Long Beach Tower Local Control (LGB)

POC: Facility Advisory Board	Date: 2007-11-18
Code: ZLA-212	Version: 1.01

1. PURPOSE.

This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) outlines the procedures to be used by controllers working Long Beach Tower to ensure that arrivals and departures are handled in as efficient and timely a manner as possible.

2. ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES.

The Office of Primary Responsibility (OPR) for this SOP is the ZLA Facility Advisory Board (FAB). This SOP was signed and approved by David Walsh, COAST TRACON Lead, and ZLA Facility Chief Marc Sykes on April 10, 2004 . This SOP shall be maintained, revised, updated or cancelled by the ZLA FAB or any other organisation that supersedes, replaces or assumes the FAB responsibilities. Any suggestions for modification or amendment to this SOP should be sent to the ZLA FAB for review.

3. DISTRIBUTION.

This SOP is intended for use by controllers staffing LGB Tower , Ground or Delivery as well as controllers staffing the Coast and Departure sectors of the SoCal TRACON.

4. REQUIREMENTS.

a) Frequencies:

Departure Control	Frequency
SoCal Approach (Departure)	124.30
SoCal Approach (Coast)	121.30
Tower, Ground and Delivery	Frequency
(West Ops) Active 25R/25L/30:
Long Beach Tower Combined, or Runway 25L and Runway 30 Arrivals	119.4
Long Beach Tower If split, Runway 25R and Runway 30 Departures	120.5
(East Ops) Active 7L/7R/12:
Long Beach Tower Combined, or Runway 7R and 12 Departures	119.4
Long Beach Tower If split, Runway 25R and Runway 30 Departures	120.5
(North Ops) Active 34R/34L/30:
Long Beach Tower : Combined, or Runway 34R and 30 Arrivals	119.4
Long Beach Tower If split, Runway 34L and Runway 30 Departures	120.5
(South Ops) Active 16R/16L/12:
Long Beach Tower : Combined, or Runway 16L and 12 Departures	119.4
Long Beach Tower If split, Runway 16R and Runway 12 Arrivals	120.5
All Operation Configurations:
Long Beach Ground Combined, or N & E of Runway 12/30	133.0
Long Beach Ground If split, S & W of Runway 12/30	135.80
Long Beach Delivery	118.15

b) Airspace:

Long Beach Tower has been delegated airspace that extends to 4.3 miles from Long Beach airport from the surface to 2600'. Long Beach Airport lies under Class D Airspace that extends to 4.3 miles from the airport and 2600'. The Long Beach Tower airspace incorporates the entire Long Beach Class D Airspace.

5. OPERATING PROCEDURES.

a) Tower Operations

VFR Departure Information

All VFR Departures:

• All VFR Departures shall call Delivery for a squawk code assignment and any necessary departure instructions.
• VFR Departures leaving the traffic pattern shall be assigned the below departure instructions.

Departures to all points North of Long Beach:

• Departing VFR aircraft heading North of Long Beach shall be assigned the following initial departure instructions. “At the Los Angeles river, turn right and proceed on course…”

Departures to all points South of Long Beach:

• Departing VFR aircraft heading South of Long Beach shall be assigned the following initial departure instructions. “At the Los Angeles river, turn left and procedure on course…”

Traffic Pattern Altitude for LGB:

• P/Q: 1000' MSL
• J/M: 1500' MSL
• Helicopters: 500' MSL

IFR Release Requirements

The airspace over head Long Beach Tower is complex. To the Northwest of the airport is the Departure area, to the Northeast, the ( Los Angeles ) Arrivals area and to the South, the Coast area. Long Beach Local controllers should be extra vigilant as to which Departure controller your aircraft should be released to.

LGB West and LGB North Operations

Departures to all points West of LAX shall be released to the Departure Area (LAX DEP).

Departures to all other points (i.e. East of LAX) shall be released to the Coast Area (SNA APP) and a pointout is to be approved from the Departure Area.

LGB South and LGB East

All releases shall be made to the Coast Area. Pointouts to Departure are not necessary, as the aircraft will not penetrate Departure airspace.

Long Beach Tower shall call SoCal Approach for IFR releases on a case by case basis as per the IFR Release SOP .

b) Ground Operations

Runway configurations

West Operations: (Primary Operation)

• Long Beach airport uses Runways 25R, 25L and Runway 30 during West Operations
• Runway 25R is primarily used for General Aviation and Bizjet departures
• Runway 25L is primarily used for General Aviation arrivals. Runway 30 is used for arriving and departing Commercial jets (and also Bizjets)
• Runway 25L is the primary traffic pattern runway

East Operations:

Long Beach airport uses Runways 7L/7R and Runway 12 during East Operations. Runway 7L is primarily used for General Aviation and Bizjet departures. Runway 7R is used for General Aviation arrivals. Runway 12 is used for Commercial jet (and Bizjet) arrivals and departures. Runway 7R is the primary traffic pattern runway.

South Operations:

Long Beach airport uses Runways 16R/16L and Runway 12 during South Operations. Runway 16R is used primarily used for General Aviation and Bizjet departures. Runway 16L is used for General Aviation arrivals. Runway 12 is used for Commercial jet (and Bizjets) arrivals and departures. Runway 16L is the primary traffic pattern runway.

North Operations:

Long Beach airport uses Runways 34R/34L and Runway 30 during North Operations. Runway 34L is used primarily used for General Aviation and Bizjet departures. Runway 34R is used for General Aviation arrivals. Runway 30 is used for Commercial jet (and Bizjets) arrivals and departures. Runway 34R is the primary traffic pattern runway.

Between the hours of 2200 and 0700LT Runway 30/12 shall be the only active runway. Long Beach will only change runway configurations if the winds are blowing from the South, North or East at consistently greater than 10knots. West Operations are preferred where ever possible.

c) Delivery Operations

Initial Climbs

• IFR Turboprop/Turbojet: 3000'
• IFR Non-Turbojet/turboprop: 2000'
• VFR: At or below 2500'

Initial Departure Routes

• When Long Beach Tower is operational, between 0615 and 2345LT, ALL IFR departures shall be assigned the following initial departure routes.
• When Long Beach Tower is closed, IFR departures shall be assigned the Obstacle Departure Procedure by SoCal Approach.

LGB North and West Operation

IFR Turboprop/Turbojet (Class J/M):

• All points West of LAX :
  • Via GMN: “Fly runway heading, passing 1500' turn left heading 270 radar vectors LAX (V23) direct GMN and then as filed…”
  • Via VTU: “Fly runway heading, passing 1500' turn left heading 270 radar vectors LAX direct VTU and then as filed…”
• All points East of LAX (includes via SXC) :
  • “Fly runway heading, passing 1,500, turn right (or left) heading 180, radar vectors to (appropriate fix), then as filed".
    Turbojet aircraft with RNAV equipment may be routed via SENIC1 departure.
• IFR Non-Turbojet/Non-Turboprop (Class P/Q):
  • Shall be flying the ANAHM3 Departure. Tower shall assign an appropriate departure heading for the aircraft's route of flight or transition.

LGB South and East Operations

IFR Turboprop/Turbojet (Class J/M):

• All points West of LAX :
  • Via GMN: “Fly runway heading, passing 1500' turn right (or left) = heading 180 radar vectors LAX (V23)* direct GMN and then as filed…”
  • Via VTU: “Fly runway heading, passing 1500' turn right (or left) = heading 180 radar vectors LAX direct VTU and then as filed…”
• All points East of LAX (includes via SXC):
  • “Fly runway heading, passing 1500', turn right (or left) = heading 180 radar vectors (appropriate fix), and then as filed…”
• IFR Non-Turbojet/turboprop (Class P/Q):
  • Shall be flying the ANAHM3 Departure. Tower shall assign an appropriate departure heading for the aircraft's route of flight or transition.

* If the aircraft has filed for below FL180, then include V23 in the clearance, otherwise use LAX direct GMN.
= If an aircraft is departing Runway 16R or 16L then it will be a left turn to 180. All other runways will be a right turn.

IFR Preferred Routings to most popular destinations

Las Vegas (KLAS): SLI.SEBBY.DAG.CLARR2

San Francisco (KSFO): LAX.J88.RZS J501 BSR.BSR2

Oakland (KOAK): LAX.GMN.PXN2

Seattle (KSEA): LAX.J5.EHF J65 CZQ LIN J189 BTG OLM4

Phoenix (KPHX): TRM J169 BLH ARLIN3

Denver (KDEN): SLI.SEBBY.DAG J146 HBU POWDR5

6. DELEGATION OF AIRSPACE.

During times when Long Beach Tower is not staffed, the responsibilities of Long Beach Tower will be delegated to the following controllers in the order that they are online:

Socal Approach (Coast)
Socal Approach (Combined)
Los Angeles Center (E)
Los Angeles Center (Combined)