SOCAL Approach Coast Area (SNA)

POC: Facility Advisory Board	Date: 2008-07-25
Code: ZLA-350	Version: 1.20

1. PURPOSE.

This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) outlines the procedures to be used by controllers working SOCAL Approach - Coast Area to ensure that arrival flows are handled in as efficient and timely a manner as possible. By specifying standard handoff points, and arrival routes, coordination between SOCAL Approach and ZLA Center sectors may be greatly reduced.

2. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

The Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR) for this SOP is the ZLA Facility Advisory Board. This SOP was originally drafted by David Walsh, SOCAL Approach - Coast Area Lead on 1/12/02, and signed by Jeff Clark, ZLA Facility Chief on June 18, 2001. This SOP shall be maintained, revised, updated or cancelled by the ZLA Facility Advisory Board or any organization that supersedes, replaces or assumes the FAB responsibilities. Any suggestions for modification/amendment to this SOP should be sent to the FAB for review.

3. DISTRIBUTION.

This SOP is intended for use by controllers staffing SOCAL Approach - Coast Area, as well as controllers working at SOCAL Approach and ZLA positions interfacing with SOCAL Approach - Coast Area.

4. BACKGROUND.

Over time, controllers have found that having aircraft arrive via pre-approved arrival routes, either by STAR’s (Standard Terminal Arrival Routes) or via vectors through pre-determined arrival “gates”, provides for a more orderly traffic flow, and reduces the need for communication between SOCAL Approach - Coast Area and other SOCAL TRACON and ZLA Center positions. It is also vitally important that all facilities understand what an airplane is going to do (i.e., what altitude he has been cleared to) when he approaches an adjacent controller's airspace. These procedures outline what instructions pilots will be issued as they go from controller to controller.

5. REQUIREMENTS

a. Frequency:

SOCAL Approach - Coast Area shall use 121.30 as its primary frequency.

b. Airspace:

SOCAL Approach - Coast Area owns the airspace as shown on the TRACON Graphic. The sector owns from the surface up to 8,500 inclusive, underneath a portion of LAX DEP and surface to 13,000 inclusive in the other area of its airspace.

c. Special Instructions:

1. KLAX Arrivals:

M & J Class arrivals into KLAX shall be handed off to LAX_APP in a single stream, routed over SLI at 7,000 feet and 210 knots or less. When KLAX is on normal operations, SNA_APP will advise the aircraft to expect vectors for the ILS Rwy 25L approach. Transfer of communications to LAX_APP must be completed no later than 10 NM south of SLI.

2. KLAX Departures:

(a) TEC Route or SLI SID Departures:

i) Filed at or below 8,000' are handed to SNA APP heading 110. SNA APP shall vector these aircraft on course. SNA APP must ensure that all turbojet departures remain at least 5 miles offshore, and turboprop departures at least 1 mile offshore of the Palos Verdes Peninsula during all hours of the day and night.

ii) Filed at or above 9,000' are handed to SNA APP on course and climbing or level at their requested cruise altitude.

3. Long Beach Tower Staffing

If there is no KLGB TWR position online, IFR releases for this facility will be coordinated by SNA_APP, as per the LGB Departure instructions listed below.

d. Normal operations:

1. Santa Ana/John Wayne (KSNA) Arrivals

(a).TANDY STAR / Arrivals via BENET are received from Departure direct or on a vector towards ALBAS, descending to, or level at 5,000.

(b) KAYOH STAR arrivals are recieved from ONT APP, crossing KAYOH at 8,000' and 190kts. This is a difficult arrival procedure due to the aircraft arriving at high altitude and little distance from the airport, requiring a rapid descent. Controllers are advised to have aircraft reduce speed as soon as practical in order to get low enough to be below the glideslope when vectored onto the ILS approach. SNA_APP has control on contact with all KAYOH STAR handoffs, so long as the aircraft will continue on a track toward SNA_APP airspace and will not enter another controller's airspace.

(c). VFR arrivals to John Wayne are to be given VFR flight following after appropriate radar identification. Depending on traffic levels aircraft will be instructed to proceed direct to either Mile Square (arriving from the NW), El Toro (arriving from the East) or Signal Peak(arriving from the South and SE). Arrivals are to be handed to SNA Tower once over these reporting points.

2. Santa Ana/John Wayne (KSNA) Departures

(a) SNA_TWR shall ensure that all IFR aircraft are issued the appropriate DP routing for their type aircraft and route of flight. Because the DP’s are very complex off SNA, aircraft that do not have them should be encouraged to download them from http://www.laartcc.org. Aircraft that do not have DP’s on board shall still be issued the DP routing, which shall be read to the pilot.

• Turbo-prop/Turbo-jet to the East, North East, and South East:

MUSEL6 or vectors to MUSEL, and then via the appropriate transition.

• Turbo-prop/Turbo-jet to the North, Northwest and West:

CHANNEL1 or vectors SXC and then via the appropriate transition.

• Non-Turbo-prop/Turbo-jet to the North, North East and West:

ANAHEIM3 or vectors SLI and then via the appropriate transition.

(b) Aircraft that do not understand or are incapable of following the above instructions can be instructed to fly the initial departure heading and told to expect vectors for SLI, then routed via VORs although this routing must be coordinated with DEP prior to departure.

(c) MUSEL6.DAG departures shall be climbed to 8,000’ and vectored towards LAX Departure airspace heading 230. Handoff to LAX Departure.

(d) VFR departures from SNA shall be issued initial departure headings to fly as follows:

(1) Aircraft departing to the south and southeast: “After departure, fly heading 150, maintain VFR at or below 2,400 until advised” (“Newport Departure”)

(2) Aircraft departing to the north and northeast: “After departure, fly heading 330, maintain VFR at or below 2,400 until advised” (“Orange Departure”)

(3) Aircraft departing to the east: “After departure, fly heading 110, maintain VFR at or below 2,400 until advised” (“El Toro Departure”)

(4) Aircraft departing southwest to northwest: “After departure, fly heading 220, maintain VFR at or below 2,400 until advised” (“Mesa Departure”)

(Note: Although these routes have been published to local pilots using their names, ATC should not assume that aircraft know what the “Newport Departure” is, and the initial heading and altitude will be read to all pilots.)

(e) Tower En-Route Control aircraft are to be vectored to join their TEC Route. Typically this will be to the SLI VOR.

3. Long Beach/Daugherty Field (KLGB) Arrivals

(a) TANDY STAR / Arrivals via BENET arrivals are received from Departure direct or on a vector towards ALBAS, descending to, or level at 5,000.

(b) KAYOH STAR arrivals are received from ONT APP to cross KAYOH at 8,000 and 210kts. You must be careful of how you descend these aircraft because they must miss TANDY STAR arrivals to SNA which will be on their downwind to Runway 19R.

4. Long Beach/Daugherty Field (KLGB) Departures

(a) All westbound/northbound LGB departures are worked by LAX_DEP.

(b) Southbound/eastbound LGB departures are worked by SNA_APP.

(c) SENIC SID departures will all be worked by SNA_APP, but must be pointed out to LAX_DEP since they will operate in LAX_DEP airspace for a brief period. Aircraft shall be climbed to 7000' and handed to LAX_DEP for sequencing with aircraft on similar routes departing other airports. This departure procedure may only be used by jet aircraft.

(d) ANAHM SID depatures are worked by either LAX_DEP or SNA_APP depending on the direction of departure. This departure procedure may not be used by turboprop or jet aircraft.

(e) Missed Approach aircraft shall be instructed to execute the published missed approach, and will be handled by SNA_APP. While not always possible prior to airspace penetration, a point-out should be attempted on these aircraft with LAX_DEP.

e. Noise Abatement: (Santa Ana/John Wayne)

1. John Wayne Airport has very strict noise abatement procedures that are in effect for all aircraft types operating into and out of John Wayne. This is because of it location and very close proximity to built up residential areas.

2. All commercial jets out of John Wayne run-up the engines with the brakes on in position and hold at the end of the runway and then roll. Passing 1,000' the throttles are sharply cutback to Cutback %N1 and N1 remains this way until 3,000'. Passing the 1 DME fix on the south course of the I-SNA Localizer aircraft turn left heading 175. Insure that all Turbo-prop and Turbo-jet aircraft make this turn especially if they have not filed a Departure Procedure.

f. Shoreline VFR transition route:

1. Coast Sector is responsible for coordinating all Northbound VFR transitions through Los Angeles Class Bravo airspace via the shoreline route.

2. Aircraft requesting this route should be radar identified then cleared into the Class Bravo airspace via the shoreline route at 6500’. This route tracks the LAX 123 Radial inbound. These aircraft should be handed off to departure sector.

3. Southbound aircraft will be received by departure sector at 5500’. Once clear of the Bravo airspace these aircraft should have radar services terminated.

4. This transition requires Los Angeles to be in Normal or Noise Ops.

g. Coliseum VFR transition:

1. Coast Sector is responsible for coordinating all Northbound VFR transitions through Los Angeles Class Bravo airspace via the coliseum route.

2. Aircraft requesting this route should be radar identified then cleared into the Class Bravo airspace via the coliseum route at 8500’. This route tracks V23 to SLI then the VNY125/SLI306. Radial. These aircraft should be handed off to SoCal approach (south).

3. Southbound Coliseum transitions will not talk to Coast sector. Departure sector handles these aircraft.

4. This transition requires Los Angeles to be in Normal or Noise Ops.

h. Hollywood Park VFR transition:

1. Southbound transitions will be received by SoCal Departure at an altitude between 7000 and 8500 feet. Aircraft will be tracking outbound on the VNY140 radial. Once clear of the Bravo airspace these aircraft should have radar services terminated. Coast sector will not handle aircraft above 8500 feet on this transition.

2. Northbound aircraft requesting this transition below 9000’ shall be handled by Coast. Coast shall obtain radar contact then clear aircraft into the Bravo via the Hollywood Park transition. These aircraft should be handed off to Departure sector.

3. This transition requires Los Angeles to be in Normal or Noise Ops.

i. Lenna4 arrivals to LAX:

Leena4 arrivals will be received by departure level at 11000’. These aircraft should be merged into the Seal Beach stream and handed off per C (1).

j. SLI departures from SNA and LGB:

SoCal Departure shall have control for turns and climbs for aircraft departing LGB towards SLI and SNA MUSEL6.SLI departures.

k. Additional comments:

Noise Abatement Procedures for General Aviation Aircraft can be viewed here