Final rule · 2025-14579

Amendment of Class D and E Airspace Over Hickory and Morganton, NC

This rule amends the Class D and E surface airspaces at Hickory Regional Airport, Hickory, NC. Additionally, this rule amends Class E5 airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface for Hickory Regional Airport, Hickory, NC, by increasing the radius to 7.1 miles and adding an extension. Lastly, this rule amends Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface for Foothills Regional Airport, Morganton, NC, ensuring the required protection for standard instrument approach procedures, and also updates the airport's name and geographic coordinates and removes Grace Hospital from the airspace legal description. Controlled airspace is necessary for the safety and management of instrument flight rules (IFR) operations in the area.