ATC

News, issues, personnel, equipment and developments about air traffic management.

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Media is better source for TFR areas

Warning that TFRs should be expected for any Presidential and Vice Presidential visits, NBAA is encouraging its members to monitor media reports of planned

ATC

August 11, 2008

Avionics Update: Transportation Department begins audit of FAA's Nexcom project

The DOT last month began a top-to-bottom audit of the FAA’s next-generation air-to-ground communications (Nexcom) program that is closely scrutinizin

ATC

August 11, 2008

FAA roadmap calls for gradual introduction of Rnav and RNP

The FAA has released a “roadmap” for performance-based navigation that would enable pilots to use Rnav and RNP (required navigation performance) procedures

ATC

August 11, 2008

Battle lines drawn in ATC privatization fight

Although Congress is on its annual summer vacation, the battle over privatization of ATC continued at press time.

ATC

August 11, 2008

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"Tailored" arrivals reduce fuel and cut emissions

Boeing and its partners in industry and government accomplished significant reductions in fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions during recent tests

ATC

August 5, 2008

Washington Report: NATA questions domestic RVSM costs

The National Air Transportation Association said in a letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that the FAA has failed to take into account the

ATC

August 5, 2008

Potomac Tracon now in full operation

Consolidation of five terminal radar approach control facilities into the new Potomac Tracon, located in Vint Hill, Va., is now complete.

ATC

August 4, 2008

Avionics Update: Arinc's digital ATIS package aimed at smaller airports

You’ve probably never given it much thought, but recording and updating those ATIS voice messages is a royal pain in the neck for controllers.

ATC

August 4, 2008

Controllers blast FAA over staffing shortage

A shortage of controllers at Chicago Center and an uptick in air traffic in that sector are a prescription for disaster that the FAA has so far ignored at

ATC

August 4, 2008

RNAV and RNP to replace ground navaids

The FAA has released a road map for performance-based navigation that will enable pilots to use Rnav and RNP procedures in all phases of flight in the Nati

ATC

July 31, 2008

Nav Canada to proceed with fees increase

Following the mandatory 60-day consultation period, Nav Canada was planning to go ahead with a 6.9-percent average increase to its air navigation service c

ATC

July 31, 2008

Europe ready to start datalink com in 2005

While the FAA has decided to postpone the introduction of controller/pilot datalink communications (CPDLC) in the NAS, Eurocontrol has stated its intent to

ATC

July 30, 2008

Report lays foundation for future ATM system

Boeing’s air traffic management (ATM) division has issued its third and final report on future high-level needs for the world’s ATM environment.

ATC

July 30, 2008

Alliance Seeks To Speed Up NextGen

The Alliance for Sustainable Air Transportation (ASAT) was publicly launched in late June at a summit on global climate change in Miami.

ATC

July 30, 2008

Congress poised to support Gulf low-level ATC initiatives

Taking a more proactive stance than was common in the past, HAI has in recent months been energetically lobbying on Capitol Hill in favor of the developmen

ATC

July 30, 2008

Washington Report: Stars constellation shines but shrinks

Although the FAA has finally commissioned its first standard terminal automation replacement system (Stars), the agency has drastically reduced the number

ATC

July 30, 2008

Washington Report: NTSB wants backup conflict alerts

Citing last summer’s midair collision between a DHL International Airways Boeing 757 and a Bashkirian Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 over southern Germany, the NT

ATC

July 30, 2008

Paper on way out in aviation's future

One of the least welcome rites of passage for copilots is the routine chore of updating the company’s flight operations documents, with Jeppesen manuals pr

ATC

July 29, 2008

Pilot is first to fill new ATC position

American Airlines Capt.

ATC

July 28, 2008

Washington Report: Privatized ATC upsets controllers

Even the hint of a privatized ATC system in the Bush Administration’s budget for fiscal year 2003 has “angered and disappointed” the National Air Traffic C

ATC

July 15, 2008

ATC

News, issues, personnel, equipment and developments about air traffic management.

Latest

Media is better source for TFR areas

Warning that TFRs should be expected for any Presidential and Vice Presidential visits, NBAA is encouraging its members to monitor media reports of planned

Avionics Update: Transportation Department begins audit of FAA's Nexcom project

The DOT last month began a top-to-bottom audit of the FAA’s next-generation air-to-ground communications (Nexcom) program that is closely scrutinizin

FAA roadmap calls for gradual introduction of Rnav and RNP

The FAA has released a “roadmap” for performance-based navigation that would enable pilots to use Rnav and RNP (required navigation performance) procedures

Battle lines drawn in ATC privatization fight

Although Congress is on its annual summer vacation, the battle over privatization of ATC continued at press time.

Videos

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"Tailored" arrivals reduce fuel and cut emissions

Boeing and its partners in industry and government accomplished significant reductions in fuel consumption and carbon dioxide emissions during recent tests

Washington Report: NATA questions domestic RVSM costs

The National Air Transportation Association said in a letter to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that the FAA has failed to take into account the

Potomac Tracon now in full operation

Consolidation of five terminal radar approach control facilities into the new Potomac Tracon, located in Vint Hill, Va., is now complete.

Avionics Update: Arinc's digital ATIS package aimed at smaller airports

You’ve probably never given it much thought, but recording and updating those ATIS voice messages is a royal pain in the neck for controllers.

Controllers blast FAA over staffing shortage

A shortage of controllers at Chicago Center and an uptick in air traffic in that sector are a prescription for disaster that the FAA has so far ignored at

RNAV and RNP to replace ground navaids

The FAA has released a road map for performance-based navigation that will enable pilots to use Rnav and RNP procedures in all phases of flight in the Nati

Nav Canada to proceed with fees increase

Following the mandatory 60-day consultation period, Nav Canada was planning to go ahead with a 6.9-percent average increase to its air navigation service c

Europe ready to start datalink com in 2005

While the FAA has decided to postpone the introduction of controller/pilot datalink communications (CPDLC) in the NAS, Eurocontrol has stated its intent to

Report lays foundation for future ATM system

Boeing’s air traffic management (ATM) division has issued its third and final report on future high-level needs for the world’s ATM environment.

Alliance Seeks To Speed Up NextGen

The Alliance for Sustainable Air Transportation (ASAT) was publicly launched in late June at a summit on global climate change in Miami.

Congress poised to support Gulf low-level ATC initiatives

Taking a more proactive stance than was common in the past, HAI has in recent months been energetically lobbying on Capitol Hill in favor of the developmen

Washington Report: Stars constellation shines but shrinks

Although the FAA has finally commissioned its first standard terminal automation replacement system (Stars), the agency has drastically reduced the number

Washington Report: NTSB wants backup conflict alerts

Citing last summer’s midair collision between a DHL International Airways Boeing 757 and a Bashkirian Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 over southern Germany, the NT

Paper on way out in aviation's future

One of the least welcome rites of passage for copilots is the routine chore of updating the company’s flight operations documents, with Jeppesen manuals pr

Pilot is first to fill new ATC position

American Airlines Capt.

Washington Report: Privatized ATC upsets controllers

Even the hint of a privatized ATC system in the Bush Administration’s budget for fiscal year 2003 has “angered and disappointed” the National Air Traffic C

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