# Presentation: 828982

## NY/NJ/PHL Metropolitan Area Airspace Redesign

**Project and Implementation Update**

- Presentation to: Congressional Staffers
- Name: Steve Kelley
- Date: November 16, 2007

**Notes:**
NAR is a program that designs airspace – that’s not what we’re talking about in this briefing – we’re talking about the total agency process of changing airspace

## Record of Decision Issued – September 5, 2007

- The Selected Project for this study is The Integrated Airspace Alternative with the Integrated control complex (ICC) variation.
- This is the final stage of this study which has been on-going for over 9 years
- Procedural adaptations for noise abatement (mitigation measures) will also be 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

## Implementation Overview

- Planning has already started
- Target for initial changes within 60-90 days of ROD
- Expected timeframe for completion five years
- Implementation approach was broken into four stages in the ROD:

## Stage 1

- Right turns for departures off Runway 31R at JFK
- Departure dispersal headings at EWR, PHL and LGA
- RNAV overlay procedures for TEB departures and approaches
- RNAV overlay for PHL river visual approach
- Develop an additional parallel airway to Jet Route 80
- A third westbound departure fix for PHL
- RNAV overlay for LGA Localizer Type Directional Aid (LDA) approach to Runway 22
- RNAV fix on the VOR 13L/R and 13L/R visual approaches to JFK

## To view the Dispersal Headings Video on the web, visit:

- _[http://](http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/air_traffic/nas_redesign/regional_guidance/eastern_reg/nynjphl_redesign/)__[www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/air_traffic/nas_redesign](http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/air_traffic/nas_redesign/regional_guidance/eastern_reg/nynjphl_redesign/)__[/](http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/air_traffic/nas_redesign/regional_guidance/eastern_reg/nynjphl_redesign/)_
- _[regional_guidance/eastern_reg/nynjphl_redesign](http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/air_traffic/nas_redesign/regional_guidance/eastern_reg/nynjphl_redesign/)__[/](http://www.faa.gov/airports_airtraffic/air_traffic/nas_redesign/regional_guidance/eastern_reg/nynjphl_redesign/)_

## EWR Departure Headings

- All headings will be published in December.  Usage may be limited until additional airspace changes are implemented.

## PHL Departure Headings

**Today’s Headings**

**Dispersal Headings**

- All headings will be published in December.  Usage may be limited until additional airspace changes are implemented.

## JFK Departure Headings

**JFK Departure Headings**

**If no other traffic  is in this area**

**If other traffic is using CRI area**

**CRI**

## Stage 2

- Expanding the use of terminal separation rules
- Expanding the west gate for NY departures
- Opening the west gate for JFK departures
- Allowing stacked departures at the departure fixes
- Providing flexible use of the arrival airways
- Establishing a new arrival route into PHL

## Increased Number of Jet Routes Reduces Delay

**Increased Number of Jet Routes Reduces Delay**

_**Integrated w/ ICC:**_
**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 **

## JFK Access to Westgate Decreases Complexity

_**Integrated w/ ICC:**_

_**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**

**JFK flights**

## 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

## Increased Number of Jet Routes Reduces Delay

**Increased Number of Jet Routes Reduces Delay**

_**Integrated w/ ICC:**_
**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***

## Example of Delay Savings with New Usage of Runways 

_**Integrated w/ ICC:**_
**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**

## Stage-by-stage User Benefits of NY/NJ/PHL Airspace Redesign

## Summary

- Integrated Airspace with ICC ...
- Offers the most significant operational benefits
- Provides a new way to manage air traffic control
- Aligns airspace with its functionality
- Serves as a foundation for the future, supporting adaptive use of the airspace
- Reduces emissions from aircraft
- Reduces the number of people exposed to noise over No Action
- Embraces emerging technology
- Fits flexibly into any of the Agency's facility plans