8-15-2015 KDFW DALLAS/FORT WORTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (17,207 acres) Dallas – Fort Worth, TX Four Nearby Instrument Airports: [KDAL] 10 E ; [KADS] 11 NE ; [KGPM] 12 S ; [KGKY] 14 S ;(ave. distance: 12 nm) Total Based Aircraft:0 Operations … Continue reading
Every year, industry representatives (including FAA and the lobbyists, of course!) meet at around this time, for the ‘Aviation Noise & Emissions Symposium’. The event is traditionally held in the Palm Springs area, but is at Long Beach this year. … Continue reading
Airline stocks have been tanking lately, in no small part due to strategy shifts by United. In a nutshell, United is trying to design a broad restructuring of its three domestic-focused hubs in Chicago, Denver and Houston. Why? Because this … Continue reading
While doing some online research and archiving of older FAA documents, I ran into a copy of FAA’s 1993 Aviation System Capacity Plan. (click here for an archived copy of the 389-page document). Within this document, Table A-3 offered a … Continue reading
Three months ago, the ‘Dissecting NextGen’ presentation was made in Des Moines, to help people better understand the impacts of NextGen around Sea-Tac International Airport [KSEA]. Included within that presentation was discussion of ‘Hub Concentration’ and ‘Route Concentration’, as two … Continue reading
The images indicate a simple pilot error, not unlike what can happen to us with our cars, if we misjudge our turn and sideswipe a curb or another vehicle while parking. METAR shows winds were from the SSW at 10mph, so ATC would have … Continue reading
24-Nov U.S. domestic airline fuel efficiency ranking, 2013 (Michelle Durand, San Mateo Daily Journal) – ENV- 24-Nov FAA signs off on solar project at Malone airport (EJ Conzola II, watertowndailytimes.com) KART – ENV- 23-Nov Man arrested after sneaking onto tarmac … Continue reading
It’s not a secret among pilots, mechanics and most FAA employees: when an FAA official says ‘A’, you will do well to think ‘B’. Not just when FAA dodges revealing details of the latest birdstrike or controller error, or when … Continue reading
1ABEAllentown, PA — 108,108 Total Annual Operations (16% Commercial Ops & 55% Local Ops) 2ABIAbilene, TX — 65,409 Total Annual Operations (17% Commercial Ops & 38% Local Ops) 3ABQAlbuquerque, NM — 136,915 Total Annual Operations (62% Commercial Ops & 7% … Continue reading
ASPM stands for Aviation System Performance Metrics. This is a set of 77 airports defined by FAA to assess overall aviation system performance. Included are all 35 OEP airports, plus dozens of lesser commercial hubs and a few of the … Continue reading