PHL-CAW
9/05/2007
FAA Issues Final Decision on Airspace Redesign
Graphs above show estimated arrivals & departures per hour ,in and out of PHL, comparing the Airspace DEIS estimate vs. estimate used for PHL CEP on Annual Average Day (AAD).
Stephen Donato
www.phl-caw.org
______________________________________________________
Washington Headquarters Press Release
For Immediate Release
September 5, 2007
Contact: Arlene Salac-Murray or Jim Peters
Phone: (718) 553-3015
FAA Issues Final Decision on Airspace Redesign
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a final decision for redesigning the New York, New Jersey, and
Philadelphia metropolitan area airspace that is expected to reduce delays, fuel consumption, aircraft emissions and noise.
“This new concept in airspace design will help us handle the rapidly growing number of flights in the Northeast in a much more efficient way,” said FAA
Administrator Marion C. Blakey. “This airspace was first designed in the 1960s and has become much more complex. We now need to look at creative
new ways to avoid delays.”
The formal Record of Decision (ROD) for the Airspace Redesign Study supports the FAA’s preferred alternative.
The FAA did extensive analysis and held more than 120 public meetings in five states throughout the environmental process. The airspace redesign
involved a 31,000-square-mile area over New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Connecticut with a population of 29 million residents.
Twenty-one airports were included in the study.
In December 2006, FAA released its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the study. In March 2007, FAA identified the Integrated Airspace
Alternative as its preferred alternative. On August 3, 2007, notice of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) was published in the Federal
Register.
FAA studies show this alternative will reduce delays, complexity of the current air traffic system, fuel consumption and carbon emissions and aircraft noise.
Benefits, in the form of reduced delays, are estimated to reach 20 percent by the year 2011 compared to the amount of delays the air traffic system would
have without the changes. Half a million fewer people will be exposed to noise under this alternative compared to no change.
This Alternative integrates the airspace surrounding the metropolitan area and expands the use of more efficient separation standards. This alternative will
also allow the FAA to move more rapidly toward satellite-based technology.
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Graphs above show estimated arrivals & departures per hour ,in and out of PHL, comparing the Airspace DEIS estimate vs. estimate used for PHL CEP on Annual Average Day (AAD).
Stephen Donato
www.phl-caw.org
______________________________________________________
Washington Headquarters Press Release
For Immediate Release
September 5, 2007
Contact: Arlene Salac-Murray or Jim Peters
Phone: (718) 553-3015
FAA Issues Final Decision on Airspace Redesign
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has issued a final decision for redesigning the New York, New Jersey, and
Philadelphia metropolitan area airspace that is expected to reduce delays, fuel consumption, aircraft emissions and noise.
“This new concept in airspace design will help us handle the rapidly growing number of flights in the Northeast in a much more efficient way,” said FAA
Administrator Marion C. Blakey. “This airspace was first designed in the 1960s and has become much more complex. We now need to look at creative
new ways to avoid delays.”
The formal Record of Decision (ROD) for the Airspace Redesign Study supports the FAA’s preferred alternative.
The FAA did extensive analysis and held more than 120 public meetings in five states throughout the environmental process. The airspace redesign
involved a 31,000-square-mile area over New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware and Connecticut with a population of 29 million residents.
Twenty-one airports were included in the study.
In December 2006, FAA released its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) on the study. In March 2007, FAA identified the Integrated Airspace
Alternative as its preferred alternative. On August 3, 2007, notice of the Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) was published in the Federal
Register.
FAA studies show this alternative will reduce delays, complexity of the current air traffic system, fuel consumption and carbon emissions and aircraft noise.
Benefits, in the form of reduced delays, are estimated to reach 20 percent by the year 2011 compared to the amount of delays the air traffic system would
have without the changes. Half a million fewer people will be exposed to noise under this alternative compared to no change.
This Alternative integrates the airspace surrounding the metropolitan area and expands the use of more efficient separation standards. This alternative will
also allow the FAA to move more rapidly toward satellite-based technology.
Carper says Del. task force won't go quietly on issue
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