March 22, 2019
The FAA has released a Special Air Traffic Procedures NOTAM, which outlines the requirements associated with flight operations in and out of the Minneapolis area between April 5-9, 2019, for the NCAA Men’s Final Four Basketball Tournament. Required routes for both arrivals and departures will be in place. These routes can be found in the airport-specific procedures NOTAMs. If demand exceeds capacity at any time during the week, ATC traffic management initiatives are possible.
FAA Special Air Traffic Procedures NOTAM
FAA Letter to Airmen for Final Four 2019
Due to the high volume of air traffic anticipated during the 2019 Final Four activities, a ramp reservation is required for arrivals and departures, including drop-and-gos to and from the Minneapolis-St. Paul Metropolitan area airports between Friday, April 5, 2019, at 1100 UTC and Wednesday, April 11, 2019, 0100 UTC.
Airport-specific Air Traffic Procedures NOTAMs
The following airports in the Minneapolis, MN area are included in the Air Traffic Procedures NOTAMs:
- Minneapolis-St. Paul Intl./Wold-Chamberlain – MSP
- St. Paul Downtown/Holman Field – STP
- Flying Cloud – FCM
- Anoka County/Blaine Airport (Janes Field) – ANE
- Crystal – MIC
- South St. Paul Municipal/Richard E Fleming Field – SGS
- Airlake – LVN
- Faribault Municipal – FBL
- Buffalo Municipal – CFE
- Maple Lake Municipal – MGG
- Simenstad Municipal/Osceola – OEO
- Red Wing Regional – RGK
- New Richmond Regional – RNH
- Lake Elmo – 21D
International Business Aviation Council Ltd.