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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