NY/NJ/PHL Metropolitan Area Airspace Redesign Project and Implementation Update Presentation to: Congressional Staffers By: Steve Kelley, Airspace Redesign Manager Date: March 14, 2008 Federal Aviation Administration

Federal Aviation Administration 2 NY/NJ/PHL Metropolitan Area Airspace Redesign March 14, 2008 January 7, 2008 Record of Decision Issued – September 5, 2007 The Selected Project for this study is the Integrated Airspace Alternative with the Integrated Control Complex (ICC) with mitigation. The study took over 9 years culminating in a Record of Decision (ROD) Procedural adaptations for noise abatement (mitigation measures) was also implemented Draft Environmental Impact Statement DEIS was published in December 2005 Comments were taken on the DEIS and some of those comments were used in developing the noise mitigation measures In April of 2007 the FAA identified its Preferred Alternative and provided analysis of the mitigation measures Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) was published on August 3, 2007

Federal Aviation Administration 3 NY/NJ/PHL Metropolitan Area Airspace Redesign March 14, 2008 January 7, 2008 Implementation Overview Planning has already started Initial changes were implemented on December 19, 2007 Expected timeframe for completion five years Implementation approach was broken into four stages in the ROD: Changes in N90, ZNY, PHL Changes outside Procedural changes Integration of ZNY, N90 Boundary changes Transfer of Sectors Stage 1 Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4

Federal Aviation Administration 4 NY/NJ/PHL Metropolitan Area Airspace Redesign March 14, 2008 January 7, 2008 Newark Departure Headings Runway 22L/R Moderate Demand Heavy Demand Existing Dispersal

Federal Aviation Administration 5 NY/NJ/PHL Metropolitan Area Airspace Redesign March 14, 2008 January 7, 2008 Red ’ Green Blue ’ Newark Liberty International Airport December 19, 2007 AM Dispersal Headings 215 and 239

Federal Aviation Administration 6 NY/NJ/PHL Metropolitan Area Airspace Redesign March 14, 2008 January 7, 2008 Philadelphia Departure Headings Runway 27L/R Dispersal Headings Existing Dispersal

Federal Aviation Administration 7 NY/NJ/PHL Metropolitan Area Airspace Redesign March 14, 2008 January 7, 2008 Philadelphia International Airport Runway 27 Departures Dispersal Headings December 19, and 268

Federal Aviation Administration 8 NY/NJ/PHL Metropolitan Area Airspace Redesign March 14, 2008 January 7, 2008 Philadelphia Runway 9L/R Departures Dispersal Headings Existing Dispersal

Federal Aviation Administration 9 NY/NJ/PHL Metropolitan Area Airspace Redesign March 14, 2008 January 7, 2008 Philadelphia International Airport Runway 9 Departures Dispersal Headings December 20, and 096

Federal Aviation Administration 10 NY/NJ/PHL Metropolitan Area Airspace Redesign March 14, 2008 January 7, 2008 Implementation - A Work in Progress Beyond the implementation of dispersal headings at Philadelphia and Newark, which were implemented on December 19, 2007, we do not anticipate any project elements to be implemented that will create additional noise impacts prior to the Fall of The use of dispersal headings will be refined and adjusted to meet traffic demands while maintaining the integrity of the environmental process. We are currently in a detailed planning process of further implementation steps.

Federal Aviation Administration 11 NY/NJ/PHL Metropolitan Area Airspace Redesign March 14, 2008 January 7, 2008 Stage 2 Expanding the west gate for NY departures Opening the west gate for JFK departures Allowing stacked departures at the departure fixes Expanding the use of terminal separation rules Providing flexible use of the arrival airways PHL Establishing a new arrival route into PHL Third westbound departure fix for PHL

Federal Aviation Administration 12 NY/NJ/PHL Metropolitan Area Airspace Redesign March 14, 2008 January 7, 2008 Increased Number of Jet Routes Reduces Delay Selected Project: Increased number of jet routes Increased number of access points Less competition for departures means decreased delay Current System: Few jet routes for departures Access is limited Competition for resources means increased delay

Federal Aviation Administration 13 NY/NJ/PHL Metropolitan Area Airspace Redesign March 14, 2008 January 7, 2008 JFK Access to Westgate Decreases Complexity Selected Project: Current System: JFK traffic crosses through departures from LGA, EWR, TEB, etc. Long ground delays necessary to maintain safe and orderly flow of traffic Stacked flows are more efficient and less complex JFK flights

Federal Aviation Administration 14 NY/NJ/PHL Metropolitan Area Airspace Redesign March 14, 2008 January 7, 2008 Westgate Stage 2 Airspace Redesign Initiatives Increase ELIOT’s potential throughput capacity Eliminate RBV crossing to J60/J64 Reduce MIT at Westgate Reduce vectoring in ZNY39 Support potential throughput increase by - Dual J80s - ZNY sector vertical splits - Reroute from Northgate Reduce enroute MIT Reduce NY metro departure delay 2 nd ELIOT for J60/J64 departures Create new fix west of ELIOT Route offset for IAD arrivals Apply Terminal separation rules up to FL230 Separate route for IAD arrivals JFK access to ELIOT Separate route for CDA/BWI arrivals Increase PARKE’s potential throughput capacity Increase BIGGY’s potential throughput capacity Allow easy offload from WHITE Realign Westgate fixes Create new fix east of BIGGY and/or

Federal Aviation Administration 15 NY/NJ/PHL Metropolitan Area Airspace Redesign March 14, 2008 January 7, 2008 Stage 3 and Stage 4 Stage 3 Adding a third airway to the north gate Stage 4 Creating a new jet airway for departures to the west Enabling dependent instrument arrivals to the parallel runways at EWR and the required shift of the arrival streams into the NY/NJ area Creating a south gate for departures out of the NY/NJ area

Federal Aviation Administration 16 NY/NJ/PHL Metropolitan Area Airspace Redesign March 14, 2008 January 7, 2008 Increased Number of Jet Routes Reduces Delay Selected Project: Increased number of jet routes Increased number of access points Less competition for departures means decreased delay Current System: Few jet routes for departures Access is limited Competition for resources means increased delay Stage 2

Federal Aviation Administration 17 NY/NJ/PHL Metropolitan Area Airspace Redesign March 14, 2008 January 7, 2008 Example of Delay Savings with New Usage of Runways Selected Project: Dual arrivals to EWR 04/22 Increased use of EWR 11 Efficient use = reduced delay Current System: Conflicting flows restrict use of runways Inefficient use of runways = increased delay Dependent IFR approaches Dual Arrivals EWR

Federal Aviation Administration 18 NY/NJ/PHL Metropolitan Area Airspace Redesign March 14, 2008 January 7, 2008 Noise changes: Raw Data Map – Selected Project Raw Change in Db from Future No Action with Mitigation Number of Census Points

Federal Aviation Administration 19 NY/NJ/PHL Metropolitan Area Airspace Redesign March 14, 2008 January 7, 2008 Next Steps Continue to address and resolve legal and political challenges Develop full implementation team Continue full RNAV implementation Implement terminal separation standards in former EnRoute airspace sectors Continue safety assessment of all changes Develop Airspace design activities with adjacent facilities that enhance the benefits of integration