Facility Training Criteria - JFK

New York ARTCC

Kennedy Training Procedure

Rev. 4 — Revised: 2025-09-30

Clearance Delivery and Ground

• Level 1 & 2 material covered in Level Specific Training Criteria
  
• Airport configuration and coordination with adjacent facilities
  
• JFK Valid Exit System
  
• JFK Common Amendments Table
  
• JFK SIDs
  • Flow diagram usage in the SOP
  • Initial Altitude and Climb via SID phraseology
  • JFK#
    • Climb selection
    • Conditions of use
  • DEEZZ#
    • Transition selection
    • Climb/Transition phraseology
    • Conditions of use
  • SKORR#
    • Transition selection
    • Conditions of use
• Concorde operations
• JFK VFR Class B procedures
  
• PDC usage (vTDLS)
  
• Taxiway ownership on each configuration
  
• Runway assignment to prop and turboprop aircraft
  
• Taxiing procedures
  • Taxiways A and B directions
  • Runway crossing coordination
  • Airbus A380 and Boeing B747 restrictions
  • Conflict avoidance
• Sequencing of departures
  
• Frequency management and prioritization of transmissions

Local

Kennedy Level 1 material

Level 2 material covered in Level Specific Training Criteria

Understanding of relevant LOA's

• JFK ATCT-N90 LOA

JFK runway selection

Coordination with other N90 facilities

Belmont, Coney interactions with LGA

ILS 13L interactions with LGA

Taxiway ownership and parallel runway crossing instructions

LUAW procedures

Intersection departures

Overflow operations

Heading assignment on departure, when appropriate

• On the 13L/R configuration, efficient use of same runway separation to expedite departures
• Headings during special operations (ILS 13L and overflow)

Miles-in-trail requirements

Consolidated Wake Turbulence separation requirements

Management and coordination of missed approaches

JFK VFR Class B airspace delegations and procedures

Adjacent sectors

Overflights

Shoreline transition procedures

New York helicopter routes

NY22 operations

Tower Concorde operations

Frequency management and prioritization of transmissions

Departure

Kennedy Level 2 material

Level 3 material covered in Level Specific Training Criteria

JFK Video Map

• Full knowledge of the depicted airports, departure gates, departure fixes, and applicable radials/airways.
• Basic knowledge of depicted VORs, approaches, and landmarks.

JFK Departure Airspace awareness

• Vertical and lateral boundaries; adjacent sectors
• 4L/R & 13L/R configurations: Interactions with PACA (Pre-Arranged Coordination Airspace)
• 22L/R configuration: Airspace along DPK R-221
• 31L/R configuration:
  • AOB 7,000 line
  • Airspace along DPK R-221
  • Interactions with PACA (Pre-Arranged Coordination Airspace)

MIT requirements

Timely handoffs

Direct handoffs to ZBW when Liberty not covered

Direct handoffs to ZDC when N66 not covered

Noise abatement procedures: Vectoring above 2500 or over water on 22L/R and 31L/R configurations

Departure Concorde operations

IFR overflights on V16, T224, V1

FRG interactions and services

N90 VFR Class B operations

• Flight following
• Overflights

Understanding of relevant LOA's

• JFK ATCT-JFK LOA
• JFK-LIB LOA
• JFK-ISP LOA
  • ISP North Gate departures
• JFK-LGA LOA
  • Coney and Belmont conditional airspaces
  • LGA SHIPP, WAVEY, DIXIE, and WHITE departures
• JFK-ZNY LOA

Frequency management and prioritization of transmissions

Approach

Usage of the JFK Video Map

• Knowledge of the depicted airports, departure gates, departure fixes, and applicable radials/airways.
• Knowledge of depicted VORs, approaches, and landmarks.

JFK Approach airspace awareness

• Vertical and lateral boundaries
• Adjacent sectors
• Satellite airspace
• Coney and Belmont conditional airspaces

Relevant entry STARs, fixes, speed and altitude restrictions issued by ZNY and ZBW

Merging flows and sequencing aircraft

Positive separation

Speed control

Consolidated wake turbulence separation

Approach Concorde operations

N90 VFR Class B operations

• Flight following
• Overflights

Understanding of relevant LOA's

• JFK ATCT-JFK LOA
  • Scratchpad usage
• JFK-ISP LOA
• JFK-LGA LOA
• JFK-ZNY LOA
• LOA control for turns
  

4L/R Configuration

• PACA (Pre-Arranged Coordination Airspace) usage
• Final box altitudes and management
• Simultaneous approaches to 4L/R and required separation
• Coney airspace ownership

13L/R Configuration

• RNAV Z 13L/R operations
• Overflow operations: RNAV Z 13L + RNAV X 22L approaches
• ILS 13L operations
• PACA (Pre-Arranged Coordination Airspace) usage
• Final box altitudes and management

22L/R Configuration

• Satellite airspace awareness
• Final box altitudes and management
• Simultaneous approaches to 22L/R and required separation

31L/R Configuration

• PACA for JFK departures to Southwest gates
• Final box altitudes and management
• Simultaneous approaches to 31L/R and required separation

ISP sector operations (when not covered by a separate ISP_APP controller)

• Airspace awareness
• Lateral and vertical boundaries
• Adjacent sectors
• Towered and untowered fields within the sector
• VFR operations and coordination
• Departure gates
• Entry STARs for ISP sector airports
• HPN arrivals via BOUNO# STAR