LOA/N90 FRG

Letter of Agreement

Republic Airport (FRG) & New York TRACON (N90)

Rev. 1 - 1 Aug 2021

Purpose

This agreement prescribes transfer of control procedures, radar handoff procedures, route/altitude assignments, and delegation of airspace between Republic Airport (FRG) and New York TRACON (N90).

Scope

The procedures contained herein must apply unless prior coordination is effected.

Disclosure

vZNY and any other facilities mentioned in this document are affiliated with the Virtual Air Traffic Simulation (VATSIM) network. The procedures outlined in this document are intended exclusively for use in the VATSIM flight simulation environment and must never be used for actual flight or air traffic control operations. vZNY and any other facility mentioned in this document are not affiliated with the FAA in any manner.

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FRG Arrival Procedures

N90 TRACON shall

• Transfer IFR arrival data to the TOWER using the handoff function.
• Verbally advise the TOWER of an IFR arrival’s call sign when FRG TOWER does not accept the handoff prior to 10 miles from the airport.
• Verbally advise of arrival runway or approach, if other than the primary runway or approach in use.
• Transfer communications to FRG TOWER prior to the final approach fix or prior to entering the surface area.
• Restrict all visual approaches to "maintain 2000 until advised by the TOWER".
• Not issue visual approaches when visibility is five miles or less.

FRG TOWER shall

• Forward the current ATIS code, runway usage, and approach information verbally.
• Verbally advise and receive an acknowledgement for changes in ATIS and visibility, wind and altimeter changes not reflected in current weather observations.
• Advise of airport conditions which may affect the movement of air traffic.
• Not issue any instructions to aircraft which would disrupt the approach sequence established by N90 TRACON without prior coordination.
• Advise of IFR aircraft utilizing a runway other than the primary arrival runway.
• FRG TOWER is authorized to clear IFR arrivals for a visual approach in accordance with FAA Order JO 7110.65 § 7-4-3, and shall advise N90 TRACON whenever this option is exercised.

FRG Departure Procedures

N90 TRACON shall

• Advise FRG TOWER to instruct departures to maintain 2,000’ when JFK is landing RWYs 22L and 22R.

FRG TOWER shall

• Advise N90 TRACON when an IFR aircraft is taxiing and include call sign, departure runway and sequence.
• Obtain IFR releases from N90 TRACON.
• Provide a “rolling call” to denote an aircraft’s departure roll to the ROBER position, which may consist of the call sign only, per FAA Order JO 7110.65 § 2-4-12.
• Advise N90 TRACON of IFR aircraft utilizing other than the primary departure runway.
• Restrict IFR departures to "maintain 3000, expect clearance to (requested altitude) 10 minutes after departure". When Standard Instrument Departure is not issued, assign the following headings "for vectors to (first route fix)":
  • RWY 32/1 - heading 010.
  • RWY 14/19 - heading 220.
• FRG TOWER is authorized, after N90 TRACON release, to separate an IFR departure from an IFR arrival using visual separation in accordance with FAA Order JO 7110.65 § 7-2-1

N90 TRACON shall, when conditions permit, allow departures to climb to 2,000 feet on their initial headings.

Practice Instrument Approaches

• N90 TRACON shall advise FRG TOWER how the approach will terminate (i.e. full stop landing, touch and go, missed approach instructions, etc.). This information shall be given when the aircraft is no closer than 10 miles from the airport.
• FRG TOWER shall advise whenever they cannot approve approaches.

Delegation of Authority

Authorization and responsibility for the control of Special VFR operations at and below 1,500 feet within the Class D Surface Area is delegated to FRG Local Control.

Special VFR Operations

Upon request, N90 TRACON shall advise the TOWER when an IFR departure leaves Class D Airspace or reaches 2000, when the weather is IFR.