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SJU RWY8/26 Airport Diagram Changes LTA-SJU-10

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration San Juan Tower FAA San Juan ATCT Luis Munoz Marin Int'l Arpt. 14th Floor Carolina, PR 71110 Issued: 02/05/2025 2100 (UTC)        Effective: 02/05/2025 2100 (UTC) San Juan Tower                                 Letter to Airmen: LTA-SJU-10 Subject: SJU RWY8/26 Airport Diagram Changes Cancellation: 04/15/2025 1200 (UTC) Issued: 02/05/2025 2100 (UTC)         Effective: 02/05/2025 2100 (UTC) San Juan Tower Letter to Airmen: LTA-SJU-9 Subject: SJU RWY 8/26 Airport Diagram Changes SAN JUAN ATCT LETTER TO AIRMEN NO.LTA-SJU- 9 Issued: 02/05/2025     
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Changes Coming for Two Disaster Recovery Centers in Georgia

Changes Coming for Two Disaster Recovery Centers in Georgia The Disaster Recovery Center in Jefferson County will close permanently at 6 p.m. Thursday, Jan.  30. The recovery center in Coffee County will close at its current location at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 29, and reopen at a new location at 10 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 30.  The centers’ standard hours are 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Saturday, except Fulton County center, where the hours are 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, closed Saturday. All centers are closed on Sundays. Jefferson County (closing permanently 6 p.m. Jan. 30)
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Changes to CFI Rotorcraft PTS published on March 22, 2016; includes new policy on autorotations.

The FAA has published Change 1 to the Flight Instructor Practical Test Standards (PTS) for Rotorcraft (Helicopter and Gyroplane) on March 22, 2016.  The change is specific to the helicopter class rating and focuses on a change in the policy concerning the performance of autorotations during the CFI practical test.  The updated PTS can be found at the following web address - https://www.faa.gov/training_testing/testing/test_standards/media/FAA-S-8081-7B.pdf The change in policy effects the way the Flight Instructor practical test may be accomplished when testing autorotations.  As in the past, instructional knowledge must be demonstrated on the practical test in autorotations, either straight-in or 180°
HNL Reef Runway Taxiway Name Changes, 07 OCT 2021
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HNL Reef Runway Taxiway Name Changes, 07 OCT 2021

Per the Runway Safety Planning Study at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL), DOT-A is implementing Reef Runway Taxiway Signage Improvements.  The project will change the Taxiway sign panels in compliance with FAA Taxiway Nomenclature. T he new names are to be installed during the  October 6, 2021 evening shift, anticipated to correspond to the Pacific Chart (Pac Chart) Supplement, October 7, 2021, update.            POC for questions: Edie Chiu, DOTA Project Manager;  eddie.k.chiu@hawaii.gov   Phone: (808) 838-8827
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Tucson (TUS) Airfield Changes

The Tucson Airport Authority (TAA), certificated operator of Tucson International Airport (TUS), is engaged in a multi-year $400+ million Airfield Safety Enhancement (ASE) Program, a project that will transform the airfield layout at TUS to meet current Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) safety standards. This project, designed to enhance airfield safety, will include the demolition of an existing runway (RWY 11R/29L; 75’ x 8,000’) with a new, relocated parallel runway (150’ x 11,000’) that will serve the Southern Arizona region for decades into the future. Before construction of the new runway can begin, the current runway (11R/29L), primarily used by general