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FAA Moves Toward Five-knot Speed Adjustments for Flow
Change is designed to make airspace more efficient, enable more direct routing.

The FAA released guidance clearing the way for the use of five-knot increments in speed adjustments, rather than 10 knots. The guidance, the agency said, is part of its effort to increase its performance-based navigation activities. “To support deployed and planned NextGen capabilities, it is necessary to allow for the use five-knot increment speed,” it said.


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