In September 2009, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) received the RTCA’s Task Force 5 Final Report containing recommendations concerning the top priorities for the implementation of NextGen initiatives. A key component of the FAA response to the RTCA recommendations was the formation of teams leveraging FAA and Industry Performance Based Navigation (PBN) expertise and experience to expedite implementation of optimized airspace and procedures. Optimization of Airspace and Procedures in the Metroplex (OAPM) is a systematic, integrated and expedited approach to implementing PBN procedures and associated airspace changes. OAPM was developed in direct response to the recommendations from RTCA’s Task Force 5 Final Report on Mid-Term NextGen Implementation on the quality, timeliness, and scope of metroplex solutions. OAPM focuses on a geographic area, rather than a single airport. This approach considers multiple airports and the airspace surrounding a metropolitan area, including all types of operations, as well as connectivity with other metroplexes. The OAPM initiative is intended to enable accelerated development and implementation of beneficial PBN procedures. The Washington DC Design Team was the first OAPM Design Team deployed, and the collaborative team was active from July 2011 through March 2012. The Washington DC OAPM Study Team Final Report, dated 31 March, 2011, served as the foundation for the Design Team’s scope of work. The Design Team focused on finalizing the Study Team’s conceptual designs in order to address identified operational and efficiency issues through the application of PBN procedures and associated airspace changes within the metroplex, with the ultimate goal of creating designs that support both FAA and Industry needs.
Optimization of Airspace and Procedures in the Metroplex (OAPM): Design Submission Executive Summary, Washington D. C. Metroplex. Updated: September 12, 2013
2013
135 pages
Report
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English
Air Transportation , Aeronautics , Transportation Safety , Operations & Planning , Air transportation , Air traffic control , Air traffic systems , Satellite signals , GPS technology , Aircraft management , Transportation safety , Data exchange , Data communications , Aircraft , Air traffic management , Geographic areas , NextGen (Next Generation Air Transportation System) , National Airspace System (NAS) , Automatic dependent surveillance-broadcast (ADS-B) , Next Generation Network Enabled Weather (NNEW) , National Airspace System Voice Switch (NVS) , Washington DC Metroplex
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