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LETTER OF AGREEMENT
EFFECTIVE: February 16, 2015
SUBJECT: Surface Area Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs) and Airport Field Conditions
I. PURPOSE: To establish procedures for reporting runway and taxiway conditions at the
Yakima Air Terminal - McAllister Field.
2. CANCELATION: Yakima Airport Traffic Control Tower and Yakima Airport Manager
Memorandum of Understanding date August 6, 2013, same subject.
3. SCOPE: The responsibilities and procedures outlined herein are to be used by Yakima Air
Terminal- McAllister Field Manager (Airport Manager) and the Yakima FAA Contract Tower
(YKM FCT) for reporting airport field conditions and coordinating NOTAMs associated with
Yakima Air Terminal- McAllister Field (Airport).
4. RESPONSBILITIES: The Airport Manager is responsible for observing and reporting the
condition of movement areas and other surface area NOTAMs associated with the Airport
(FAA Order JO 7930.2, Notices to Airmen). Surface Area NOTAMs include the
Aerodrome, Runway, Taxiway, Apron, Services and Obstruction. Each party to this
agreement is responsible for compliance by personnel under their authority with the
provisions contained herein. Training, both initial and recurrent, of involved personnel is
also the responsibility of the signatories.
5. PROCEDURES:
a. Airport Manager or his designee must:
(1) Advise FCT of any reported or observed condition that will affect the safe operation
of aircraft on the Airport.
(2) Report Runway and taxiway conditions as follows:
(a) Wet Runway- enough standing water that can be measured.
(b) Damp runway - surface is moist, but water cannot be measured.
(c) Ice snow or slush on the runway.
(d) Estimated breaking action in terms of good, fair, poor, nil.
(e) Height and locations of snowdrifts, berms or piles of snow on or along the edges
of the runways or taxiways, and the extent of any plowed areas.
(f) Construction work on or immediately adjacent to runways or taxiways.
(g) Hazardous wildlife.
(3) Promptly exchange braking action reports with YKM FCT which indicate that
runway braking conditions have deteriorated to "fair ", "poor" or "nil" or have improved
to "good."
(4) Advise Yakima FCT of the irregular operations of any part of the airport lighting
system.
(4) As deemed appropriate, provide information to the Yakima FCT on any other
pertinent airport conditions.
(5) Directly enter NOTAMs into the Direct -Entry Digital NOTAM (DDN) system.
Revert to Legacy system using FSS to issue NOTAMs during DDN system failure. The
airport personnel may request Yakima FCT personnel to contact AFSS to accomplish this
task.
(6) Notify YKM FCT via telephone or radio and relay the following NOTAM
information:
(a) NOTAM keywords; Aerodrome, Runway, Taxiway, Apron, Obstruction or
Services.
(b) Designator (such as 7/25 or specific Taxiway or Apron area).
(c) Reason /condition for the keyword NOTAMs.
(d) Start time, end time, or the expected time period of the NOTAM.
Examples:
"Taxiway Echo closed until one six three zero UTC."
"Runway 07/25 thin loose snow swept braking action fair at one eight one zero
UTC."
"Aerodrome closed from two one zero zero to two two zero zero UTC."
b. Yakima FCT must:
(1) Promptly exchange braking action reports with Airport which indicate that braking
action conditions have deteriorated to "fair ", "poor" or "nil" or have improved to "good."
(NOTE: Reporting of "poor" or "nil" reports must be immediate).
(2) Immediately cease operations on runways subject to "nil" braking action reports.
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Ro ert Peterson
Airport Manager,
Yakima Air Terminal - McAllister Field
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LETTER OF AGREEMENT
EFFECTIVE: May 15, 2015
SUBJECT: Surface Area Notices to Airmen (NOTAMs) and Airport Field Conditions
1. PURPOSE: To establish procedures and responsibilities for reporting Airport Field
Conditions and coordinating NOTAMs associated with the Yakima Air Terminal- McAllister
Field.
2. CANCELATION: Yakima Airport Board and Yakima Federal Contract Tower Subject:
Reporting Airport Field Conditions, dated August 3, 1997
3. SCOPE: The responsibilities and procedures outlined herein are to be used by Yakima Air
Terminal- McAllister Field Manager (Airport Manager) and the Yakima FAA Contract Tower
(FCT) for reporting airport field conditions and coordinating NOTAMs associated with Yakima
Air Terminal- McAllister Field (Airport).
4. RESPONSBILITIES:
a. The Airport Manager is responsible for observing and reporting the condition of
movement areas and other surface area NOTAMs associated with the Airport (FAA Order JO
7930.2, Notices to Airmen). Surface Area NOTAMs include the Aerodrome, Runway,
Taxiway, Apron, Services and Obstruction.
b. Each party to this agreement is responsible for compliance by personnel under their
authority with the provisions contained herein. Training, both initial and recurrent, of
involved personnel is also the responsibility of the signatories.
5. PROCEDURES:
a. Airport Manager or his designee must:
(1) Advise FCT of any reported or observed condition that will affect the safe operation
of aircraft on the Airport.
(2) Report runway and taxiway conditions as follows:
(a) Wet Runway - enough standing water that can be measured.
(b) Damp Runway - surface is moist, but water cannot be measured.
(c) Ice snow or slush on the runway.
(d) Estimated breaking action in terms of good, fair, poor, nil.
(e) Height and locations of snowdrifts, berms or piles of snow on or along the edges
of the runways or taxiways, and the extent of any plowed areas.
(f) Construction work on or immediately adjacent to runways or taxiways.
Yakima FAA Contract Tower and Yakima Air Terminal- McAllister Field
(g) Hazardous wildlife.
(3) Promptly exchange braking action reports with FCT which indicate that runway
braking conditions have deteriorated to "fair ", "poor" or "nil" or have improved to
"good."
(4) Advise FCT of the irregular operations of any part of the airport lighting system.
(5) As deemed appropriate, provide information to the FCT on any other pertinent airport
conditions.
(6) Directly enter NOTAMs into the Direct -Entry Digital NOTAM (DDN) system.
Revert to Legacy system using FSS to issue NOTAMs during DDN system failure. The
airport personnel may request FCT personnel to contact AFSS to accomplish this task.
(7) Notify FCT via telephone or radio and relay the following NOTAM information:
(a) NOTAM keywords; Aerodrome, Runway, Taxiway, Apron, Obstruction or
Services.
(b) Designator (such as 4/22 or specific Taxiway or Apron area).
(c) Reason /condition for the keyword NOTAMs.
(d) Start time, end time, or the expected time period of the NOTAM.
EXAMPLES:
"Taxiway Echo closed until one six three zero UTC."
"Runway 04/22 thin loose snow swept braking action fair at one eight one zero
UTC. "
"Aerodrome closed from two one zero zero to two two zero zero UTC."
b. FCT must:
(1) Promptly exchange braking action reports with Airport which indicate that braking
action conditions have deteriorated to "fair", "poor" or "nil" or have improved to "good."
NOTE: Reporting of "poor or "nil reports must be immedinle.
(2) Immediately cease operations on runways subject to "nil" braking action reports.
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Roy ' therford
Air Tiraffle Manager
Yakima FCT
Ro ert Peterson
Airport Manager
Yakima Air Terminal- McAllister Field
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Yakima, WA
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