Presented to: Emerald Coast Transportation Symposium By: Terry Washington, P.E. Regional Capacity Manager – FAA Southern Region Airports Division Date: November 13, 2015 Federal Aviation Administration The National Airspace System (NAS) Airport Capacity Protecting Navigable Airspace Runway Protection Zones Legislative Updates

2 Federal Aviation Administration Cranes And Other Things That Go Bump In The Night March 14, 2008 Operational Evaluation Plan (OEP) & Core 30 Airports: Operational Evaluation Plan (OEP) - Thirty five (35) airports made up the OEP. The OEP was a ten year initiative ( ) that increased capacity and efficiency of the NAS by focusing on the busiest airports. (It produced 22 major airfield projects at 19 airports). Thirty five (35) airports made up the OEP. Core 30 Airports - Core 30 Airports is the current version of the former OEP. Each airport in the core 30 group enplane 1% or more of the national passengers (defined as a Large Hub Airport), or handle 0.75% or more of the total non-military itinerant operations. These airports have a significant impact on the overall performance of the National Airspace System (NAS). AIRPORT CAPACITY

3 Federal Aviation Administration Cranes And Other Things That Go Bump In The Night March 14, 2008 Core 30 Airports Cont. These airports have a significant impact on the overall performance of the National Airspace System (NAS). Along with the airport sponsors, the FAA focuses on the future capacity of these airports through the Future Airport Capacity Task (FACT) reports (FACT 1(June/2004), FACT 2 (May/2017) and FACT 3 (Jan./2015)) and updated capacity profiles that include new runways or future runway extensions, flight procedure improvements, and air traffic improvements. New runways or runway extensions that are included in these studies are generally included if they have received an environmental determination. AIRPORT CAPACITY

4 Federal Aviation Administration Cranes And Other Things That Go Bump In The Night March 14, 2008 MEM is the only airport on the list that is not a large hub airport. List of Core 30 Airports AIRPORT CAPACITY

5 Federal Aviation Administration Cranes And Other Things That Go Bump In The Night March 14, 2008 Includes core 30 airports, potentially constrained commercial airports, general aviation airports with substantial level of traffic that affect airspace and air traffic in multi airport areas like NYC for a total of 48 airports. AIRPORT CAPACITY - FACT 3

6 Federal Aviation Administration Cranes And Other Things That Go Bump In The Night March 14, 2008 AIRPORT CAPACITY - FACT 3

7 Federal Aviation Administration Cranes And Other Things That Go Bump In The Night March 14, 2008 Even with midterm NextGen and other planned improvements five airports will still need additional capacity. AIRPORT CAPACITY - FACT 3

8 Federal Aviation Administration Cranes And Other Things That Go Bump In The Night March 14, 2008 AIRPORT CAPACITY - FACT 3

9 Federal Aviation Administration Cranes And Other Things That Go Bump In The Night March 14, 2008 With forecasted growth in demand, the FACT3 analysis identifies nine airports that will need additional solutions such as new runways, etc. AIRPORT CAPACITY - FACT 3

10 Federal Aviation Administration Cranes And Other Things That Go Bump In The Night March 14, 2008 Protecting Navigable Airspace Federal Aviation Part 77 — SAFE, EFFICIENT USE, AND PRESERVATION OF THE NAVIGABLE AIRSPACE: –Notice Criteria –Obstruction Standards in lieu of further evaluation by FAA –General guidelines for marking and lighting obstructions Form Notice of Proposed Construction or Alteration: −Website: −On Airport versus Off Airport

11 Federal Aviation Administration Cranes And Other Things That Go Bump In The Night March 14, 2008 Typical Airport Layout Protecting the Runway Protection Zone 2,500 ft. Max 1000 ft. Max 1,750 ft. Max

12 Federal Aviation Administration Cranes And Other Things That Go Bump In The Night March 14, 2008 Legislative Update: What does the Airport and Airway Extension Act of 2015 (the Extension) through March 31, 2016, and the Continuing Resolution (CR) through December 11, 2015 mean for the FAA’s Airports Division (ARP)? –The Extension provides the authority to collect aviation taxes for deposit into the Airport and Airway Trust Fund (Trust Fund), and to expend money from the Trust Fund. Without these authorities, we could not operate. –The Extension allows ARP to continue to pay our employees so they can continue to provide oversight of all our ARP programs, in particular AIP.

13 Federal Aviation Administration Cranes And Other Things That Go Bump In The Night March 14, 2008 Legislative Update Continued: –The Extension allows ARP to continue to make payments on our 5,407 open grants. ARP averages payments on existing grants of over $3 billion per year. During the 1 st quarter of FY16 alone, ARP anticipates making payments on existing grants of about $1 billion, mainly reimbursing airport sponsors for costs incurred during the busy 2015 summer airport construction season. –The Extension also provides FAA contract authority to obligate new grants from the $1.675 Billion, or 50% of the $3.35 billion. ARP will be in a position to issue our first grants at the beginning of the calendar year in January as airport sponsors are now getting 2016 projects ready for grant applications. –Our Regions and ADOs are working with the airport sponsors to complete the many pre- grant requirements, such as updating their ALPs, gaining environmental approval, and completing airspace reviews. –The CR will keep the rest of the FAA offices open and running through December 11.

14 Federal Aviation Administration Cranes And Other Things That Go Bump In The Night March 14, 2008 Questions? Thank you!