Agenda Date: 01/15/2019
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FAA NextGen Denver Metroplex Update
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Presented By:
Robert Olislagers, Executive Director Centennial Airport
REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION:
None - this is an informational presentation.
BACKGROUND:
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is proceeding with the implementation of NextGen in the Denver Metroplex. This presentation will provide an overview of the basis for NextGen and how communities like Littleton can be involved in determining the final outcomes of its implementation.
What is NextGen?
NextGen is the FAA-led modernization of the nation's air transportation system. Its goal is to increase the safety, efficiency, capacity, predictability, and resiliency of American aviation. This overhaul brings together innovative technologies, capabilities, and procedures that improve how passengers fly from departure to arrival. Airlines, general aviation operators, pilots, and air traffic controllers gain better information and tools that help passengers and cargo arrive at their destinations more quickly, while aircraft consume less fuel and produce fewer emissions. This transformation is being achieved through an ongoing rollout of improvements which began in 2007. NextGen remains on target to have all major components in place by 2025.
At any given time there are over 5,000 aircraft airborne in the United States including 26,000 commercial flights per day serving 2.6 million passengers.
Denver is one of 12 metroplexes in the United States that is working through the process of NextGen implementation. Why is this important? The NextGen project significantly improves safety and capacity in areas where it is applied and while this is a great benefit, there are also changes that will take place in the airspace surrounding Denver. Traffic routed into and out of Denver International Airport (DIA) will be congregated in new paths, and traffic to smaller airports will have different routing as well. Within our "neighbor...
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