Stan Pszczolkowskistan.pszczolkowski@faa.gov

IEEE NJ Coast Chapter

May 19, 2010

Federal AviationAdministration

Federal Aviation Administration

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Purpose

• Provide an understanding of the Federal Aviation Administration’s plans to improve the National Airspace System

– Pilot and FAA roles– Historical perspective– Next Generation Air Transportation System (NextGen)– “NowGen”

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Federal Aviation Administration

Safety– Aircraft integrity– Prevent loss of separation – other a/c, vehicles, ground– License pilots

Efficiency – get to where you want to go, on time and how you want to get there

National Defense

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What Pilots Do

Aviate

Navigate

Communicate

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Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier 1783

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Navigate

• Visually - look out the windowlandmarks, terrain, roads, bonfires, beacons (lights)

• Instrumentscompass, a/c state, radio signals – Jimmy Doolittle, 9/24/29

computers, displays – Boeing 787, today

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Boeing 787 Cockpit

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Radio Navigation Aids

Very High FrequencyOmnidirectionalRange Localizer & Approach Lights

Glide Slope

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Global Positioning System

GPS Satellite GPS Constellation

24 Operational Satellites 6 Orbital Planes

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Communicate

• How– Visual signals– Voice radio – Digital data

• With whom– Ground– Other aircraft– “Company”– Air traffic control

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Air / Ground Communication

RTR’sRemote Transmitter

Receiver

ARTCCs & CERAP’sAir Route Traffic Control Center, Combined Center Radar Approach Control

RCAGsRemote Communications Air/Ground

• VHF/UHF ATC bands• Approximately 50,000 VHF & UHF TX, RX & TCVRs

• 14,194 Total Remote Communication Facilities AFSSs, FSSs

Automated Flight Service Stations, Flight Service Stations

RCOsRemote

Communications Outlet

TRACONsTerminal Radar Approach Control

AirportTowers

BUECsBack up Emergency

Communications

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Remote Air/Ground

Communications Facility

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Archie League First Air Traffic Controller

St. Louis 1929

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Air Traffic Control

Newark 1935

Today

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Next Generation Air Transportation System

Vision 100 - Century of Aviation Reauthorization ActPL 108-176 passed in 2003

• Transform Air Transportation System

• Unique Coalition of Public and Private Partnerships

• Develop and integrated plan to “..ensure that theNext Generation Air Transportation System

meets air transportation safety, security, mobility, efficiency, and capacity needs beyond those currently included in the FAA’s Operational Evolution Plan.” (emphases added)

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Next Generation Air Transportation System

• Congress Tasked Agencies to Form Senior Policy Committee

Secretary of Transportation, ChairSecretary of DefenseSecretary of Homeland SecuritySecretary of CommerceDirector of the Office of Science and Technology PolicyAdministrator of the National Aeronautics and Space AdministrationAdministrator of the Federal Aviation Administration

• Established Joint Planning and Development Office (www.jpdo.aero)– Small and Focused Office– Close Collaboration with Experts in Government and Private Sector

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Some NextGen Features in the Video

Automated Surface Detection Equipment (ASDE)

Automated Dependant Surveillance Broadcast (ADS-B)

Area Navigation (RNAV)

Required Navigation Performance (RNP)

System Wide Information Management (SWIM)

Data Communications (DataComm)

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Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B)*

*www.adsb.gov

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Area Navigation/Required Navigation PerformanceRNAV/RNP

• RNAV/RNP = Performance Based Navigation (PBN)

• RNAV– Fully utilize capabilities of ground/space/onboard equipment– Fly any desired route – no need to go fix-to-fix (VOR-to-VOR)

• RNP – builds on RNAV– Alerts when desired performance is not met– Performance expressed as RNP X, (X = 95% accuracy in nmi)

• Benefits– Reduced fuel/emissions/delays– SAFE separation reduction – other a/c, air space, ground obstacles– Curved Paths

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System Wide Information Management (SWIM)

Purpose

• Migrate applications toward a loosely coupled, open-distributed processing environment

• Expose data to both new and legacy applications

• Support interoperability

• Reduce unique interfaces and COST

ETMSIDS

STARS

ATOP

WARP

ARTS

TMADBRITE

ERAM

ITWS

MEARTS

Inter-Agency

SWIM

ETMS STARS

ATOP

WARP

ARTS

TMADBRITE

ERAM

ITWS

MEARTS

Inter-Agency

IDS

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NextGen Data Communications (DataComm)Data Comm – Operational View

ARTCCs

TRACONs

TOWER

User Flight OperationsControl

VDL-2Network

ATCSCC

WX Reroutes

Tailored Arrivals / CDA’s

VDL-2

Trajectory Based OperationsHigh Performance Airspace

Time Based Metering

Fix

Clearances

Taxi Instructions

Digital ATIS Departure Clearance

Global Harmonization, Enhanced Safety, Increased Capacity

Pilot Downlink

Transition from voice to digital data communication

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NextGen Gate to Gate

VIDEO

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“NowGen”

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Automatic Dependent Surveillance – Broadcast (ADS-B)*

*www.adsb.gov

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ADS-B Implementation

• Completed by 2013 – 50 states (Alaska – partial), Guam, Puerto Rico

• Currently in operation– South Florida– Louisville, KY– Philadelphia, PA– Juneau, AK– Gulf of Mexico

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ADS-B in the Gulf of Mexico

• Partnership – Helicopter operators– Helicopter Association International– Oil/natural gas companies– FAA

• 10,000 people daily; 3,800 oil platforms

• Separation: 5 nmi vs 20x20 nmi “boxes”

• Significant $$$ savings

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Wide Area Augmentation System

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Wide Area Augmentation System, Localizer Performance with Vertical Guidance

(WAAS/LPV)

• 1900+ Approaches Published

• Horizon Air completed Part 121 approach on 12/30 at Portland, OR (instrument landing system out of service)

• Horizon Air will equip 40 Bombardier Q400s with UNS-1Ew WAAS/SBAS-FMS (Universal Avionics)

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WAAS/LPV Approach Plate

NOT TO BE USED FOR NAVIGATION

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Newark Liberty Airport

Ground Based Augmentation System

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Purpose

Demonstrate Ground Based Augmentation System (GBAS) operational capabilities in a complex airspace

• Combine on-board RNAV/RNP functionality (receiver) with GBAS for improved straight-in and curved path capabilities for approach & landing to all runway ends

• Solve airspace congestion issues

• Build user base - controller & pilot operational experience

• Reduce airspace separation between current New York Area Airports for more independent operations, including closely spaced parallel runways

• “Lessons Learned” applied to other locations

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Overview• Government Industry Partnership

– Federal Aviation Administration– The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

– Continental Airlines (multiple B737-800 NG aircraft)– Honeywell (ground system)

• Boeing – Aircraft technical integration– Assist with procedure development (Jeppesen)

• Single GBAS unit installed at Newark Airport – Serve multiple runway ends at that airport– Could replace multiple ILS facilities– 48 distinct precision and complex approach procedures

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Idle descentfrom PFAF

to touchdown

PFAFA3000

1.00NM

KEWR RNAV (RNP) RWY 29 SOUTH APPROACH (VIA 4R)

RW29

2.00 NM

EWRAD3000

ILS

4R

ILS

4R

EWRABGP 2129

8260.52 WAIVERS

1. FROP DISTANCE(DEPENDING ON

TYPE MAS; EARLYTURN REQUIRES

TELESCOPE)

2. BANK ANGLE FROM EWRAB 24.61°

(EXCEEDS 20°)

3. INTMDT RFRADIUS FROM

EWRAD DIFFERSFROM FAS

RADIUS AT PFAFA*************************

WAAS OR GPSREQUIRED TO FLY

THE RNP

(CDA)POWER/THROTTLE

BACK DESCENTFROM THE PFAF

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PreliminaryHAT 443(Based on

telescope MAS)EWRAA(FROP)GP 710

CATS A - DRNP 0.30