[JYO] D.C. ADIZ becomes federal regulation

D.C. ADIZ becomes  federal regulation 
The FAA has announced that  the new Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area 
Special Flight Rules Area (SFRA)  will go into effect in February. The SFRA 
replaces the D.C. ADIZ and will be  published under 14 CFR Part 93. 
The government issued the  rule despite overwhelming opposition from general 
aviation pilots. More than  22,000 pilots wrote to the FAA opposing the rule. 
“It’s extremely  disappointing that the ADIZ—something that was hastily 
implemented as a  temporary measure—has become federal regulation,” said Andy 
Cebula, AOPA  executive vice president of government affairs. “We never gave up 
trying to  eliminate the ADIZ, working with security officials, members of 
Congress, the  White House, and the FAA.” 
Washington, D.C.,  Metropolitan Area Special Flight Rules Area
Size:  30-nautical-mile radius, extending from the surface up to 18,000 feet  
msl
Location: Centered on the DCA VORTAC 
The ADIZ notam will go away,  but pilots flying through the area will need to 
comply with the same rules as  they have for years. _See AOPA’s ADIZ  
Operations Checklist_ (http://www.aopa.org/epilot/redir.cfm?adid=17831) . 
Incorporating current policy, anyone who willfully  violates the SFRA will be 
subject to 
criminal penalties. 
Special procedures at  Leesburg Executive Airport in Leesburg, Va., are not 
included in the rule and  will continue to be controlled by notam. 
As mandated earlier by the  FAA, pilots who will be flying in or within 60 
miles of the SFRA must complete  the agency’s online course, _Navigating the 
New 
DC  ADIZ_ (http://www.aopa.org/epilot/redir.cfm?adid=17832) , by Feb. 9. 
“Operationally, nothing  changes for pilots,” Cebula said. “But issuing an 
ADIZ final rule is a concern  because a temporary flight restriction was 
imposed, without consulting airspace  users, and later made ‘permanent’ with no 
documented justification.” 

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