FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION ISSUES RULE: AMENDMENT OF CLASS E AIRSPACE; NEW BERN, NC

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Federal Aviation Administration has issued a rule called: Amendment of Class E Airspace; New Bern, NC.

The rule was published in the Federal Register on April 10 by Patrick Young, Manager, Airspace & Procedures Team North, Eastern Service Center, Air Traffic Organization.

Summary: This action amends Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface for New Bern, NC, by adding airspace for CarolinaEast Medical Center Heliport, New Bern, NC. The controlled airspace is required to support the new RNAV (GPS) standard instrument approach procedures for instrument flight rules (IFR) operations at the heliport. This action also corrects the state abbreviation in the header from AL to NC.

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