Letter of Agreement
New York TRACON (N90) & LaGuardia Tower (LGA)
Rev. 2 - 30 Jul 2015
- Purpose
- This agreement prescribes transfer of control procedures, radar handoff procedures, route/altitude assignments, and delegation of airspace between New York TRACON (N90) and LaGuardia TRACON (LGA).
- Cancellation
- New York TRACON (N90) and LaGuardia TRACON (LGA) Letter of Agreement, dated January 2011, is hereby cancelled.
- 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.
- Conflicting Flows
- When the facilities to which the LOA pertains must use conflicting traffic flows, they shall do so alternately, governed by traffic volume and delays at each airport or airspace.
- LaGuardia Departure Procedures
- LGA Tower Shall
- Select the runway configuration and notify the N90 TRACON prior to the change. When this selection conflicts with other airports, TRACON has final approval authority for runway configurations.
- Identify to 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.
- Ensure complete and accurate flight plans for all VFR departures. If the departure will be handled by TRACON, radar identify and 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.
- LGA Tower may
- Use heading of 350 instead of 340 when departing runway 31, because of strong winds aloft from the east/northeast. If using heading 350 instead of 340, departures to the East gate must also use heading 010 instead of 360.
- Use heading of 055 (LGA# as published) instead of heading 070 when departing runway 4 and landing ILS 13, because of strong winds aloft from the north.
- LaGuardia Arrival Procedures
| Approach | 4 | 13 | 22 | 31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ILS | I4 | I13 | I22 | – |
| VOR | VOF/VO4 | VOH | VOG | – |
| LOC | – | – | – | L31 |
| LDA | – | – | LDA | – |
| GPS | G4 | G13 | G22 | G31 |
| RNP | P4 | – | P22 | – |
| Visual | V4 | V13 | V22 | V31 |
| River Visual | – | 13 | – | – |
| Expressway Visual | – | – | – | EXP |
| VFR Arrivals | VFR | VFR | VFR | VFR |
- New York TRACON Shall
- Use the proper approach indicator (as per the table) in the aircraft’s scratchpad if the assigned approach differs from the approach advertised in the ATIS or Status Information Area of the IDS.
- Not turn departures until they reach 1,500'.