods including mail, online, or in-person delivery.

    Simple Explanation

    The FAA is thinking about letting a company called ATL Europe use a special resting area for two people in the back of a cargo airplane without needing to use oxygen masks the usual way. They want people to say if they think this is okay by April 8, 2025.

  • 2025-00503 — Establishment of Class E Airspace; Sunbury, NC
    Type:Proposed Rule
    Citation:90 FR 4682
    Reading Time:about 6 minutes

    The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proposing to create Class E airspace starting at 700 feet above the ground for the Sunbury Fire Department Heliport in Sunbury, NC. This new airspace is necessary to ensure the safety and management of flights that follow instrument flight rules (IFR) in the area. The public can submit comments on this proposal until March 3, 2025. The proposal notes that changes to the designated airspace are routine and not expected to significantly affect the economy or small entities.

    Simple Explanation

    The government wants to make a safe flying area in the sky above a place in Sunbury, NC, so that helicopters can fly safely using instruments, like when the weather is bad. They are asking people what they think about this until early March 2025.

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