The New York FNO: Winter Wonderland
| Airport(s) | KLGA,KJFK |
|---|---|
| Started | 2024-02-23 23:59 |
| Ended | 2024-02-24 04:00 |
| Total movements | 216 |
La Guardia Airport (KLGA)
Departures: 14 Arrivals: 23
John F Kennedy International Airport (KJFK)
Departures: 71 Arrivals: 108
“Departure, American 2745 in the turn to 220 climbing 10 for 12”
“American 2745, NY Departure, maintain 12,000, do not exceed 250 knots for in trail.”
40 miles later…
“American 2745, direct WHITE and climb to 17,000.”
This example highlights one of the most unrealized aspects of the New York TRACON (N90) covering 3 Class Bravo fields, the 25-layered cake. Unlike ORD or ATL, where every plane gets nicely flowed onto a downwind, base, and final, New York traffic is on routes that overlay each other as planes land and depart several different fields simultaneously within a 40-mile radius. If you were to pick one single waypoint over the Hudson River, there could be up to 10 other controllers that own different pieces of altitude all the way up to 60,000 feet. I give you… the complicated but ever-beautiful New York.
Event Fields: KLGA, KJFK, KEWR
Date & Time: February 23rd, 2024, 7:00pm → 11:00pm Eastern (2359z - 0400z)