# Presentation: 187375

## Making System Focused Decisions

- Partnership Conference

- Cameron Bryan, Manager, Airports Planning and Programming Branch

- March 29, 2006

## Making System Focused Decisions

** ****Objective**
- To provide a regional snapshot from which future funding decisions will be made and subsequently measured.

## FAA’s “Flight Plan” for Measuring the Performance of the National Airspace System

**Depicts necessary ****resources**** for implementing **_**initiatives**_** in order to accomplish ****goals**
- Provides framework for articulating the mission
- Increased Safety
- Greater Capacity
- International Leadership
- Organizational Excellence

## How are we using the “Flight Plan” to make decisions? 

**Resources**** and ****goals**** are *****“known”***** entities**
_**Initiatives**_** require refinement at the regional level**
- General from a national perspective
- System deficiencies vary by region/state
**We must define regional initiatives**
- To contribute to meeting national goals
- To assist in setting expectations and priorities
- To help direct limited resources

## Regional Strategic System Plan Tie resources with initiatives to accomplish goals

**Regional**
- Strategic System Plan

**FAA-Airports National **
- “Flight Plan”

- ASW Aviation and Organizational Improvements

**FAA**
- “Flight Plan”

**FAA-Airports Regional **
- “Flight Plan”

## Stakeholder Input

**Thank you!!!**
- Andy Rivera, Pearland Regional
- Roy Miller, Shreveport Regional
- Kelly Johnson, Northwest Arkansas Regional
- Alan Parra, Dalls/Fort Worth International
- Vivek Khanna, Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission
- Mike Rice, Albuquerque International Sunport
- Michelle Hannah, Texas DOT/Division of Aviation
- George Dresser, System Planner

## Slide 7

## Regional Strategic System Plan Tie resources with initiatives to accomplish goals

**Regional**
- Strategic System Plan

- Regional Aviation System Plan

- Increase Rate of Aviation Trust Fund Investment

- Increase Accuracy of ALP’s

- Improve Quality of Airport Pavements

- Reduce Risk of Injury and Property Damage due to Aircraft leaving the Runway

- Reduce the Risk of Runway Incursions

- Enhance Aeronautical Access

- Reduce Non Compatible Development

## Regional Strategic System Plan

**Develop Regional Aviation System Plan**
- Assist in making funding decisions based on contribution to the system
-  Define airport roles
- Incorporate state system plans
- Incorporate national regional system plans
- Identify system deficiencies
- Serves to set system user expectations

## Regional Strategic System Plan

**Increase the rate at which Aviation Trust Funds are converted into Aviation System Improvements.**
- The faster these funds are liquidated the sooner the improvements to capacity and safety can be realized
- Early grants based on bids
- Design only grants a year in advance of construction
- Promote good sound capital planning

## Regional Strategic System Plan

**Increase the accuracy of Airport Layout Plans.**
- ALP’s are important planning documents for decision-making
- Average age in ASW is 12 years
- General Aviation – 15 years
- Commercial Service – 6 years
- Revalidate ALP’s biennially

## Regional Strategic System Plan

**Improve the quality of airport pavements, with a goal of reducing life cycle costs and minimizing the potential for airport pavement to be a contributing factor for personal injury or property damage.**
- 65-70% of AIP directed at improving airfield pavement
- Develop pavement condition data requirements

## Regional Strategic System Plan

**Reduce the risk of injury and property damage due to an aircraft leaving the runway.**
- Standard Runway Safety Areas at _all airports_
- 40-50% of operations at non certificated airports
- Lower pilot experience level at these airports equates to a greater chance of aircraft deviation
- Evaluate deficiencies and direct funding

## Regional Strategic System Plan

**Reduce the Risk for Runway Incursions (Vehicle / Pedestrian Deviations).**
- Develop proactive approach rather than developing reactive measures
- Identify geometry, signage, lighting, visibility or other issues at airports that could eventually lead to runway incursions

## Regional Strategic System Plan

**Enhance aeronautical access to airports.**
- Are we ready for...RNAV, GPS, LPV?
- Use state system plans to assess need
- Create Regional inventory of IAP needs
- Determine survey requirements

## Regional Strategic System Plan

**Reduce non compatible development in the airport environment.**
- Encroachment may lead to safety concerns, higher minimums
- Capture data
- Noise evaluation ongoing

## Next Steps

**Prepare DRAFT report for stakeholder comment by June 30**
**Incorporate comments by August 31**
**Finalize and implement by September 30**

## FAA Website:www.faa.gov