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Federal Aviation Administration, DOT 

§ 93.163 

(1) 

For inbound flights. Announces po-

sition and intentions when no less than 
10 miles from Ketchikan International 
Airport, and monitors the designated 
frequency until clear of the movement 
area on the airport or Ketchikan Har-
bor. 

(2) 

For departing flights. Announces 

position and intentions prior to taxiing 
onto the active runway on the airport 
or onto the movement area of Ketch-
ikan Harbor and monitors the des-
ignated frequency until outside the air-
space described in § 93.151 and an-
nounces position and intentions upon 
departing that airspace. 

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions of 

paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section, if 
two-way radio communications failure 
occurs in flight, a person may operate 
an aircraft within the airspace speci-
fied in § 93.151, and land, if weather con-
ditions are at or above basic VFR 
weather minimums. 

[Doc. No. 26653, 56 FR 48094, Sept. 23, 1991] 

§ 93.155

Aircraft operations. 

(a) When an advisory is received from 

the Ketchikan Flight Service Station 
stating that an aircraft is on final ap-
proach to the Ketchikan International 
Airport, no person may taxi onto the 
runway of that airport until the ap-
proaching aircraft has landed and has 
cleared the runway. 

(b) Unless otherwise authorized by 

ATC, each person operating a large air-
plane or a turbine engine powered air-
plane shall— 

(1) When approaching to land at the 

Ketchikan International Airport, 
maintain an altitude of at least 900 feet 
MSL until within three miles of the 
airport; and 

(2) After takeoff from the Ketchikan 

International Airport, maintain run-
way heading until reaching an altitude 
of 900 feet MSL. 

Subpart N—Pearson Field (Van-

couver, WA) Airport Traffic 
Rule 

S

OURCE

: Docket FAA–2015–3980, Amdt. 93– 

100, 81 FR 62806, Sept. 12, 2016, unless other-
wise noted. 

§ 93.161

Applicability. 

This subpart prescribes special air 

traffic rules for aircraft conducting 
VFR operations in the vicinity of the 
Pearson Field Airport in Vancouver, 
Washington. 

§ 93.162

Description of area. 

The Pearson Field Airport Special 

Flight Rules Area is designated as that 
airspace extending upward from the 
surface to but not including 1,100 feet 
MSL in an area bounded by a line be-
ginning at the point where the 019

° 

bearing from Pearson Field intersects 
the 5-mile arc from Portland Inter-
national Airport extending southeast 
to a point 1

1

2

miles east of Pearson 

Field on the extended centerline of 
Runway 8/26, thence south to the north 
shore of the Columbia River, thence 
west via the north shore of the Colum-
bia River to the 5-mile arc from Port-
land International Airport, thence 
clockwise via the 5-mile arc to point of 
beginning. 

§ 93.163

Aircraft operations. 

(a) Unless otherwise authorized by 

ATC, no person may operate an air-
craft within the airspace described in 
§ 93.162, or taxi onto the runway at 
Pearson Field, unless– 

(1) That person establishes two-way 

radio communications with Pearson 
Advisory on the common traffic advi-
sory frequency for the purpose of re-
ceiving air traffic advisories and con-
tinues to monitor the frequency at all 
times while operating within the speci-
fied airspace. 

(2) That person has obtained the 

Pearson Field weather prior to estab-
lishing two-way communications with 
Pearson Advisory. 

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of 

paragraph (a) of this section, if two- 
way radio communications failure oc-
curs in flight, a person may operate an 
aircraft within the airspace described 
in § 93.162, and land, if weather condi-
tions are at or above basic VFR weath-
er minimums. If two-way radio commu-
nications failure occurs while in flight 
under IFR, the pilot must comply with 
§ 91.185. 

(c) Unless otherwise authorized by 

ATC, persons operating an aircraft 

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