LOA/N90 EWR

Letter of Agreement

New York TRACON (N90) & Newark Tower (EWR)

Rev. 3 - 19 April 2021

Purpose

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

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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Coordination

Procedures contained in Letters of Agreement shall apply at all times unless prior verbal (or textual) coordination between facilities has been affected otherwise.

Position Combining/Decombining

Coordinate prior to combining/decombining pertinent positions within facilities with any affected controllers.

Conflicting Flows

When the facilities for which the LOA pertains to must use conflicting traffic flows, they shall do so alternately, governed by traffic volume and delays at each airport or airspace.

Airspace Delegations

• EWR Tower is delegated its airspace from the N90 TRACON and therefore the airspace delegated from N90 depends on the runway configuration
• The airspace delegated to EWR Tower can be found in the Airspace Delegation in the Tower section of the EWR SOP.

Newark Departure Procedures

• EWR Tower shall:
  • Select the runway configuration and notify the N90 TRACON prior to the change. When this selection conflicts with other airports, N90 TRACON has final approval authority for runway configurations.
  • Identify to N90 TRACON the last aircraft that will depart prior to a runway configuration change. Tower shall then obtain a release from TRACON for the first departure in the new configuration.
  • Obtain releases for aircraft not using the standard departure runway(s).
  • Ensure complete and accurate flight plans for all VFR departures. If the departure will be handled by TRACON, do not radar identify but handoff in a timely fashion.
  • Handoff departing traffic to TRACON after observing a turn towards the assigned climb or heading. Ensure the handoff is accomplished in a timely fashion.

Newark Arrival Procedures

• New York TRACON Shall:
  • Use the proper approach indicator (as per the table below) in the aircraft’s scratchpad if the assigned approach differs from the approach advertised in the ATIS.
  • The scratchpad entries for Visual Approaches are used when the approach is not for the arriving runway. If the Visual Approach is being conducted to the standard arriving runway, use "VAA" as the scratchpad entry for a visual approach to the airport, while "VAP" should be used for an aircraft following traffic ahead.
  • Not turn departures until they reach 1,500'.

Table 1 - Scratchpad entries for different types of approach to EWR

Approach	4L	4R	22L	22R	11	29
ILS	I4L	I4R	I2L	I2R	I11	–
GLS	G4L	G4R	G2L	G2R	G11	–
GPS	R4L	R4R	R2L	R2R	R11	R29
RNP	–	P4R	P2L	–	–	PY9/PZ9
Visual	4L	4R	22L	22R	11	29
Bridge Visual	–	–	–	–	–	B29
Stadium Visual	–	–	–	–	–	S29
Circle to Land	–	–	C2L	C2R	C11	C29
VFR Arrivals	VFR	VFR	VFR	VFR	VFR	VFR