FAA drops two Alaska air routes and extends route Q-10 to the Canadian border
The FAA revokes Alaska routes J-804R and J-889R, which relied on ground beacons or saw little use, and extends area navigation route Q-10 past Middleton Island to the EURKA waypoint at the Canadian border to replace J-804R.
Not legal advice. Plain-English summaries to help you find what changes and when. Not legal advice: read the official text, and ask a lawyer about your situation.
The FAA extends area navigation route T-388, which ran from the Wixer waypoint to the Baily fix, so it now reaches the Kodiak navigation beacon at Kodiak Airport, adding route connections for pilots in Alaska.
The FAA amends federal airway V-108 in the San Francisco Bay Area because the Concord navigation beacon is being shut down, dropping the stretch between Scaggs Island and Linden that relied on it. The airway's end points stay the same.
California almond handlers must deliver their excess inedible kernels to the Almond Board or approved users by the end of November instead of the end of September after each crop year. The change is permanent.
The FAA corrects the published coordinates of the Thedford navigation beacon in the descriptions of area navigation routes T-285 and T-286, after a survey found them off by 344 feet. The routes themselves do not change.
A new prohibited area bars aircraft from the ground to 1,000 feet within about one nautical mile of Trump Tower, the President's New York home, unless the Secret Service allows entry. It follows a temporary restriction there and keeps the East River helicopter route open.