Letter of Agreement
Philadelphia TRACON (PHL) & McGuire RAPCON (WRI)
Rev. 1 - 2 Mar 2015
- Purpose
- This agreement prescribes transfer of control procedures, radar handoff procedures, route/altitude assignments, and delegation of airspace between Philadelphia TRACON (PHL) and McGuire RAPCON (WRI).
- 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.
- 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.
- WRI RAPCON Departure Procedures
- WRI traffic direct ARD shall remain in WRI airspace until approval request (APREQ) has been requested from and approved by PHL TRACON.
- WRI shall handoff traffic on the PTW# or MXE# crossing WHITZ at 5,000' or between WHITZ and NAGGS climbing to 6,000'.
- WRI shall handoff traffic not on PTW# or MXE# which is direct NAGGS, crossing WHITZ at 5,000' or between WHITZ and NAGGS climbing to 6,000'. Traffic direct NAGGS at lower altitudes should be on an APREQ basis.
- WRI RAPCON Arrival Procedures
- PHL shall handoff traffic on the HAR# arrival to WRI crossing NAGGS at 5,000'.
- WRI has control on contact for turns 30 degrees left or right of the inbound course.