marcum@rhino.UUCP (Alan M. Marcum) (12/27/84)
Following are the contents of a "Letter to Airmen" I received
from the FAA Bay Terminal Radar Approach Control (TRACON) Facility
in Oakland. I'm posting it to all of North America because of
its potential general interest. In addition, following the
letter are various relevant Bay Area aviation telephone numbers
(ATIS, FSS, etc.)
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ISSUED: November 9, 1984 EFFECTIVE: January 17, 1985
BAY TERMINAL RADAR APPROACH CONTROL LETTER TO AIRMEN NO. 84-4
SUBJECT: Increased Air Traffic Activities in the San Francisco Bay Area
CANCELLATION: Janury 21, 1985
Superbowl XIX will be held at the Stanford University Stadium in
Palo Alto, California, on Sunday, January 20, 1985. A
substantial increase in air traffic throughout the San Francisco
Bay Area is anticipated during the period surrounding the
Superbowl date. The increase is anticipated to begin on
Thursday prior to the game, and subside on or about Monday,
January 21. The following should be considered to reduce delay
and inconvenience to pilots arriving or departing Bay Area airports:
1. The additional workload for the Bay Area air traffic control
facilities may limit additional services such as practice
approaches.
2. Transient aircraft parking is limited at Bay Area airports.
Pilots are strongly encouraged to check on availability of
space prior to departure.
3. Pilots are encouraged to file instrument flight plans as far
in advance as practicable, preferably four hours.
4. Pilots are reminded to obtain ATIS information for the
appropriate airport for arrival and departure. There will
also be an ATIS broadcast on the Woodside VOR (OSI, 113.9)
containing pretinent Bay Area information.
5. Pilots should check with the appropriate FSS prior to flight
for pretinent NOTAMs. A special NOTAM containing additional
information relating to special activities and any flight
restrictions during the subject period will be available.
Advance planning for both arrival and departure will help ensure
a safe and enjoyable flight.
(signed)
JACK RYAN
Air Traffic Manager, Bay TRACON
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Bay Area ATIS Telephone Numbers and Frequencies
Concord (415)685-4567 124.7 CCR
Hayward (415)786-3988 126.7 HWD
Livermore (415)447-9516 119.65 LVK
Monterey (408)375-7433 119.25 MRY
Napa No Telephone 124.05 APC
Oakland (415)635-5850 126.0 OAK
Palo Alto (415)858-0606 120.6 PAO
Salinas No ATIS; TWEB: (408)422-2088 117.3 SNS
San Carlos (415)593-0613 125.9 SQL
San Francisco (415)887-3585 115.8 SFO
San Jose Municipal (408)288-6069 114.1 SJC
San Jose Reed Hillview (408)923-7100 125.2 RHV
Santa Rosa (707)545-2847 120.55 STS
Bay Area Flight Weather Information
Oakland FSS (800)345-4546
Salinas FSS (408)443-2195
Outlook weather briefing (415)876-2846
NOTE: Oakland FSS has a touch-tone accessible recorded briefing
system. If you have a touch-tone phone, pressing the # key will
produce a dial-tone, to which you may "touch-tone the service you
want." Directory information is available on 2000; in addition,
following are the numbers and information available. Unless
otherwise stated, the information available pertains to enroute
weather forcasts (including synopses, SIGMETs, flight precautions,
terminal forcasts, winds aloft).
Bay Area 2229 2BAY
North Coast Route 2662 2NOC
North Inland Route 2664 2NOI
Northeast Route to Reno 2766 2RNO
South Coast Route 2762 2SOC
South Inland Route 2764 2SOI
Northern Terminal Observations 2386 2FTN
Southern Terminal Observations 2387 2FTS
IFR Flight Plan Filing 2437 2IFR
VFR Flight Plan Filing 2837 2VFR
Pilot Weather Briefer 2273 2BRF
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Alan M. Marcum Fortune Systems, Redwood City, California
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