FAA NextGen: Happening Now for Business Aviation - NBAA
FAA NextGen: Happening Now for Business Aviation - NBAA
FAA NextGen: Happening Now for Business Aviation - NBAA
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<strong>FAA</strong> <strong>NextGen</strong>:<br />
<strong>Happening</strong> <strong>Now</strong> <strong>for</strong> <strong>Business</strong> <strong>Aviation</strong><br />
<strong>NBAA</strong> 2012<br />
October 31, 2012<br />
Presented by<br />
Gisele Mohler<br />
Director, <strong>NextGen</strong> Per<strong>for</strong>mance and Outreach<br />
Federal <strong>Aviation</strong> Administration
<strong>NextGen</strong> Showing Results<br />
Per<strong>for</strong>mance Based Navigation (PBN)<br />
• PBN resulted in successful de-conflicts between Henderson and Las<br />
Vegas McCarron Airports and between Chicago O’Hare and Midway<br />
• Significantly shorter flight times and fewer level-offs were seen at<br />
Charleston, S.C. by both military and civilian flights<br />
Adjacent Center Metering<br />
• Coupled with PBN procedures in Atlanta and Newark, traffic flow was<br />
adjusted farther out and at higher altitude resulting in more efficient<br />
cruise.<br />
• Miles in trail in high volume and bad weather conditions were reduced by<br />
80% in Atlanta and 65% in Newark.<br />
• Holding pattern time was reduced by 70% in Atlanta and 67% in Newark<br />
3
<strong>NextGen</strong> Showing Results<br />
Automated Terminal Proximity Alert (ATPA)<br />
a controller decision support tool implemented at Minneapolis-St Paul<br />
• Reduced the total number of go-around events<br />
by 23%<br />
• Reduced total excess time flown during go-arounds<br />
by 19%<br />
4
<strong>NextGen</strong> Showing Results<br />
Lower Runway Visual Range (RVR) Minima<br />
• RVR equipment deployed at La Guardia coupled with aircraft equipage<br />
and flight crew training has reduced visibility minimums from 1,800 ft. to<br />
1,200 ft.<br />
• increased throughput by 57% during low visibility conditions<br />
Wide Area Augmentation<br />
• Increased access by providing LPV approaches <strong>for</strong> 139 GA airports<br />
without an Instrument Landing System<br />
• Increased access by 8% to qualified GA airports<br />
• from 50% to 58% in 2012<br />
5
Per<strong>for</strong>mance<br />
Snapshots<br />
www.faa.gov/nextgen/snapshots
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