P-385-63 Range Safety Pamphlet Download

c. Installation Range Management Authority (Army), Range Control Officers (Marine Corps) special use airspace. The installation’s RMA (Army), RCO (Marine Corps) shall be involved in all SUA matters. For the Army, SUA will be established and managed in accordance with appropriate Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) regulations, applicable host nation rules and procedures, and AR 95–2. The installation air traffic and airspace (AT&A) officer is the focal point for SUA actions. For additional information and guidance, contact the appropriate ACOM, ASCC, DRU AT&A officer or Department of the Army representative (DAR). For the Marine Corps, SUA will be established and managed in accordance with appropriate FAA regulations or International Civil Aviation Organization rules, applicable host nation rules and procedures, OPNAVINST 3770.2K, MCO P3550.10, local SOPs, and range control procedures. All formal communications with the FAA must be in accordance with OPNAVINST 3770.2K. d. Types of special use airspace. Types of SUA that may be established include, but are not limited to: (1) Restricted areas. Airspace identified by an area on the surface of the earth within which the flight of aircraft, while not wholly prohibited, is subject to restrictions. Restricted areas will be designated when determined necessary to confine or segregate activities considered to be hazardous to nonparticipating aircraft. Examples of those activities include, but are not limited to, artillery, aerial gunnery, or guided missile firing. (2) Warning areas. Airspace of defined dimensions that contains activity that may be hazardous to nonparticipating aircraft. The purpose of such warning areas is to warn nonparticipating pilots of the potential danger. A warning area may be located over domestic or international waters or both. (3) Military operations area. Airspace of defined vertical and lateral limits established for the purpose of containing certain military training activities that include, but are not limited to, air combat tactics, air intercepts, acrobatics, formation flying, and low-altitude tactics in airspace as free as possible from nonparticipating aircraft. (4) Controlled firing area. A controlled firing area (CFA) is established to contain activities that, if not conducted in a controlled environment, would be hazardous to nonparticipating aircraft. The distinguishing feature of a CFA, as compared to other SUA, is that its activities are suspended immediately when spotter aircraft, radar, or ground lookout positions indicate an aircraft might be approaching the area. Examples of CFAs are small arms or EOD ranges. e. Display of special use airspace. SUA shall be shown on installation maps and overlays, as appropriate. 2–5. Small Arms Range Safety Area (Army) For the Army, Small Arms Range Safety Areas (SARSAs) are areas the garrison commander establishes in the contiguous United States to contain small arms range activities that could be hazardous to non-participating aircraft. SARSAs are not SUA. Garrison commanders will ensure that users of Army small arms ranges that are located outside restricted airspace or CFAs follow the SARSA policy and procedures established below: a. To protect aircraft, the garrison commander or designated representative (normally the installation range manager) will establish or abolish SARSAs at each small arms range not located within SUA as required by this pamphlet. Unless otherwise identified in this pamphlet, the data in tables 4–1 through 4–23, will be used as the basic vertical component for each weapon system used on the range. When determining SARSA altitude boundaries, 152 m (500 ft) will be added to that value and rounded up to the next 152-mincrement of altitude as a safety buffer. Garrison commanders will take appropriate action to ensure that airspace above and adjacent to small arms ranges is adequately monitored to preclude endangering aircraft operations. Garrison commanders will also consider maximum ordinate (Max Ord) and highest altitude of fire where the specific range operations call for it. b. The garrison commander or designated AT&A officer will coordinate with the appropriate senior commander’s AT&A officer and DAR for development of SARSA proposals and letters of agreement (LOA) with local air traffic control (ATC) facility personnel to assist in the early detection and notification of approaching aircraft. Garrison commanders will coordinate SARSA proposals through Headquarters, U.S. Army Aeronautical Services Agency for areas not covered by the DAR. SARSA proposal requests will include— (1) Activity for which approval is being requested. (2) Specific location and boundaries. (3) Altitudes. (4) Name, address, and phone number of the originator of the request. (5) Proposed times of use. (6) Desired effective date. (7) Proposed safety precautions including visibility requirements, ceiling (cloud height) requirements, safety observ- ers, communication links, and any other factors that enhance range safety. (8) Instructions, if applicable, for the installation range OIC to notify the owner or manager of airports that might be affected by the SARSA. (9) Attachments: risk assessment, map with SDZ and 5 miles buffer depicted and ATC LOA (if applicable). c. Upon receipt of SARSA proposal, the DAR: (1) Reviews the garrison commander’s proposal to determine if the proposed SARSA presents conflict with the requirements of other airspace users. 6 DA PAM 385–63 • 16 April 2014