National Airspace System
Subtitle: setting on-time performance targets at congested airports could help focus FAA's actions : report to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, U.S. Senate
Contributors: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
Publisher: U.S. Govt. Accountability Office
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Washington, D.C.]
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 62
Subjects: Rules and practice; Airlines; Management; Evaluation; Airport slot allocation; Statistics; Aeronautics; Human factors; Management information systems; Air traffic control; National Airspace System (U.S.); United States. Federal Aviation Administration; United States
Other titles: National Airspace System :; Setting on-time performance targets at congested airports could help focus FAA's actions
Description: "Flight delays have beset the U.S. national airspace system. In 2007, more than one-quarter of all flights either arrived late or were canceled across the system, according to the Department of Transportation (DOT). DOT and its operating agency, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), are making substantial investments in transforming to a new air traffic control system--the Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen)--a system that is expected to reduce delays over the next decade. This requested report explains the extent to which (1) flight delays in the U.S. national airspace system have changed since 2007 and the contributing factors to these changes, and (2) actions by DOT and FAA are expected to reduce delays in the next 2 to 3 years. We analyzed DOT and FAA data for FAA's Operational Evolution Partnership (OEP) airports because they are in major metropolitan areas, serving over 70 percent of passengers in the system. We reviewed agency documents and interviewed DOT, FAA, airport, and airline officials and aviation industry experts."--Highlights.
Notes: Title from title screen (GAO, viewed June 24, 2010).

"May 2010."

Includes "Highlights of GAO-10-542."

"GAO-10-542."

Includes bibliographical references.

Text documents ([iv, 63] p. : col. ill.) as PDF files.

Available online from the U.S. Government Accountability Office Web site (U.S. GAO).

Online version: Mode of access Internet (U.S. Government Accountability Office Web site (U.S. GAO).

System requirements: Internet accessible device; Internet browser, Adobe Acrobat Reader or other PDF reader.
Table of contents: title: Letter; title: Objectives, scope, and methodology; title: Tarmac delay datas; title: GAO's correlation analysis of total arrivals and delayed arrivals; title: Airline-reported sources of delays for delayed and canceled flights ranked by airports with the highest percentage of flight delays, 2009; title: FAA's analysis of the capacity limits at the three New York area airports; title: JFK, Newark, and LaGuardia; title: DOT and FAA actions to reduce delays in the next 2 to 3 years; title: GAO contact and staff acknowledgments; title: Tables; title: Figures; title: Abbreviations.