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Ex. AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE-016 Context (guidance or announcement) Primary source read

Control Tower Hour Adjustments list (FAA coronavirus regulatory-updates page), as posted Apr. 27-28, 2020

Control Tower Hour Adjustments (reduced operating hours at federal contract and FAA control towers during the COVID-19 emergency)

Federal Aviation Administration, Air Traffic Organization · United States (Federal Aviation Administration, Air Traffic Organization) (Federal)

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Jurisdiction
United States (Federal Aviation Administration, Air Traffic Organization)
Level
Federal
Authority
49 U.S.C. § 40103(b)(1)-(2): the Administrator shall develop plans for the use of navigable airspace and prescribe air traffic regulations; FAA operational control of federal contract towers
Issued
2020-04-27 Apr. 27, 2020
Effective
2020-04 (rolling; hours reduced facility by facility from March 2020) (read as 2020-04-27)
End
varied by facility; restorations through 2020-2021 (read as 2020-09-30)
In force
Apr. 27, 2020 to Sept. 30, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q22020 Q3
Limitation types
Travel and quarantineOther
Addressees
  • aircraft operators, air carriers, fixed-base operators and flight schools using the listed airports
Functions reached
  • OP airport operations (towered service withdrawn for part of each day at some 90 airports)
  • CB fixed-base operators, flight schools, charter operators and airport tenants
  • WF air traffic controller staffing under COVID-19 exposure protocols
Character
context
Collection
Aviation and surface-transport regulators AGY-AVIATION-SURFACE

Operative words

"Control Tower Hour Adjustments" listing facility identifiers and names, e.g. "ACK Nantucket Memorial Airport; ACT Waco Regional Airport; AGS Augusta Regional Airport; ALO Waterloo Regional; APA Centennial Airport; APC Napa County Airport; ARB Ann Arbor Municipal Airport; ARR Aurora Municipal Airport; AVL Asheville Regional Airport; BFL Meadows Field Airport; BGM Greater Binghamton Airport; BIS Bismarck Airport; BTR Baton Rouge Metropolitan Airport..." with the adjusted hours of operation for each tower (list continues: ERI Erie International, FNT Flint Bishop International, GRR, HPN Westchester County, ISP Long Island MacArthur, LGB Long Beach, MYR Myrtle Beach, ORL Orlando Executive, PDK, PHF, PSP Palm Springs, RDG and others).

Enforcement

Operational: aircraft operate under non-towered procedures outside the listed hours (14 C.F.R. § 91.126-.127); FAA control of facility hours

Notes

The FAA reduced control-tower hours nationwide because of COVID-19 traffic collapse and controller exposures; the same period saw temporary ATC facility closures for cleaning (Midway Tower, Las Vegas Tower, Indianapolis Center and others), documented on the FAA coronavirus pages (not separately saved).

Retrieval note

Undated list; the text carries 'April 27, 2020' and the Wayback capture is Apr. 28, 2020. Facility-by-facility closures and ground stops of March 2020 are described by category only.

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