Devastation from Hurricane Harvey is
still being assessed, with the aftermath of the storm still wreaking havoc in
Texas.
The National Business Aviation
Association has put together a web page detailing the latest on the storm
and its impact on the area, including airports and aviation.
Airport Information
There are multiple airport closures in
the Houston area.
Houston International Airport (IAH) is
hoping to reopen on Aug. 29, 2017, but officials said they won’t be able to
confirm that until later in the afternoon of Aug. 28.
Currently they are only allowing
Emergency Operations Flights into William P Hobby Airport (HOU) and IAH.
NOTAMs are the most accurate way to
determine the status of an airport as these are managed by the airport manager
or airport authority, NBAA officials note.
“In events such as this, it is hard for
the FAA to keep the OIS page updated with the ongoing airport status
changes,” NBAA officials said.
Route Information
Houston TRACON (I90) and Houston Center
(ZHU) continue to deal with reduced staffing. With the reduced volume they
expect things to be manageable today, NBAA officials report.
Required reroutes may be issued to route
traffic around Houston Center (ZHU) and for traffic into other airports within
ZHU. These reroutes will be issued, cancelled or amended as needed depending on
traffic volume and staffing levels at the facilities. There are also multiple
route closures in the Gulf of Mexico.
Pilots are encouraged to monitor
the FAA Current Reroutes page and FAA Advisory Database for
the latest on required reroutes and route closures.
TFRs for rescue and recovery operations
will start being issued Aug. 28. TFR NOTAMs should contain a phone number for
pilots to obtain special permission to operate humanitarian relief flights into
those areas.
In addition, there are several Airspace
Coordination Area (ACA) NOTAMs that have been issued and encourage pilots to
exercise extreme caution while operating in these areas due to current rescue
operations.
These NOTAMs may be found
on PilotWeb in the ZHU (HOUSTON ARTCC) NOTAMs under the “ARTCC
Notices, TFRs and Special Notice Page” section.
Additional Resources
National Hurricane
Center
The National Hurricane Center has
all the latest information on tropical storms or hurricanes in both the
Atlantic (including the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico) and Pacific basins.
These resources include forecast tracks and intensity as well as winds and
storm surge.
NBAA Airspace Alerts
NBAA Air Traffic Services (ATS) at
the FAA Air Traffic Control System Command Center also distributes email alerts
about operational issues, including those related to weather.
Humanitarian and Relief
Resources
NBAA’s Humanitarian Emergency Response
Operator (HERO) Database: GA has long served as a lifeline to people
and communities in crisis. That’s because general aviation and business
aircraft can reach locations impacted by natural disasters, when airliners and
sometimes even automobiles cannot.
General aviation aircaft can operate on
short notice into outlying airports with small runways, and sometimes unpaved
airstrips, or even onto roads. They are uniquely suited to providing a first
response to natural disasters and other emergencies, NBAA officials note.
The NBAA Humanitarian Emergency Response
Operator (HERO) Database is a list of people in the business aviation community
who are part of disaster-response mobilization efforts. In the aftermath of
major crises, basic information from the database is provided to organizations
coordinating relief efforts.
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