Letter of Agreement
By and Between
Houston Oceanic and Jacksonville ARTCC
Effective Date: May 10, 2006
- Scope.
This agreement will cover the procedures to ensure the safe and
expeditious flow of traffic between the two affected ARTCCs.
- Cancellation.
This agreement cancels all other agreements between the Houston Oceanic
(ZHU Oceanic) and the Jacksonville ARTCC (ZJX), and the current agreement
can only be cancelled with consent from both ATMs.
- Responsibility of Controllers.
- ZHU Oceanic Controllers will ensure:
- All aircraft on a similar route will have a minimum of
15 miles of spacing prior to crossing the mutual ARTCC boundary.
- All handoffs will be initiated no earlier than 60nm from
the border and completed no less than 10nm from the border.
- All aircraft landing in ZJX points west of the MAI VOR will be
assigned such an altitude to cross the mutual border at or below FL330.
- All other aircraft landing in ZJX or enroute aircraft will be
allowed to cruise at their current direction-specific altitude.
- ZJX Controllers will ensure:
- All aircraft entering the Oceanic airspace will have 20nm
spacing prior to crossing the border.
- All handoffs will be initiated no earlier than 60nm from the
border and completed no less than 10nm from the border.
Note: Although ZHU Oceanic
will be operating as a non-radar environment, all handoffs will be
completed using the ASRC radar handoff function.
