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FLY NEIGHBORLY PROGRAM FAA “THROGS ROUTE” ISSUES

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ERHC - SINCE 1977

▸ Active community outreach program to address concerns

• f residents, relating to helicopter and heliport issues.

▸ Extensive communications network for all members

concerning safety issues, Airspace Flight Restrictions, noise abatement issues, and regulatory issues in and around the New York/New Jersey Metro area. ▸ ERHC continues dedicated effort toward completion of RNAV

helicopter approaches and satellite-based IFR routes along the Northeastern corridor.

▸ Top priority always has been, and remains - SAFETY

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HAI FLY NEIGHBORLY PROGRAM

▸ Since 1982, HAI’s Fly Neighborly Program has

addressed noise abatement and public acceptance

• bjectives with guidelines in the following areas:

▸ Pilot and operator awareness ▸ Pilot training and education ▸ Flight operations planning ▸ Public acceptance and safety ▸ Sensitivity to community concerns

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▸ “These guidelines are intended to assist pilots,

• perators, managers, and designated Fly

Neighborly officers to establish an effective Fly Neighborly Program. The concepts and flight

• perations must be further tailored to suit local

needs, and to ensure local or regional

• rganizations cooperate to develop a strong, well-
• rganized and disciplined approach to achieving

Fly Neighborly objectives.” - HAI Fly Neighborly Guide

HAI FLY NEIGHBORLY PROGRAM

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AREA HELICOPTER FACILITIES

▸ Teterboro Airport, Teterboro, NJ [TEB] ▸ Linden Airport, Linden, NJ [LDJ] ▸ NYC Heliports [JRA, JRB, 6N5] ▸ Republic Airport, East Farmingdale, NY [KFRG] ▸ Long Island MacArthur Airport, Ronkonkoma, NY [KISP] ▸ Gabreski Airport, Westhampton, NY [KFOK] ▸ East Hampton Airport, East Hampton, NY [KHTO] ▸ Montauk Airport, Montauk, NY [MTP] ▸ Southampton Heliport, Southampton [87N]

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NYC HELIPORTS

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Downtown Manhattan [JRB] East 34th Street [6N5] West 30th Street [JRA]

AREA HELICOPTER MISSIONS

▸ Emergency Medical Services ▸ Law Enforcement ▸ Government ▸ Military ▸ PASSENGER TRANSPORTATION ▸ Electronic News Gathering ▸ Aerial Cinematography ▸ Air Tours ▸ Utilities / Construction ▸ Training

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FAA NY HELICOPTER ROUTE CHART

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FAA NY HELICOPTER ROUTE CHART (NYC)

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FAA LI HELICOPTER ROUTE CHART

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NORTH SHORE ROUTE / RULE

§93.101 Applicability. This subpart prescribes a special air traffic rule for civil helicopters

• perating VFR along the North Shore, Long Island, New York,

between August 6, 2012, and August 6, 2020. [81 FR 48326, July 25, 2016] §93.103 Helicopter operations.

▸ (a) Unless otherwise authorized, each person piloting a helicopter

along Long Island, New York's northern shoreline between the VPLYD waypoint and Orient Point, shall utilize the North Shore Helicopter route and altitude, as published.

▸ (b) Pilots may deviate from the route and altitude requirements of

paragraph (a) of this section when necessary for safety, weather conditions or transitioning to or from a destination or point of landing.

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EASTERN REGION HELICOPTER COUNCIL

▸ERHC COMMUNITY HOTLINE

800-319-7410

▸ONLINE

www.planenoise.com/erhc/

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EASTERN REGION HELICOPTER COUNCIL

▸Q&A ▸THANK YOU!

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