Letter of agreement loa between artccenters
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This letter of agreement (LoA) shall serve to standardize procedures handling air traffic operations between the Oakland (KZOA) and Los Angeles (KZLA) ARTCCs. Controllers handling air traffic destined for an ARTCC affected by this agreement are requested to adhere to this agreement to the furthest extent possible. The agreement is subject to change without notice and shall be reviewed by affected controllers regularly.
¶ Controllers connecting
Shortly after connecting to the IVAO network, controllers affected by this LoA shall advise any other online controller(s) affected by this LoA of the current runway configuration at the larger airports under their control. For KZOA, this includes KSFO, KOAK and KRNO airports; and for KZLA this includes KLAX and KSAN airports. Should a runway configuration change occur during a controller session, this shall also be communicated. The ATC channel shall be used for this communication, using abbreviations in this LoA to indicate runway configurations.
¶ Handoffs
Handoffs of aircraft from one CTR controller to another shall occur at least 10 nautical miles prior to the aircraft reaching the ARTCC boundary, with adequate separation existing to all other nearby targets. A refused handoff does not allow the aircraft to enter the neighboring controller’s ARTCC.
¶ Pointouts
Aircraft entering or believed to be entering the airspace within a 2.5 nautical mile horizontal distance from the ARTCC boundary require a pointout. The pointout shall be initiated in a timely manner by the controller in control of, and communicating with, any such aircraft. The response from the controller receiving the pointout is binding.
¶ Event traffic
Lateral miles in trail (MIT) separation of aircraft bound to the same event featured airport, irrespective of cruising altitude separation, increases to 10 nautical miles during HQ, XA and VA events. For every 10 knots of ground speed aircraft in trail are faster than the proceeding aircraft, 1 additional nautical mile of lateral separation shall be applied.
¶ Departures to San Francisco International Airport (KSFO)
| Departure Airport | Route (SFO-W*) | Route (SFO-E*) |
|---|
| KLAX or KSAN | STOKD SERFR SERFR# | STOKD SERFR WWAVS# |
| KLAS | KENNO RUSME DYAMD# | KENNO RUSME ALWYS# |
¶ Departures to Metro Oakland International Airport (KOAK)
| Departure Airport | Route (OAK-W*) | Route (OAK-E*) |
|---|
| KLAX or KSAN | COREZ RGOOD EMZOH# | COREZ RGOOD SKIZM# |
| KLAS | KENNO RUSME OAKES# | KENNO RUSME SHARR# |
¶ Departures to Norman Y Mineta San Jose International Airport (KSJC)
| Departure Airport | Route |
|---|
| KLAX or KSAN | SCTRR TROXX SILCN# |
| KLAS | KENNO RUSME RAZRR# |
¶ Departures to Sacramento International Airport (KSMF)
| Departure Airport | Route |
|---|
| KLAX or KSAN | CSTRO NURAY SUUTR# |
| KLAS | KENNO DONNR SLMMR# |
¶ Departures to Reno/Tahoe International Airport (KRNO)
| Departure Airport | Route (RNO-S*) | Route (RNO-N*) |
|---|
| KLAX | CSTRO FMG or FLW FMG | CSTRO FMG or FLW FMG |
| KSAN | EHF FMG | EHF FMG |
| KLAS | KENNO SCOLA# | KENNO TARVR# |
¶ Descent instructions to aircraft bound to KZOA airports close to the KZLA/KZOA boundary
| Destination Airport | altitude |
|---|
| KMRY, KSNS | 16,000 |
| KFAT, KVIS | 10,000 |
| KPRB | 6,000 |
¶ Departures to Los Angeles International Airport (KLAX)
| Departure Airport | Route (LAX-W*) | Route (LAX-E*) |
|---|
| KSFO or KOAK or KSJC | EBAYE BURGL IRNMN# | EBAYE BURGL ZUUMA# |
| KSMF or KRNO | REBRG IRNMN# | REBRG ZUUMA# |
¶ Departures to San Diego International Airport (KSAN)
| Departure Airport | Route (SAN-W*) | Route (SAN-E*) |
|---|
| KSFO or KOAK | YYUNG LAX COMIX# | YYUNG LAX PLYYA# |
| KSJC | EBAYE AVE FIM J1 LAX COMIX# | EBAYE AVE FIM J1 LAX PLYYA# |
| KSMF | FRA LAX COMIX# | FRA LAX PLYYA# |
| KRNO | DARBI HUULK COMIX# | DARBI EHF LAX PLYYA# |
¶ Departures to Harry Reid International Airport (KLAS)
| Departure Airport | Route |
|---|
| KSFO or KOAK or KSJC | Q174 FLCHR COKTL# |
| KSMF | SHUFL TQILA COKTL# |
| KRNO | TQILA COKTL# |
¶ Descent instructions to aircraft bound to KZLA airports close to the KZOA/KZLA boundary
| Destination Airport | altitude |
|---|
| KSBA | 16,000 |
| KSMX | 10,000 |
| KSBP | 6,000 |
¶ Agreeing parties
| Name | Staff Position | Contact Address |
|---|
| Michael Mund Hoym | Oakland ARTCC Chief | kzoa-ch@ivao.aero |
| Timothy Treaster | Los Angeles ARTCC Chief | kzla-ch@ivao.aero |
¶ Approving parties
| Name | Staff Position | Contact Address |
|---|
| Weston Sleeman | ATC Operations Coordinator | us-aoc@ivao.aero |
¶ Version history
| Version | Release date | Information | Author |
|---|
| 0.1 | 08 SEP 2023 | initial draft | 275227 |
| 1.0 | 10 SEP 2023 | approved version | 275227 |
