68 FR 162 pg. 50468 - Modification of Class E Airspace; Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, KS

Type: RULEVolume: 68Number: 162Page: 50468
Docket number: [Docket No. FAA-2003-15454; Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-52]
FR document: [FR Doc. 03-21458 Filed 8-20-03; 8:45 am]
Agency: Transportation Department
Sub Agency: Federal Aviation Administration
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Federal Aviation Administration

14 CFR Part 71

[Docket No. FAA-2003-15454; Airspace Docket No. 03-ACE-52]

Modification of Class E Airspace; Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, KS

AGENCY:

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

ACTION:

Direct final rule; request for comments; correction.

SUMMARY:

This action corrects a direct final rule; request for comments that was published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, July 15, 2003, (68 FR 41691) [FR Doc. 03-17766]. It corrects an error in the McConnell Air Force Base (AFB) airport reference point.

DATES:

This direct final rule is effective on 0901 UTC, October 30, 2003.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathy Randolph, Air Traffic Division, Airspace Branch, ACE-520C, DOT Regional Headquarters Building, Federal Aviation Administration, 901 Locust, Kansas City, MO 64106; telephone: (816) 329-2525.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

History

Federal Register Document 03-17766, published on Tuesday, July 15, 2003, (68 FR 41691) modified Class E airspace at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, KS. The modification was to provide the appropriate Class E airspace to protect aircraft executing newly developed instrument approach procedures at Cessna Aircraft Field, Wichita, KS, to correct discrepancies in the Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, KS Class E airspace area and to bring the legal description into compliance with FAA Order 7400.2E, Procedures for Handling Airspace Matters. This Class E airspace area is defined, in part, by the McConnell AFB airport reference point. On August 4, 2003, a revised McConnell AFB airport reference point was published. This correction incorporates the revised McConnell AFB airport reference point into the Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, KS Class E airspace area and its legal description.

Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, the Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, KS Class E airspace, as published in the Federal Register on Tuesday, July 15, 2003, (68 FR 41691), [FR Doc. 03-17766] is corrected as follows:

§ 71.1 [Corrected]

On page 41692, Column 2, paragraph headed "ACE KS E5 Wichita Mid-Continent Airport, KS," sixth and seventh lines, change:

"Wichita McConnell Air Force Base, KS

(Lat.37°37'33? N., long.97°16'03? W.)"

to read "miles south of the airport."

"Wichita McConnell Air Force Base, KS

(Lat.37°37'23? N., long.97°16'24? W.)"

Issued in Kansas City, MO, on August 11, 2003.

Herman J. Lyons, Jr.

Manager, Air Traffic Division, Central Region.

[FR Doc. 03-21458 Filed 8-20-03; 8:45 am]

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