Federal Aviation Administration FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY (Public availability to be determined under 5USC 552) Data Communications Program DCL Benefits Modeling Presented To: Data Communications Implementation Team (DCIT) Date: January 20, 2011

2 Data Communications Program January 2011 Agenda FLL DCL TAAM Modeling –Background –Modeling –Preliminary Results –Next Steps D-BEST: DCL Benefits Estimator Tool –Background –Outreach –Demo

3 Data Communications Program January 2011 FLL Background FLL is representative of a high impact airport with a mix of major airlines for demonstration of DCL benefits. FLL is ranked 19 th nationwide in on-time performance. Data Comm program has FLL SME expertise available. Source: Bureau of Transportation Statistics

4 Data Communications Program January 2011 FLL Modeling Assumptions Simulations created using Total Airport and Airspace Modeler Model includes En Route, TRACON and surface operations –ETMS city pair routing –FLL terminal airspace SID/STAR procedures –Terminal airspace spacing, vectoring, separation, wake turbulence –Airport gate usage, taxi, departure line up queuing at runway threshold –East and West flow operations examined Traffic: 90th percentile day by operations (FY10) Wx: FLL north departures impacted by simulated reroutes for afternoon convective weather, en route capacity is not constrained Voice reroute clearance time is randomly assigned by TAAM –2.5 to 4.5 minutes per aircraft, includes clearance and pilot read back –Verified per SME input and Data Comm Benefits Team Data Comm reroute clearance time is randomly assigned by TAAM –10 to 20 seconds per equipped aircraft –Assigned at the gate

5 Data Communications Program January 2011 FLL Operations and Delays Date Total Daily Operations Total Delay (minutes) 10 th Percentile 90 th Percentile Carrier and Air Taxi Operations

6 Data Communications Program January 2011 FLL Departure Traffic Demand Simulated Weather 11: :00 local Local Hour Hourly Departure Rate En Route WITI Value

7 Data Communications Program January 2011 FLL East Flow Runways 09L, 09R

8 Data Communications Program January 2011 FLL East Flow Terminal Procedures

9 Data Communications Program January 2011 FLL Simulation En Route Domain

10 Data Communications Program January 2011 FLL Simulation Matrix Data Comm Equipage Plan Scenarios based on anticipated aircraft types per user inventory FLL Simulation Matrix Simulation Traffic File East Flow West Flow N

11 Data Communications Program January 2011 FLL Departure Routes Impacted by Weather Case 1: All North Departures Case 2: North Overland Departures Case 4: ARKES DeparturesCase 5: ZAPPA (Ocean) Departures Case 3: THUNDR Departures

12 Data Communications Program January 2011 Case 1: Clearance Delivery Comparison [14:00-16:00] local Current CapabilityData Communications Capability

13 Data Communications Program January 2011 Preliminary FLL Preliminary Results: Departure Delay Benefits 97 Total Weather Impacted Days in FY10 for Potential Savings Annual FLL Airport Data Comm Impact: Estimates do not include 17 days of mixed runway configurations 32,122 minutes Savings for 80 days using DCL Service with 2016 Equipage Scenario A is estimated at 32,122 minutes. 53,049 minutes. Savings for 80 days using DCL Service with 2016 Equipage Scenario B is estimated at 53,049 minutes.

14 Data Communications Program January 2011 Discussion Modeling DCL services shows significant savings. The higher the equipage, the higher the savings. Non-Equipped aircraft will receive a residual benefit as a result of the equipped aircraft. Increased traffic levels will result in higher savings. Next Steps –FLL Mixed Runway Simulations –Access Arrival Benefits –Enhanced Benefits Methodology –Expand Analysis to other Airports

15 Data Communications Program January 2011 D-BEST:

16 Data Communications Program January 2011 Benefits Estimation Data Inputs –BTS –TFMS Reroute Amendments –GS/GDPs DCL Inputs Equipage Cost Parameters 3-Month Savings Annualized Saving