This wiki page is to be used as quick reference only. The official letter of agreement is located here.
This letter of agreement (LoA) shall serve to standardize procedures handling air traffic operations between the Oakland (KZOA) and Los Angeles (KZLA) ARTCCs. Controllers handling air traffic destined for an ARTCC affected by this agreement are requested to adhere to this agreement to the furthest extent possible. The agreement is subject to change without notice and shall be reviewed by affected controllers regularly.
Shortly after connecting to the IVAO network, controllers affected by this LoA shall advise any other online controller(s) affected by this LoA of the current runway configuration at the larger airports under their control. For KZOA, this includes KSFO, KOAK and KRNO airports; and for KZLA this includes KLAX and KSAN airports. Should a runway configuration change occur during a controller session, this shall also be communicated. The ATC channel shall be used for this communication, using abbreviations in this LoA to indicate runway configurations.
Handoffs of aircraft from one CTR controller to another shall occur at least 10 nautical miles prior to the aircraft reaching the ARTCC boundary, with adequate separation existing to all other nearby targets. A refused handoff does not allow the aircraft to enter the neighboring controller's ARTCC.
Aircraft entering or believed to be entering the airspace within a 2.5 nautical mile horizontal distance from the ARTCC boundary require a pointout. The pointout shall be initiated in a timely manner by the controller in control of, and communicating with, any such aircraft. The response from the controller receiving the pointout is binding.
Lateral miles in trail (MIT) separation of aircraft bound to the same event featured airport, irrespective of cruising altitude separation, increases to 10 nautical miles during HQ, XA and VA events. For every 10 knots of ground speed aircraft in trail are faster than the proceeding aircraft, 1 additional nautical mile of lateral separation shall be applied.
| Departure Airport | Route (SFO-W*) | Route (SFO-E*) |
|---|---|---|
| KLAX or KSAN | STOKD SERFR SERFR# | STOKD SERFR WWAVS# |
| KLAS | KENNO RUSME DYAMD# | KENNO RUSME ALWYS# |
*SFO-W indicates KSFO landing runways 28L/R; SFO-E indicates KSFO landing runways 19L/R.
| Departure Airport | Route (OAK-W*) | Route (OAK-E*) |
|---|---|---|
| KLAX or KSAN | COREZ RGOOD EMZOH# | COREZ RGOOD SKIZM# |
| KLAS | KENNO RUSME OAKES# | KENNO RUSME SHARR# |
*OAK-W indicates KOAK landing runways 30, 28L/R and 33; OAK-E indicates KOAK landing runways 12, 10L/R and 15.
| Departure Airport | Route |
|---|---|
| KLAX or KSAN | SCTRR TROXX SILCN# |
| KLAS | KENNO RUSME RAZRR# |
| Departure Airport | Route |
|---|---|
| KLAX or KSAN | CSTRO NURAY SUUTR# |
| KLAS | KENNO DONNR SLMMR# |
| Departure Airport | Route (RNO-S*) | Route (RNO-N*) |
|---|---|---|
| KLAX | CSTRO FMG or FLW FMG | CSTRO FMG or FLW FMG |
| KSAN | EHF FMG | EHF FMG |
| KLAS | KENNO SCOLA# | KENNO TARVR# |
*RNO-S indicates KRNO landing runways 17L/R; RNO-N indicates KRNO landing runways 35L/R.
| Destination Airport | altitude |
|---|---|
| KMRY, KSNS | 16,000 |
| KFAT, KVIS | 10,000 |
| KPRB | 6,000 |
| Departure Airport | Route (LAX-W*) | Route (LAX-E*) |
|---|---|---|
| KSFO or KOAK or KSJC | EBAYE BURGL IRNMN# | EBAYE BURGL ZUUMA# |
| KSMF or KRNO | REBRG IRNMN# | REBRG ZUUMA# |
*LAX-W indicates KLAX landing runways 24R and 25L; LAX-E indicates KLAX landing runways 6L and 7R.
| Departure Airport | Route (SAN-W*) | Route (SAN-E*) |
|---|---|---|
| KSFO or KOAK | YYUNG LAX COMIX# | YYUNG LAX PLYYA# |
| KSJC | EBAYE AVE FIM J1 LAX COMIX# | EBAYE AVE FIM J1 LAX PLYYA# |
| KSMF | FRA LAX COMIX# | FRA LAX PLYYA# |
| KRNO | DARBI HUULK COMIX# | DARBI EHF LAX PLYYA# |
*SAN-W indicates KSAN landing runway 27; SAN-E indicates KSAN landing runway 9.
| Departure Airport | Route |
|---|---|
| KSFO or KOAK or KSJC | Q174 FLCHR COKTL# |
| KSMF | SHUFL TQILA COKTL# |
| KRNO | TQILA COKTL# |
| Destination Airport | altitude |
|---|---|
| KSBA | 16,000 |
| KSMX | 10,000 |
| KSBP | 6,000 |
| Name | Staff Position | Contact Address |
|---|---|---|
| Michael Mund Hoym | Oakland ARTCC Chief | kzoa-ch@ivao.aero |
| Timothy Treaster | Los Angeles ARTCC Chief | kzla-ch@ivao.aero |
| Name | Staff Position | Contact Address |
|---|---|---|
| Weston Sleeman | ATC Operations Coordinator | xa-aoc@ivao.aero |
| Jay Lawrence | ATC Operations Advisor | xa-aoa1@ivao.aero |
| Version | Release date | Information | Author |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | 08 SEP 2023 | initial draft | 275227 |
| 1.0 | 10 SEP 2023 | approved version | 275227 |