Houston Executive Airspace
Why does this matter?
Cross Country flights from both SCOH and GHSA routinely used Sport Flyers as a possible "go to" point if low in the area. The current tower controlled class E and the future class D that around Houston Executive could affect your transit into and out of Sport Flyers.
The Basics...
Houston Executive is also known as TME.
Located 23 miles south of SCOH and 13 miles northeast of GHSA
1 Oct 2014: Tower Opened
Sometime in 2014 or 2015, the Class D airspace will become effective. In the meantime, the airspace is class G but you are still required to contact the tower in certain areas - see the graphic to the left.
The current tower controlled class E and the future class D airspace has a notch (think Pac Man) cut out of the NW corner to accommodate Sport Flyers.
References
29 Sep 2014 AOPA's News Release
25 Sep 2014 FAA's NOTAM and Graphic of the Airspace
Newsletter Sep 2014: West Houston Airport
Supplied by the TME airport manager
Locally Modified Special Use Airspace.
Click Here to download the SUA file. This SUA file includes the new airspace at Houston Executive Airport (TME) that went into effect on 1 Oct 2014.
A cutout has been created for operations at Sport Flyers Airport that exempts them from needing to talk to the new tower at nearby Houston Executive Airport.
The tower opened 1 Oct 2014 at Houston Executive Airport (TME).
If any aircraft within a 4 nautical mile radius of TME goes east or south of the lines shown below 2,000 MSL in the image, you must talk to the tower on 126.975.
