a. Frequency:
LAX_DEP shall use 124.3 as its
normal frequency.
b. Airspace:
During normal operations, LAX_DEP shall own the
airspace labelled as LAX DEP on the TRACON Graphic. LAX_DEP owns 9,000-13,000 over the Coast
sector as well as SFC-6,000 under LAX APP (West of SMO). For all other areas,
LAX_DEP owns SFC-13,000.
During east operations, LAX_DEP shall own the airspace
within 3 NM on either side of the prescribed departure routings in section “f”
of this document. LAX
Departure may climb aircraft no higher than 13000 during east operations.
c. Special Instructions:
Aircraft filing “NO DP” (or
those that have not filed for an approved Departure Procedure) shall be
vectored as if on one of the following approved DP’s, so that all traffic
passes through the approved departure gates.
d. LAX Normal Operations:
1. NO DP aircraft (those that have not filed for a departure
procedure) shall be vectored as if on one of the following approved DP’s, so that all traffic passes through the
approved departure gates.
2. GMN departures shall be vectored north towards the
LAX 323 radial. Aircraft shall be handed to BUR APP, climbing to 6000 on a
heading of 360 for further climb and vectors to the LAX R-323. Traffic calls
are mandatory to the LAX downwind traffic descending to 7,000. Departure has a prearranged pointout with LAX APP to climb aircraft higher than 6,000 when the
SADDE6 corridor is clear. See the pointout SOP
for details. The higher altitude shall be coordinated with BUR APP
prior to the handoff.
3. VTU departures
are handled differently depending upon whether aircraft are turbojet, or
non-turbojet. Turbojets are kept on runway heading, climbed to
13000 and handed to LAX_A_CTR when clear of other traffic. If traffic
levels warrant it necessary, Departure may handoff VTU departures to ZLA-A heading
250, 5 miles south of the standard
VTU flow. This is known as a South VTU
departure.
Non-turbojets are
climbed to 6000, and may be sent directly toward VTU.
4. CASTA departures fly a pilot nav route to GMN, EHF or AVE. The MEA on the SID is 6200' initially. When LAX_W_APP is owned by another controller,
LAX_DEP must restrict these aircraft to 6000'. CASTA departures should be vectored off the route to eliminate the MEA conflict. LAX_DEP should also
consider negotiating a standing pointout arrangement with LAX_W_APP that would allow the aircraft to be climbed higher than 6000'.
5. LOOP departures should be vectored south and back toward LAX
VOR and climbed to 13000, be sure that aircraft are able to comply with the
10000 or above crossing restriction at LAX. Try to keep the LOOP’s within 10 miles of LAX during this turn. An automated pointout must be performed with LAX_E_CTR at least one minute prior
to the aircraft reaching 13,000'; see the pointout SOP for more details. Departure
may climb LOOP’s to 15,000 once ZLA-B accepts
the handoff. Handoff aircraft to ZLA-B direct LAX.
6. LAXX departures shall be vectored to
avoid the Palos Verdes Peninsula (see noise abatement
procedures below), and then direct to SLI, TRM, OCN, SXC or MZB, climbing to 13,000.
Departure may climb LAXX’s to 17,000 once ZLA-E
accepts the handoff. Handoff to LAX_E_CTR.
7. HOLTZ RNAV departures off of 25R are not
usually vectored. Aircraft off of 24L are usually vectored direct to
PEVEE intersection. Aircraft should be climbed to 17000, and handed to
LAX_E_CTR
8. OCN departures are vectored around the Palos Verdes Peninsula,
and given a heading to intercept the LAX 160 degree radial, climbed to 17000
and handed off to LAX_E_CTR.
9. PRCH departures are kept on runway
heading, climbed to 13000, and handed off to LAX_A_CTR as soon as no longer in
potential conflict with traffic.
10. SDGO departures are for non-turbojet
aircraft. Aircraft must be vectored to intercept the SXC 091
radial.
11. SLI departures are for non-turbojet aircraft.
M Class filed at or below 8,000 shall be vectored around the Palos Verdes Peninsular for noise abatement and then handed to SNA APP on heading 110.
M Class filed at or above 9,000 shall be vectored to avoid the Palos Verdes Peninsula (see noise abatement procedures below), and then cleared direct SLI. Handoff to SNA_APP or LAX_E_CTR.
P/Q Class Departures shall be vectored north of the Palos Verdes and then direct
SLI. A pointout to LAX_S_APP may be required prior to the handoff to SNA APP.
12. KARVR and OSHNN RNAV departures are not normally vectored.
13. TEC Route
aircraft will usually fly at lower altitudes and may need to be handed off to
BUR_APP or SNA_APP rather than to Center.
i) M
class aircraft inbound LAX via VTU are handed to Departure from SBA APP at
5,000. Departure shall coordinate a sequence for these aircraft with LAX APP.
Departure shall instruct aircraft to departure SMO heading 070. Handoffs to LAX
N APP direct SMO at 5,000.
ii) J
and M Class aircraft landing in the BUR Area are handed to BUR APP descending
to 5000. The exception to this is P/Q Class landing BUR, which are handed to
BUR APP level 4,000.
iii) M
Class aircraft landing in the Empire or Coast areas are vectored around the
Palos Verdes Peninsular and handed to Coast heading 110.
14. Missed Approaches should be kept at 2000 until the shoreline to prevent penetration
of the LAX SFRA, and then may either fly the published missed approach, or
should be vectored back for a new approach. If traffic permits aircraft
that were inbound for 24R should be turned right direct to SMO VOR, climbed to
5000, told to depart SMO heading 070, and handed off to LAX_APP for
re-sequencing on 24R. If traffic permits, aircraft that were inbound for
25L should be turned left to 070, climbed to 5000, and handed off to LAX_APP
for re-sequencing on 25L. As long as aircraft on the south complex are
turned early to a heading of 070, and therefore kept well north of the Palos Verdes Peninsula,
they do not need to follow the noise abatement rules indicated below.
15. LEENA Arrivals on the Fillmore or Fellows transition will be handed off by A center crossing Merma
at 14000 feet. Arrivals on the Cyprs transition will be handed off by A center crossing Benet at 11000 feet.
Arrivals on the Ficky transition will be handed off by A center crossing Goatz at 12000 feet. Departure shall descend
these aircraft to 11000’ feet and handoff to Coast sector.
e. LAX East Operations:
1. During
east operations, the challenge is to climb aircraft on runways 6R and 7L no
higher than 7000 feet under the BASET2 arrival stream, to turn them onto the
appropriate heading, and to hand them off to the appropriate facility.
2. GMN departures are altitude restricted
to 7000 until safely north of the BASET2 arrivals, turned left to a heading of
290 to intercept the VNY 126 radial, and when safely north of the BASET2
arrival stream, climbed to 13000, and handed off to LAX_B_CTR.
3. VTU departures are altitude restricted
to 7000 until safely south of the BASET2 arrivals. They are climbed on
runway heading until approximately 3 miles past REEDR intersection, turned
right to a heading of 210 to parallel the southwest bound BASET2 arrivals, and
once separated from the southwest bound BASET2 arrivals, climbed to
13000. Once above the southwest bound BASET2 arrivals, they are turned to
a heading of 250 and handed off to LAX_A_CTR.
4. SXC departures are altitude restricted
to 7000 until safely south of the BASET2 arrivals. They are climbed on
runway heading until 3 miles past REEDR intersection, turned right to a heading
of 210 to parallel the southwest bound BASET2 arrivals, and once separated from
the southwest bound BASET2 arrivals, climbed to 13000. Once above the
southwest bound BASET2 arrivals, they are cleared direct SXC and handed off to
LAX_A_CTR.
5. GABRE departures are altitude restricted
to 7000 until past the SLI327 radial at which time they may be climbed to 9000
until safely north of the BASET2 arrivals. Once they are safely north of
the BASET2 arrivals, they should be climbed to 13000 and handed off to
LAX_B_CTR.
6. CHATY departures are altitude restricted
to 7000 until safely north of the BASET2 arrivals, turned left to heading 290
to intercept the VNY 126 radial, and when safely north of the BASET2 arrival
stream, climbed to 13000, and handed off to LAX_B_CTR. If aircraft have
not reached 13000, pointout or handoff to BUR_APP.
7. OCN departures are altitude restricted
to 7000 until safely south of the BASET2 arrivals, turned right to SLI, and
once south of the BASET2 arrivals, climbed to 13000, and handed off to
LAX_E_CTR if high enough, or to SNA_APP if not high enough.
8. PRCH departures are handled like the
VTU3 departures. They are altitude restricted to 7000 until safely south
of the BASET2 arrivals climbed on runway heading until 3 miles past REEDR
intersection, turned right to a heading of 210 to parallel the southwest bound
BASET2 arrivals, and once separated from the southwest bound BASET2 arrivals,
climbed to 13000. Once above the southwest bound BASET2 arrivals, they
are turned to a heading of 250 and handed off to LAX_A_CTR.
9. SDGO departures are altitude restricted
to 7000 until safely south of the BASET2 arrivals, and vectored to SLI.
Once safely south of the BASET2 arrivals, they are climbed to 13000, and handed
to LAX_E_CTR. If aircraft have not reached 13000, pointout or handoff to
SNA_APP.
10. SLI departures are altitude restricted to 7000 until safely south of
the BASET2 arrivals, and vectored to SLI. Once safely south of the BASET2
arrivals, they are climbed to 13000, and handed to LAX_E_CTR. If aircraft
have not reached 13000, pointout or handoff to SNA_APP.
11. Missed Approaches should be climbed to 2000, and then may either be told to fly the
published missed approach, or should be vectored back for a new approach.
If traffic permits, aircraft that were inbound for 6L should be climbed to
5000, and turned left direct to SMO VOR, and handed off to LAX_APP for
re-sequencing on 6L. If traffic permits, aircraft that were inbound for
7R should be kept on runway heading until past REEDR, turned right to 210,
climbed to 5000, and handed off to LAX_APP for re-sequencing on 7R.
f. LAX Noise Abatement:
1. J
Class departures must remain at least five miles offshore of the Palos Verdes Peninsula until reaching 13000 during all hours of
the day and night. M Class departures must remain at least one mile offshore
until reaching 13,000.
2. From
2100-0700 (local time) northwest departures shall use the VTU DP in lieu of the
GMN DP for noise abatement.
3. From
2100-0700 (local time) northeast departures shall use the LAXX DP in lieu of
the LOOP DP for noise abatement.
4. After
midnight (local time) LAX_DEP usually closes due to low volume of
aircraft. If weather is VFR, and sustained wind is less than or equal to
10 KTS from the west, opposite direction arrivals and departures begins.
Inbound aircraft use the REDEYE2 or MOORPARK3 arrivals and are sequenced for
runway 6L. Departures use runway 25L.
g. Santa Ana/John Wayne Orange
Co. Airport (KSNA) Operations
1.
MUSEL.SLI Departures are received from the Coast area heading 230 and climbing to 8,000. Departure shall merge these aircraft into the LAXX Departure stream and climb aircraft to 13,000. Departure may climb departures to 17,000 once ZLA-B accepts the handoff. Handoff to ZLA-B, direct SLI. Departure sector has control for turns and climbs for these aircraft on contact.
2. TANDY Arrivals are received from ZLA-A
descending to cross MERMA at 14,000. Departure shall hand off aircraft to SNA
APP direct to, or on a vector towards ALBAS, level at, or descending to 5,000.
3. Aircraft routed over BENET are
received from ZLA-A to cross BENET at 11,000. Departure shall hand off aircraft
to SNA APP direct to, or on a vector towards ALBAS, level at, or descending to
5,000.
h. Long Beach/Dougherty Airport
(KLGB) operations
1. Aircraft routed over VTU and GMN will be released SNA APP by LGB Tower, with a pointout to Departure. Coast shall hand aircraft to Departure heading 180 climbing to 7,000. Departure shall merge these aircraft into the LAXX Departure stream and climb aircraft to 13,000. Departure may climb departures to 17,000 once ZLA-B accepts the handoff. Handoff to ZLA-B, direct TRM or SLI. Departure sector has control for turns and climbs for these aircraft on contact.
2. SENIC SID departures and aircraft routed over TRM and SLI on non TEC routings will be released SNA APP by LGB Tower,
with a pointout to Departure. Coast shall hand aircraft to Departure heading
180 climbing to 7,000. Departure shall merge these aircraft into the LAXX
Departure stream and climb aircraft to 13,000. Departure may climb departures
to 17,000 once ZLA-B accepts the handoff. Handoff to ZLA-B, direct TRM or SLI. Departure
sector has control for turns and climbs for these aircraft on contact.
3. TANDY Arrivals are received from ZLA-A
descending to cross MERMA at 14,000. Departure shall hand off aircraft to SNA
APP direct to, or on a vector towards ALBAS, level at, or descending to 5,000.
4. Aircraft routed over BENET are
received from ZLA-A to cross BENET at 11,000. Departure shall hand off aircraft
to SNA APP direct to, or on a vector towards ALBAS, level at, or descending to
5,000.
i. Santa Monica Municipal (KSMO) airport operations
1. Los Angeles Tower shall request a release for all runway 21 departures from SMO. Once this release is approved it is valid for three (3) minutes. During the time when this release is active, Los Angles will hold all runway 24L and 24R departures. At the controllers discretion the release may contain a restriction to hold all runway 25R and 25L departures. These departures will be held until Los Angeles Tower is advised to release them. This should be done as soon as practicable.
2. J Class Departures shall, where possible, be vectored in-trail
of LAX departure traffic and then vectored on course.
3.
Arrivals from the South shall be
vectored north of LAX and at least 3 miles south of the SMO final at 4,000.
Once aircraft are clear of LAX Departure shall descend aircraft to 3,000 and handoff
to LAX_N_APP.
4. IFR approaches to SMO
a. SoCal Approach (Burbank) shall request a pointout when an aircraft is about to be cleared for
the VOR-A approach. No departures are authorized from this time until Santa Monica Tower advises wheels down.
Departure must approve this pointout prior to approach clearance being given.
b. SoCal Approach (North) shall request a pointout when an aircraft is about to be cleared for the
Visual approach. No departures are authorized from this time until Santa Monica Tower advises wheels down.
Departure must approve this pointout prior to approach clearance being given.
c. The VOR-A missed approach airspace must be protected between the time the pointout is approved until
wheels down.
d. In the event of a VOR-A missed approach, these aircraft will be received from Santa Monica Tower on the
published missed.
e. Between the time Santa Monica tower advises contact with the aircraft to wheels down, runway 24R and 24L departures are not authorized from KLAX unless on a 220 heading. Los Angeles Tower must be advised of this. This only applies for the VOR-A approach.
5. During times when Santa Monica Tower is not staffed the responsibilities of Santa Monica will be delegated in the following manner.
All aircraft transitioning through Santa Monica Airspace heading toward Los Angeles shall be handled by Los Angeles Tower. If Los Angeles Tower is not online, the controller responsible for Los Angeles Tower shall handle transitions. Los Angeles Tower shall ensure that transitioning aircraft remain clear of the traffic flows of Santa Monica, it is recommended that transitioning aircraft are instructed to over fly Santa Monica airport at 2500’. Los Angeles Tower may permit these operations as long as the aircraft are preceding either direct to Santa Monica Airport or from the airport along the miniroute at 2500 or above, these transitions need not be coordinated.
All other responsibilities shall be delegated to the following controllers, in the order that they are online.
SoCal Approach (North)
SoCal Approach (Combined)
Los Angeles Center
j. Hawthorne Municipal (KHHR) operations
1. SoCal Approach (South) shall request a pointout when an aircraft is about to be cleared for any approach. No departures are authorized from this time until Hawthorne Tower advises wheels down. Departure must approve this pointout prior to approach clearance being given. The appropriate missed approach airspace must be protected until Hawthorne tower advises wheels down.
2. During times when Hawthorne Tower is not staffed the responsibilities of Hawthorne Tower will be delegated in the following manner.
All aircraft transitioning through Hawthorne Airspace heading toward Los Angeles shall be handled by Los Angeles Tower. If Los Angeles Tower is not online, the controller responsible for Los Angeles Tower shall handle transitions. Los Angeles Tower shall ensure that transitioning aircraft remain clear of the traffic flows of Hawthorne, it is recommended that transitioning aircraft are instructed to over fly 2 miles West of KHHR at 2500’. Los Angeles Tower may permit these operations as long as the aircraft are preceding either direct to this point or from the airport along the miniroute at 2500 or above, these transitions need not be coordinated.
All other responsibilities shall be delegated to the following controllers, in the order that they are online.
SoCal Approach (South)
SoCal Approach (Combined)
Los Angeles Center
k. Low Altitude Operations:
TEC Routes are low
altitude routes beginning and ending entirely within the Low Altitude Enroute
structure. These routes are requested by pilots or assigned by ATC, and
allow pilots to fly along pre-determined standardized routes which optimize
traffic flow within Southern California.
Aircraft on these routes will remain entirely within the TRACON structure, and
will need to be handed from one TRACON controller to another prior to exiting
your airspace. Some TRACONs may be closed
during such a flight, in which case the aircraft should be handed off to the
most appropriate controller for that particular area.
l. VFR flight following out of KLAX:
1. All jets are required to obtain flight following in order to leave the class B airspace. Los Angeles Tower shall request a release for any VFR flight following departure. These aircraft must be assigned a heading in their release (normally runway heading). This release is valid for 5 minutes after being obtained.
2. VFR flight following is prohibited in the Special flight rules area.
m. Shoreline VFR transition
1. Northbound aircraft on the shoreline transition will be received by Coast sector at 6500. These aircraft should be monitored to ensure they follow the shoreline route. The shoreline route tracks to LAX inbound on the 123 radial then outbound on the 323 radial. Aircraft may penetrate SoCal North airspace during the transition; this is acceptable as long as they remain within 3 miles of the 323 Radial. Departure shall terminate radar services of these aircraft when clear of the Bravo unless requesting flight following. Aircraft requesting flight following should be handed off to Burbank sector.
2. Aircraft departing LGB, TOA, HHR, or SMO may join the shoreline route in departure airspace. These aircraft should be cleared into the Los Angeles Class Bravo airspace via the shoreline route and to maintain 5500 for southbound and 6500 for northbound transitions.
3. Southbound aircraft on the shoreline transition will be received by Burbank sector at 5500. These aircraft should be monitored to ensure they follow the shoreline route and handed off to Coast sector. No instructions should be necessary for these aircraft. For reference the shoreline route tracks to LAX inbound on the 323 radial then outbound on the 123 radial. Aircraft may penetrate SoCal North airspace during the transition; this is acceptable as long as they remain within 3 miles of the 323 Radial.
n. Coliseum VFR transition
1. Southbound Coliseum transitions will be received by SoCal Approach (South) level at 9500 feet. These aircraft will proceed direct to SLI then outbound on V23. Once clear of the class Bravo they should have radar services terminated, or if requesting flight following, handed off to Coast sector.
2. Northbound Coliseum transitions will not talk to departure sector. Coast sector handles these aircraft.
o. Hollywood Park VFR transition
1. Southbound transitions will be received by SoCal Approach (North) at an altitude between 7000 and 10000 feet. Aircraft will be tracking outbound on the VNY140 radial. Aircraft below 9000 feet should be handed off to Coast Sector. Aircraft at or above 9000’ should remain with departure sector until clear of the Bravo. At this point radar services should be terminated, or if requesting flight following, handed off to Coast sector.
2. Aircraft requesting this transition north bound above 9000’ shall be handled by Departure. Departure shall obtain radar contact then clear aircraft into the Bravo via the Hollywood Park transition. Due to the short amount of time these aircraft are in SoCal Approach (South), these aircraft should be handed off directly to SoCal Approach (North). A prearranged pointout exists for this purpose; see the pointout
SOP for more information.
3. Aircraft on the northbound transition below 9000’ will be received by Coast sector having obtained Bravo clearance. These aircraft should be treated as specified in k (2)
p. Additional information
1. LAX_DEP is affected by the pointout SOP; see that SOP for specific pointout information.
