John Wayne Tower Local Control (SNA)

POC: Facility Advisory Board	Date: 2004-07-22
Code: ZLA-360	Version: 1.00

1. PURPOSE.

This Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) outlines the procedures to be used by controllers working SNA 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 organization 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 SNA Tower, Ground or Delivery as well as controllers staffing the Coast sector of the SOCAL TRACON.

4. REQUIREMENTS.

a) Frequencies

Departure Control	Frequency
SOCAL Approach (Coast sector)	121.3
Tower, Ground and Delivery	Frequency
John Wayne Tower Combined, or Runway 1L/19R	126.8
John Wayne Tower If split, Runway 1R/19L	119.9
John Wayne Ground	120.8
John Wayne Delivery Combined, or IFR	118.0
John Wayne Delivery If split, VFR	121.85

b) Airspace

John Wayne Tower has been delegated that portion of the John Wayne Class C Surface Area that is within 5 nm of SNA airport and up to and including 2500 feet MSL. Click here for the John Wayne Class C Map, click here.

The John Wayne Class C airspace is split into two parts: the core and the outer limits. The core is a circular shape with a radius of 5 miles extending from the centre of John Wayne Airport from the surface to 4400'. The outer limits extend from the core to the edge of the Class C airspace. To the East, South East and North East the outer limits extend from 3500' to 4400'. To the North, the Class C extends from 2000' to 4400'; to the North West, 2500' to 4400'; to the West, 2500' to 5400'; to the South West 3500' to 5400' and to the South, 1500' to 5400'.

5. OPERATING PROCEDURES

a) Tower Operations

VFR Departure Information

All VFR departures will receive flight following when they depart into the John Wayne Class C airspace. The length of time the aircraft will be receiving flight following is dependant on what the pilot requests. At the very minimum, all aircraft will get flight following until the edge of the inner core of the Class C (i.e. 5 nm from John Wayne). In order for the pilot to only receive services to 5nm the pilot must add “local” to their VFR departure request (i.e. when they call for clearance). All other aircraft will receive flight following until they request a frequency change (i.e. effectively cancel their flight following request).

VFR Departures will also be assigned an initial heading depending on their direction of flight. There are four main headings used: 150, 220, 110 and 330. Each of these headings has a name: Newport, Mesa , El Toro and Orange respectively. Pilots may request a Newport Departure when calling for their VFR departure instructions, which means they will fly heading 150 on departure. However, the name of these departures is not used ever when issuing departure instructions. Requested by name or not, you will assign the departure heading only to departing VFR aircraft.

John Wayne Tower operates a radar position called “John Wayne Advisories”. This position is responsible for VFR traffic advisories to VFR departing aircraft whist inside the John Wayne Class C. Under normal situations, with advisories operating, John Wayne Tower hands off all VFR Departures to advisories once they are airborne.

Any aircraft requesting a “local” flight will have their radar services terminated (by Advisories) once they leave the inner core of the John Wayne Class C. All other aircraft will be handed (by Advisories) to the appropriate Coast Area SOCAL sector at the outer limit of the John Wayne Class C.

However, on VATSIM, we do not operate a John Wayne Advisory position and therefore, VFR departures will be worked as they are in real when John Wayne Tower is quiet, by John Wayne Tower. John Wayne Tower will therefore cancel radar services for all local flights at the edge of the inner core of the John Wayne Class C and handoff all other aircraft to the appropriate Coast Area SOCAL sector once they are airborne.

Departures to the South:

• The “departure” to the South is called the Newport Departure. All aircraft heading southbound will be instructed to “fly heading 150” on departure.

Departures to the South West/West/North West:

• The primary “departure” to the South West is the Mesa Departure. However will be used by pilots heading West and North West too. All aircraft heading South West/West or North West shall be instructed to “fly heading 220” on departure.

Departures to the South East/East:

• The primary “departure” to the South East is the El Toro Departure. This departure would also be used for aircraft heading East. All aircraft heading South East or East are to be instructed to “fly heading 110” on departure.

Departures to the North:

• The “departure” to the North is called the Orange Departure. All aircraft heading northbound shall be instructed to “fly heading 330” on departure.

Traffic Pattern / altitude for field

• Single Engine: 854' MSL
• Twin Engine: 1054' MSL
• Turbine Engine: 1554' MSL

IFR Release Requirements

John Wayne Tower shall call SOCAL Approach for IFR releases on a case by case basis as per the IFR Release SOP . Prior to calling SOCAL for releases, John Wayne Tower shall insure that all Turbojet and Turboprop departures will be flying the CHANL1 or MUSEL6 Departure Procedures for noise abatement. If the pilot cannot get the charts then John Wayne Tower shall issue alternative procedures, which follow the initial part of the MUSEL6 and CHANL1 departure routing and then vectors to the appropriate departure gate. Namely “fly runway heading until SLI R-118, turn left heading 175, radar vectors (departure gate) then as filed”

b) Ground Operations

Runway configurations

• John Wayne airport uses 19R and 19L as its primary runways. 19R and L are also preferred for noise abatement.
• 19R is used for J/M and Q aircraft and 19L is used primarily for P class aircraft (or anything small enough to fit on it) and for aircraft in the circuit.
• John Wayne switches to North Operations (1L and 1R) if the winds are blowing consistently from the North at or above 10kts.

Preferred Taxi Routings

Taxi Alpha, North of 19L/1R, is NOT to be used by P and Q Class aircraft. P and Q Class aircraft taxing for departure to 19R or L shall use Alpha, Charlie and then Lima or Kilo. General Aviation aircraft parked on the South East ramps shall use the Midfield Runup when John Wayne is departing 19L/R and 1R. When departing 1L, SouthWest-parking aircraft shall use SouthWest Runup. Aircraft parked West and South West shall use Tower Runup when departing 19R/L and SouthWest Runup departing 1L.

Parking Locations for all aircraft types

John Wayne has several areas for parking. There is transient parking North of the executive hangers on the eastern side of the airport. This is also known as Dove Street parking. There is also parking in the far south east corner south of the fire station. Note: No general aviation aircraft shall be parked at the Terminal.

c) Delivery Operations

Initial Climb

• IFR Turboprop/Turbojet: 5000'
• IFR Non-Turbojet/turboprop: 2000'
• VFR: At or below 2400'

IFR Preferred Routings to most popular destinations

Las Vegas (KLAS): MUSEL6.DAG.CLARR2

San Francisco (KSFO): CHANL1.RZS J501 BSR.BSR2

Oakland (KOAK): CHANL1.GMN.PXN2

Seattle (KSEA): CHANL1 EHF J65 CZQ LIN J189 BTG OLM4

Phoenix (KPHX): MUSEL6 TRM J169 BLH ARLIN3

Denver (KDEN): MUSEL6 DAG J146 HBU POWDR5

Squawk code range for John Wayne

John Wayne Tower has the following beacon codes allocated to it: 6725-6760