Transportation Department Docket FAA-2025-1187 Final Rule

2025-22841: Modification and Revocation of Class E Airspace; Hawaiian Islands, HI; Correction

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Summary

This action is the second of two corrections to a final rule the FAA published in the Federal Register on November 26, 2025, that modified Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface and the Class E airspace area designated as an extension to a Class D or Class E surface area at Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole Airport (KOA), Kailua-Kona, HI. This action makes ministerial corrections to geographic coordinates. The first correction, published in the Federal Register on December 11, 2025, did not fully implement all of the needed corrections.

The agency’s own summary, as published.

The rule, in full

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Federal Register, Volume 90 Issue 239 (Tuesday, December 16, 2025) [Federal Register Volume 90, Number 239 (Tuesday, December 16, 2025)] [Rules and Regulations] [Pages 58148-58149] From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov] [FR Doc No: 2025-22841] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION Federal Aviation Administration 14 CFR Part 71 [Docket No. FAA-2025-1187; Airspace Docket No. 24-AWP-84] RIN 2120-AA66 Modification and Revocation of Class E Airspace; Hawaiian Islands, HI; Correction

Agency

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), DOT.

Action

Final rule; correction. -----------------------------------------------------------------------

Summary

This action is the second of two corrections to a final rule the FAA published in the Federal Register on November 26, 2025, that modified Class E airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface and the Class E airspace area designated as an extension to a Class D or Class E surface area at Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole Airport (KOA), Kailua-Kona, HI. This action makes ministerial corrections to geographic coordinates. The first correction, published in the Federal Register on December 11, 2025, did not fully implement all of the needed corrections.

Dates

The effective date of the final rule published in the Federal Register on November 26, 2025 (90 FR 54228) remains January 22, 2026, 0901 UTC. The Director of the Federal Register approves this incorporation by reference action under 1 CFR part 51, subject to the annual revision of FAA Order JO 7400.11, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, and publication of conforming amendments.

Addresses

A copy of the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM), all comments received, the final rule, the first final rule correction, this final rule correction, and all background material may be viewed online at www.regulations.gov using the FAA Docket number. Electronic retrieval help and guidelines are available on the website. It is available 24 hours each day, 365 days each year. An electronic copy of this document may also be downloaded from www.federalregister.gov. FAA Order JO 7400.11K, Airspace Designations and Reporting Points, and subsequent amendments can be viewed online at www.faa.gov/air_traffic/publications/. You may also contact the Rules and Regulations Group, Office of Policy, Federal Aviation Administration, 800 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20591; telephone: (202) 267- 8783.

For Further Information Contact

Keith Adams, Federal Aviation Administration, Western Service Center, Operations Support Group, 2200 S 216th Street, Des Moines, WA 98198; telephone (206) 231-2428.

Supplementary Information

History The FAA published a final rule in the Federal Register (90 FR 54228; November 26, 2025), which modified the Class E airspace area extending upward from 700 feet or more above the surface and Class E airspace area designated as an extension to a Class D or Class E surface area at KOA. Subsequent to publication, and following a recent survey, the FAA amended the geographic coordinates for KOA. Accordingly, the updated geographic location will now serve as the point of origin from which the Class E airspace area boundaries are derived, no longer requiring reference to the [[Page 58149]] Point in Space Alpha fix that appeared in the KOA's airspace legal description in the final rule. The previous correction failed to fully implement these corrections. This action addresses the remaining corrections needed. Correction to the Final Rule Accordingly, pursuant to the authority delegated to me, FAA Docket No. 2025-1187, published in the Federal Register on November 26, 2025 (90 FR 54228), FR Doc. 2025-21291, is corrected as follows: Sec. 71.1 [Corrected] 0

1. On page 54230, in the first column under the heading ``AWP HI E4

Kailua-Kona, HI [Amended]'', the text is corrected to read as follows: AWP HI E4 Kailua-Kona, HI [Amended] Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole Airport, HI (Lat. 19[deg]44'20'' N, long. 156[deg]02'44'' W) That airspace extending upward from the surface within 2.8 miles each side of the airport's 186[deg] bearing extending from the airport's 4.3-mile radius to 5.7 miles south, and within 3.6 miles each side of the airport's 002[deg] bearing extending from the airport's 4.3-mile radius to 9.5 miles north. 0

2. On page 54230, in the second column, under the heading ``AWP HI E5

Kailua-Kona, HI, [Amended]'', the text is corrected to read as follows: AWP HI E5 Kailua-Kona, HI [Amended] Ellison Onizuka Kona International at Keahole Airport, HI (Lat. 19[deg]44'20'' N, long. 156[deg]02'44'' W) That airspace extending upward from 700 feet above the surface within a 7.4-mile radius of the airport, and within 4 miles each side of the airport's 002[deg] bearing extending from the 7.4-mile radius to 11 miles north; and that airspace extending upward from 1,200 feet above the surface within 12 miles off the coastline of the Island of Hawaii. Issued in Des Moines, Washington, on December 11, 2025. B.G. Chew, Group Manager, Western Service Center, Operations Support Group. [FR Doc. 2025-22841 Filed 12-15-25; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4910-13-P

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Amends 1 part of the Code of Federal Regulations — the standing rules this notice rewrites.

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