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1 Airport/Facility Directory Southwest Current Edition: April 5 - May 31, 2012 deleted added rearranged (on same page)

2 April 5 - May 31, 2012 February 9-9 April 5,

3 April 5 - May 31, 2012 February 9-9 April 5, Runway Lighting Abbreviation for Lead-In Lighting System changed From: LDIN To: RLLS

4 April 5 - May 31, 2012 AEROBATIC OPERATIONS NORTHEAST OF SANTA PAULA, CA Practice and competitive aerobatic maneuvers are regularly scheduled over the FIM VORTAC and associated airways seven days a week SR SS, 1,500 AGL to 5,500 MSL. The Aerobatic Area is defined by FIM 220/004, to FIM 260/008, to FIM 285/009, to FIM 360/005, to FIM 055/014, to FIM 070/013. The practice area is for waiver holders only. Pilots should use caution in this area. Frequency is provided to air-to-air communications with other pilots using or transiting the area. Pilots may monitor ATC on frequencies and ATC minimum vectoring altitude in this area is 4,000 to 5,000 MSL. February 9-9 April 5, 2012 Aerobatic Operations Northeast of Santa Paula, CA and Northwest of Burbank and Ban Nuys Airports Practice and competitive aerobatic maneuvers are regularly scheduled in the vicinity of over the FIM VORTAC and associated airways seven days a week SR SS, 1,500 AGL to 5,500 MSL. The Aerobatic Area is defined by FIM 220/004, to FIM 260/008, to FIM 285/009, to FIM 360/005, to FIM 055/014, to FIM 070/013. The practice area is for waiver holders only. Pilots should use caution in this area. Frequency is provided to air-toair communications with other pilots using or transiting the area. Pilots may monitor ATC on frequencies and ATC minimum vectoring altitude in this area is 4,000 to 5,000 MSL. December 15, 2011 February 9, 2012 AEROBATIC OPERATIONS NORTHEAST OF SANTA PAULA, CA Practice and competitive aerobatic maneuvers are regularly scheduled in the vicinity of FIM VORTAC, SR SS, 1,500 AGL to 5,500 MSL. The Aerobatic Area is defined by FIM 220/004, to FIM 260/008, to FIM 285/009, to FIM 360/005, to FIM 055/014, to FIM 070/013. The practice area is for waiver holders only. Pilots should use caution in this area. Frequency is provided to air-to-air communications with other pilots using or transiting the area.

5 FYI No New Chart Bulletins April 5 - May 31, 2012 Helicopter Chart Changes since publication date: Three helipads deleted Los Angeles Sectional Changes since publication date: Additional obstructions

6 FYI No New Chart Bulletins April 5 - May 31, 2012 LA TAC Changes since publication date: Additional obstructions Add LAX VORTAC symbol

7 AUWG SUBCOMMITTEE Reference Begin End Comments 1. TAC CHART RECOMMENDATIONS Queen's Gate - Flyways 09/07/11 Submitted to Francie 4/12/12 Stadium TFR 09/07/11 Submitted to Francie 4/12/12 Amusement Park 10/11/11 Submitted to Francie 4/12/12 Add new ASOS frequencies 04/11/12 Submitted to Francie 4/12/12 Visual Checkpoint Manhattan Beach Pier 04/11/12 Submitted to Francie 4/12/12 LAX VORTAC missing 01/10/12 Chart Bulletin published in A/FD 2/9/12 Queen's Gate - Nav Side 09/07/11 12/1/2011 Published on Edition A/FD RECOMMENDATIONS Dynamic Aviation Request from zriggs@dynamicaviation.com 04/11/12 Submitted to Francie 4/12/12 3. OTHER Update scauwg.org Practice Area link /08/12 Presenting at AUWG for review Review recent changes in Santa Paula T-area AFD chgs 05/08/12 Presenting at AUWG for review Review split frequency Cajon Pass T-area /08/12 Presenting at AUWG for review presentation is available at

8 Update scauwg.org Practice Area link

9 Practice Areas in the Los Angeles Basin The Los Angeles TERMINAL CHART includes 13 Flight Training areas indicated by a magenta CAUTION BLOCK containing the area title, altitude, and frequency. The boundaries of these areas are not charted. However, SCAUWG has drawn candidate or general guideline boundaries in this presentation. These boundaries are shown in many FAAST seminars. These data are provided solely as a guide for pilots flying in the Los Angeles Basin. They do not represent fixed boundaries or other regulatory airspace designated or defined by the FAA. The legal stuff There are 13 areas in the Los Angeles Basin used for practice by students as well as pilots working on enhanced ratings and in at least three cases, aerobatic training. This presentation was developed by Al German, CFI (retired), while working with Orange County Flight Center. The reference lines that designate the practice areas are general in nature and represent discussions by Mr. German with flight schools in each of the areas designated. This data is provided solely as a guide for pilots flying in the Los Angeles Basin and in no way, represents fixed boundaries or other regulatory airspace designated by the FAA. It is made available for use by pilots by Mr. German and the Southern California Airspace Users Working Group. Original: 26 Feb 2001 Revised: : January 2012

10 Generally speaking, these practice areas are on the perimeters of various Class B or Class C airspace. So pilots in training must not only look out for each other; but must be aware of the traffic routes to-and-from these high-use designated airspaces. It is important to remember it is the names of the areas that a pilot is working in that is important to other pilots. A separate slide presentation entitled LA Basin Hot Spots features a number of pretty specific spots within some of these training areas that have surfaced as problems due to the mix-of-traffic types; i.e. the mix of training flights with aircraft en route to-or-from one of the high-use airports.

These frequencies are for communication among pilots training in these areas; and should be monitored by pilots flying through

11 The frequencies for each of the practice areas are listed to the left of the lower left corner of the Los Angeles Terminal Area Chart. These frequencies are for communication among pilots training in these areas; and should be monitored by pilots flying through the airspace. However, not all pilots are aware of the extent of these practice areas; and equally important, many en route pilots transiting these practice areas are working with ATC and my not have time or think to monitor VFR practice area frequencies.

Palos Verdes Long Beach Palos Verdes 121.95 below 4500 ; 122.

12 Palos Verdes Long Beach Palos Verdes below 4500 ; at or below 2000 Long Beach below 4500 ; at or below 2000 Notice how the training areas extend in different forms from the magenta box that designates the area as a practice area; and provides the name of the where the plane is working. Also note in the Long Beach practice area, all of the other notices that airmen are supposed to be responsive to. In the three boxes displayed in the Long Beach practice area, there are currently several different frequencies that should be used depending on what the pilot is doing or intending to do: at or below 2000 ; above 2000 but below 4500; for the Hollywood Route; for the Shoreline Route; for ATC below 3000 ; for ATC above 3000

John Wayne El Toro Blockhouse Lake Mathews John Wayne 123.5 below 4500 El Toro 123.5 below 4500 ; 122.85 at or below 2000 Blockhouse 123.5 below 6000 Lake Mathews 123.

Flabob. It is trapped to the east by Class C airspace; to the south by mountains; and to the west and north by both Class D and Class B airspace.

13 John Wayne El Toro Blockhouse Lake Mathews John Wayne below 4500 El Toro below 4500 ; at or below 2000 Blockhouse below 6000 Lake Mathews below 4500 Lake Mathews is a densely populated training area because it is comparatively small, but the only designated practice area close to Corona and Chino; and convenient to Riverside and Flabob. It is trapped to the east by Class C airspace; to the south by mountains; and to the west and north by both Class D and Class B airspace. With the various airspace constrictions, VFR traffic frequently transits the borders of this practice area. El Toro lies just to the east of the John Wayne Orange County airport. While part of this airspace is covered by the Class C airspace, the least restrictive VFR approaches to Orange County are right through the middle of this airspace from the north, the east, and the south. Since the Orange County Class C airspace border cuts through the middle of this practice area, inbound pilots are often preoccupied with contacting SOCAL approach rather than looking for student or practicing pilots. The Blockhouse practice area has higher terrain, which forces training activities into higher altitudes. More important, it s contains a non-designated aerobatic training area. Michael Church of Sunrise, in replying to the question, Does Sunrise have a local aerobatics area, replies << Yes we do, inland from San Juan Capistrano -- in constant aerobatic use since It is free of all airspace restrictions, subject only to the 3 mile visibility and 1500' AGL rules. The area is large enough to accommodate 4 planes at a time. The John Wayne practice area is NOT the area just east of the airport that s El Toro practice area. John Wayne practice area is the one off the coast that stretches from about the Newport Beach harbor area down to San Clemente. John Wayne practice area often has traffic traversing up-and-down the coastline; channeled there by the Camp Pendleton restricted airspace to its Southeast and the John Wayne Class C airspace ahead.

Santa Fe La Habra Santa Fee 123.3 below 4500 ; 123.025 at or below 2000 La Habra 123.3 below 4000; 123.

between the mountains to the north and the LAX Class B airspace to the south making it a busy transit area for en route VFR traffic working its way across the LA Basis and into the San Fernando

14 Santa Fe La Habra Santa Fee below 4500 ; at or below 2000 La Habra below 4000; at or below 2000 (west portion tops at base of Class B airspace) Santa Fe dam practice area serves El Monte and Bracket fields primarily; but it has raising terrain under it and is squeezed between the mountains to the north and the LAX Class B airspace to the south making it a busy transit area for en route VFR traffic working its way across the LA Basis and into the San Fernando Valley area or headed from the north to the Riverside area or out through the Banning Pass area. The La Habra practice area, serving Fullerton and Bracket, is similarly endowed. It has rising terrain below it and is capped on top by the base of the LAX Class B airspace. Thus traffic from the southern coastal areas seeking to transit to the north are often flying through this airspace under the Class B airspace while having to clear the 1500 mountains below by 1000.

Cajon Pass Redlands Cajon Pass 123.3 below 4500 ; 123.025 at or below 2000 Redlands 123.

1500 agl up to and including 7500 msl. This aerobatic airspace is for waiver holders only; but it still requires pilots to be alert in the area.

15 Cajon Pass Redlands Cajon Pass below 4500 ; at or below 2000 Redlands below 7500 Redlands is unique because, in addition to student training and very rapidly rising terrain Redlands has an FAA designated aerobatic training area within its boundaries that extends from 1500 agl up to and including 7500 msl. This aerobatic airspace is for waiver holders only; but it still requires pilots to be alert in the area. And as with the Cajon Pass, pilots coming from Las Vegas down the airway or departing out of Big Bear airport and headed for the LA Basin are often commencing their descents into the basin potentially right in the middle of where pilots are flying aerobatics. The frequency for communicating in this area is NOT the Redlands airport (REI) multicom frequency The Cajon Pass practice area has multiple challenged. It too is squeezed between high mountains on the north and airspace restrictions to the south; in this case, Ontario s Class C airspace. VFR Traffic flying east that begin north of the LAX Class B airspace are further channeled into an even narrower chute; which also happens to be the Cajon Pass practice area. And for many VFR pilots particularly those based in the Corona, Chino, Riverside and San Bernardino areas the Cajon Pass is the lowest area to cross the mountains if intending to go to Las Vegas and/or Palmdale/ Lancaster. Thus traffic at the east end of the practice area is varied and often preoccupied with navigation issues rather than looking for practicing pilots.

16 Santa Paula Santa Clarita Simi Valley Santa Paula below 5500 Santa Clarita below 4500 ; at or below 2000 Simi Valley below 4500 ; at or below 2000 With mountains immediately to the north and a pseudo-jet traffic flow above; pilots en route west or north tend to channel along the edge of the mountains without realizing that they are also in a designated aerobatic area. The Van Nuys ILS approach lies just east of the middle of the Santa Clarita valley practice area. And the route east of Santa Clarita is the low pass through the mountains that leads out to the Lancaster/Palmdale areas. Similarly, the Simi Valley practice area is under both a major airway and the ILS approach to Burbank. There are numerous Hot Spots in these areas and a visit to the Hot Spots presentation at SCAUWG should be considered. Santa Paula, like Redlands, has an FAA designated aerobatic flight and training area within its boundaries. The Van Nuys FAA wants to emphasize that the Santa Paula Aerobatic Practice Area (1500' agl to 5500' msl) that extends all the way from Santa Paula airport (SZP) to Magic Mountain at the east end of the practice area. Like Redlands, this is waivered airspace due to the restrictions (Federal Airways)... requiring application to the VNY FSDO. The frequency for aerobatic area users and pilots transiting this this space is (for locals, not the multicom frequency of Santa Paula (SZP)). Another key aspect to the Santa Paula practice area is that the Fillmore VOR sits pretty much in its middle. Fillmore is one of the primary LAX jet traffic inbound primary decent routing points. And Fillmore VOR is a hub-point for multiple airways entering or exiting the LA Basin.

17 Questions? This presentation is available at

18 For Reference: Original scauwg.org Practice Area link

19 PRACTICE AREAS The Los Angeles TERMINAL CHART includes 13 Flight Training areas indicated by a magenta CAUTION BLOCK containing the area title, altitude, and frequency. The boundaries of these areas are not charted. However, SCAUWG has drawn candidate or general guideline boundaries in this presentation. These boundaries are shown in many FAAST seminars. These data are provided solely as a guide for pilots flying in the Los Angeles Basin. They do not represent fixed boundaries or other regulatory airspace designated or defined by the FAA. 26 Feb 2001 The legal stuff There are 13 areas in the Los Angeles Basin used for practice by students as well as pilots working on enhanced ratings and in at least three cases, aerobatic training. This presentation was developed by Al German, CFI (retired), while working with Orange County Flight Center. The reference lines that designate the practice areas are general in nature and represent discussions by Mr. German with flight schools in each of the areas designated. This data is provided solely as a guide for pilots flying in the Los Angeles Basin and in no way, represents fixed boundaries or other regulatory airspace designated by the FAA. It is made available for use by pilots by Mr. German and the Southern California Airspace Users Working Group. 1

20 Practice Areas in the Los Angeles Basin Generally speaking, these practice areas are on the perimeters of various Class B or Class C airspace. So pilots in training must not only look out for each other; but must be aware of the traffic routes to and from these high use designated airspaces. A separate slide presentation entitled LA Basin Hot Spots features a number of pretty specific spots within some of these training areas that have surfaced as problems due to the mix oftraffic types; i.e. the mix of training flights with aircraft en route to or from one of the high use airports. 2

21 The frequencies for each of the practice areas are listed to the left of the lower left corner of the Los Angeles Terminal Area Chart. These frequencies are for communication among pilots training in these areas; and should be monitored by pilots flying through the airspace. However, not all pilots are aware of the extent of these practice areas; and equally important, many en route pilots transiting these practice areas are working with ATC and my not have time or think to monitor VFR practice area frequencies. 3

Palos Verdes Long Beach Notice how the training areas extend in different forms from the magenta box that designates the area as a practice area; and provides the name of the where the plane is

In the six boxes displayed in the Long Beach practice area, there are currently six to seven different frequencies that should be used depending on what the pilot is doing or intending to do 129.

22 Palos Verdes Long Beach Notice how the training areas extend in different forms from the magenta box that designates the area as a practice area; and provides the name of the where the plane is working. Also note in the Long Beach practice area, all of the other notices that airmen are supposed to be responsive to. In the six boxes displayed in the Long Beach practice area, there are currently six to seven different frequencies that should be used depending on what the pilot is doing or intending to do below 1000; at or above 1000 but below 4000; for the Hollywood Route; for the Shoreline Route; for ATC below 3000; for ATC above 3000; and to monitor when operating in the LA Basin (Coast Guard frequency). Palos Verdes below 4500 Long Beach Below 4500 ; below

23 John Wayne El Toro Blockhouse Lake Mathews The John Wayne practice area is NOT the area just east of the airport that s El Toro practice area. John Wayne practice area is the one off the coast that stretches from about the Newport Beach harbor area down to San Clemente. John Wayne practice area often has traffic traversing up and down the coastline; channeled there by the Camp Pendleton restricted airspace to its Southeast and the John Wayne Class C airspace ahead. El Toro lies just to the east of the John Wayne Orange County airport. While part of this airspace is covered by the Class C airspace, the least restrictive VFR approaches to Orange County are right through the middle of this airspace from the north, the east, and the south. Since the Orange County Class C airspace border cuts through the middle of this practice area, inbound pilots are often preoccupied with contacting SOCAL approach rather than looking for student or practicing pilots. The Blockhouse practice area has higher terrain, which forces training activities into higher altitudes. More important, it s contains a non designated aerobatic training area. Michael Church of Sunrise, in replying to the question, Does Sunrise have a local aerobatics area, replies << Yes we do, inland from San Juan Capistrano in constant aerobatic use since It is free of all airspace restrictions, subject only to the 3 mile visibility and 1500' AGL rules. The area is large enough to accommodate 4 planes at a time. >>. SCAUWG has lobbied for and now expects the top of this airspace to be raised to 6000 with the release of the next Los Angeles Terminal Area Chart. Lake Mathews is a densely populated training area because it is comparatively small, but the only designated practice area close to Corona and Chino; and convenient to Riverside and Flabob. It is trapped to the east by Class C airspace; to the south by mountains; and to the west and north by both Class D and Class B airspace. With the various airspace constrictions, VFR traffic frequently transits the borders of this practice area. 5

24 Santa Fe La Habra Santa Fe dam practice area serves El Monte and Bracket fields primarily; but it has raising terrain under it and is squeezed between the mountains to the north and the LAX Class B airspace to the south making it a busy transit area for en route VFR traffic working its way across the LA Basis and into the San Fernando Valley area or headed from the north to the Riverside area or out through the Banning Pass area. The La Habra practice area, serving Fullerton and Bracket, is similarly endowed. It has rising terrain below it and is capped on top by the base of the LAX Class B airspace. Thus traffic from the southern coastal areas seeking to transit to the north are often flying through this airspace under the Class B airspace while having to clear the 1500 mountains below by Santa Fee below 4500 La Habra below 4000 (left portion tops at base of Class Bairspace) 6

VFR Traffic flying east that begin north of the LAX Class B airspace are further channeled into an even narrower chute; which also happens to be the Cajon Pass practice area.

25 Cajon Pass Redlands The Cajon Pass practice area has multiple challenged. It too is squeezed between high mountains on the north and airspace restrictions to the south; in this case, Ontario s Class C airspace. VFR Traffic flying east that begin north of the LAX Class B airspace are further channeled into an even narrower chute; which also happens to be the Cajon Pass practice area. And for many VFR pilots particularly those based in the Corona, Chino, Riverside and San Bernardino areas the Cajon Pass is the lowest area to cross the mountains if intending to go to Las Vegas and/or Palmdale/Lancaster. Thus traffic at the east end of the practice area is varied and often preoccupied with navigation issues rather than looking for practicing pilots. Redlands is unique because, in addition to student training and very rapidly rising terrain Redlands has an FAA designated aerobatic training area within its boundaries that extends from 1500 agl up to and including 7500 msl. This aerobatic airspace is for waiver holders only; but it still requires pilots to be alert in the area. And as with the Cajon Pass, pilots coming from Las Vegas down the airway or departing out of Big Bear airport and headed for the LA Basin are often commencing their descents into the basin potentially right in the middle of where pilots are flying aerobatics. The frequency for communicating in this area is 123.3; not the Redlands airport (REI) multicom frequency Cajon Pass below 4500 Redlands below

26 Santa Paula Santa Clarita Simi Valley Santa Paula, like Redlands, has an FAA designated aerobatic flight and training area within its boundaries. The Van Nuys FAA wants to emphasize that the Santa Paula Aerobatic Practice Area (1500' agl to 5500' msl) that extends all the way from Santa Paula airport (SZP) to Magic Mountain at the east end of the practice area. Like Redlands, this is waivered airspace due to the restrictions (Federal Airways)... requiring application to the VNY FSDO. The frequency for aerobatic area users and pilots transiting this this space is (for locals, not the multicom frequency of Santa Paula (SZP)). Another key aspect to the Santa Paula practice area is that the Fillmore VOR sits pretty much in its middle. Fillmore is one of the primary LAX jet traffic inbound primary decent routing points. And Fillmore VOR is a hub point for multiple airways entering or exiting the LA Basin. With mountains immediately to the north and a pseudo jet traffic flow above; pilots en route west or north tend to channel along the edge of the mountains without realizing that they are also in a designated aerobatic area. The Van Nuys ILS approach lies just east of the middle of the Santa Clarita valley practice area. And the route east of Santa Clarita is the low pass through the mountains that leads out to the Lancaster/Palmdale areas. Similarly, the Simi Valley practice area is under both a major airway and the ILS approach to Burbank. There are numerous Hot Spots in these areas and a visit to the Hot Spots presentation at SCAUWG should be considered. Santa Paula below 5500 Santa Clarita below 4500 Simi Valley below

27 Questions? This presentation is available at Generally speaking, these practice areas are on the perimeters of various Class B or Class C airspace. So pilots in training must not only look out for each other; but must be aware of the traffic routes to and from these high use designated airspaces. It is important to remember only four frequencies , 123.5, 123.3, and represent all of the practice areas in the Basin. It s the names of the areas that a pilot is working in that is important to other pilots. A separate slide presentation entitled LA Basin Hot Spots features a number of pretty specific spots within some of these training areas that have surfaced as problems due to the mix of traffic types; i.e. the mix of training flights with aircraft en route to or from one of the high use airports. 9

28 Review split frequency Cajon Pass T-area

CAUTION INTENSIVE FLIGHT TRAINING 123.3 BELOW 4500 123.

025 UNUSABLE TERRAIN ABOVE 2000 1900 TO 2000 = 100 1455 (FIELD ELEVATION) TO 2000 = 545 1783 TO

29 CAUTION INTENSIVE FLIGHT TRAINING BELOW AT OR BELOW 2000 CAJON PASS CAJON PASS T-AREA SPLIT FREQUENCY UNUSABLE TERRAIN ABOVE TO 2000 = (FIELD ELEVATION) TO 2000 = TO 2000 = 217 Rialto: Traffic pattern is above 2000, unusable Enroute Traffic: above 2000, unusable Maneuvering Traffic: will be more than 545, unusable

30 THE END

LA Basin Hot Spots. Southern California Airspace Users Working Group Education Subcommittee

LA Basin Hot Spots. Southern California Airspace Users Working Group Education Subcommittee LA Basin Hot Spots This Presentation has been adapted from a presentation of Al German Orange County Flight Center by the Southern California Airspace Users Working Group Education Subcommittee What you