Naples Airport Authority Board of Commissioners and Noise Compatibility Committee Special Meeting on Central/South Florida Metroplex March 16, 2017 Ted Baldwin and Robert Mentzer
Metroplex Overview: From FAA Metroplex website https://www.faa.gov/nextgen/snapshots/metroplexes/ Metroplex: Improving Traffic Flow in Complex Airspace A key NextGen goal is to safely improve the overall efficiency of the National Airspace System (NAS) by increasing efficiencies in metroplexes metropolitan areas with multiple airports and complex air traffic flows. The FAA's goal is to enhance the way aircraft navigate this complex airspace to improve airport access and make flight routes more efficient. [Emphasis added] Through the Metroplex program, the FAA is collaborating with aviation stakeholders to improve regional traffic movement by optimizing airspace and procedures based on precise satellite-based navigation. Each metroplex includes one or more commercial airports with shared airspace that serves at least one major city. This new way of operating has the potential to reduce fuel burn and aircraft exhaust emissions while improving on-time performance at the metroplex and between the departure and arrival airports, known as city pairs. City-pair performance is the most direct way for airline operators to connect two markets. Note: Federal actions proposed in a Metroplex study are subject to environmental review under the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA, 1969). Note: A Metroplex study is not a noise abatement study. 2
South Central Florida Metroplex Overview FAA s Metroplex website describes the South Central Florida Metroplex https://www.faa.gov/nextgen/snapshots/metroplexes/?locationid=19 FAA has established a Florida Metroplex Environmental Assessment (EA) website www.metroplexenvironmental.com/fl_metroplex/fl_introduction.html Will serve as a primary means of sharing information 3
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South Central Florida Metroplex Status Study is in the Design and Procedure Development phase FAA currently is conducting Airport Outreach Sharing preliminary ( notional ) designs that are subject to change FAA met with NAA staff to review notional designs FAA will consider refinements based on airport feedback FAA has indicated its intention to meet with the community (not yet scheduled) FAA will conduct environmental assessment in a later phase For Metroplex projects in more advanced stages, FAA is holding public workshops For example, 12 public workshops for the Denver Metroplex between the design and environmental phases in April and May 2017 FAA will consider public feedback from those workshops to determine whether to revise preliminary designs before beginning the environmental assessment Further public workshops will be held following release of the draft EA 5
Glossary CR Common Route IAP Instrument Approach Procedure RT Runway Transition RNAV area NAVigation SID Standard Instrument Departure STAR Standard Terminal Arrival Route FAA Preliminary (notional) designs FAA provided to NAA in February/March 2017 Subject to change 6
What is NextGen? From FAA Fact Sheet https://www.faa.gov/news/fact_sheets/news_story.cfm?newsid=19375 NextGen is a wide ranging transformation of the entire national air transportation system not just certain pieces of it to meet future demands and avoid gridlock in the sky and in the airports. It moves away from legacy ground based technologies to a new and more dynamic satellite based technology. Technologies and activities that support this transformation are currently part of the FAA s investment portfolio and represent a step beyond our legacy modernization programs. These new capabilities and the highly interdependent technologies that support them will change the way the system operates, reduce congestion, and improve the passenger experience. [Emphasis added] 7
Primary Objectives of This Presentation Present preliminary notional procedure designs that FAA has shared with NAA staff Designs include: area NAVigation (RNAV) Standard Instrument Departures (SIDs) RNAV Standard Terminal Arrival Routes (STARs) Introduce basic elements of RNAV procedures Review existing FAA-published non-rnav ( conventional ) procedures for Naples Compare RNAV designs to existing procedures Compare RNAV designs to representative flight tracks Solicit NAA and NCC input 8
RNAV Procedure Elements: Waypoints RNAV procedures include legs and waypoints ( fix is often used interchangeably with waypoint) There are two basic types of waypoints: fly-by and flyover FAA notional designs for Naples include both types Source: FAA Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM), Chapter 1. Air Navigation, Section 2. Area Navigation (RNAV) and Required Navigation Performance(RNP) http://tfmlearning.fly.faa.gov/publications/atpubs/aim/chap1/aim0102.html 9
RNAV Procedure Elements: Legs There are four basic types of legs Track-to-fix legs Direct-to-fix leg Course-to-fix leg Radius-to-fix leg Source: FAA Aeronautical Information Manual (AIM), Chapter 1. Air Navigation, Section 2. Area Navigation (RNAV) and Required Navigation Performance(RNP) http://tfmlearning.fly.faa.gov/publications/atpubs/aim/chap1/aim0102.html 10
Naples has two SIDS today One is Conventional (NAPLES FOUR) One is RNAV (CSHEL FIVE) 11
RNAV SID Examples RNAV off-the-ground Can be difficult for aircraft avionics to fly Can result in undesirable concentration of flights on initial leg LBSTA FOUR at BOS example RNAV vector procedure Initial leg is magnetic heading (often runway heading) Air Traffic Control will then assign a radar vector to follow Increases dispersion ESTRR TWO at CLT example 12
CLT RNAV Vector Example Demonstrates increased dispersion using RNAV vector procedures RNAV off the ground and some ATC vectoring RNAV vector for all operations 13
APF Proposed Procedures One new RNAV SID GILGN (routes from all four runways) Three new RNAV STARs CRABB (brings in arrivals northwest of Fort Myers) BLKTP (brings in arrivals down to APF on the east side) TIDAL (brings in arrivals down to APF on the west side) Note: Preliminary (notional) designs and names are subject to change 14
Existing Naples SIDs NAPLES FOUR Conventional SID Runway 23 departures only CSHEL FIVE RNAV SID From all four runway ends Only Runway 14 has a defined heading 15
Existing SIDs with 7/2015 6/2016 Departure Flight Track Density NAPLES FOUR Conventional SID Runway 23 departures only CSHEL FIVE RNAV SID From all four runway ends Only Runway 14 has a defined heading 16
Preliminary SID Designs GILGN RNAV SID From all four runway ends 17
Preliminary SID Designs with Flight Track Density GILGN RNAV SID From all four runway ends Jet departure flight track density plot 7/2015 6/2016 18
19 Preliminary SID Designs with Flight Track Density GILGN RNAV SID From all four runway ends Jet departure flight track density 7/2015 6/2016 Runway 32 departures will turn north direct to ROYYO waypoint Turns off Runways 5, 23, and 32 are made after aircraft reach 520, but no sooner than runway end 2016 departure altitude analyses indicate the average jet reaches 520 approx. 6.000 from brake release, the latest approx. midway between runway end and the waypoints
Existing STARs and IAPs PIKER THREE RNAV STAR SHFTY TWO RNAV STAR Existing IAPs 20
Existing STARs and IAPs with Jet Arrival Radar Tracks PIKER THREE RNAV STAR SHFTY TWO RNAV STAR Existing IAPs 7/2015 6/2016 jet arrivals To Runways 5 and 23 Separated by RNAV STAR 21
Preliminary STAR Designs TIDAL RNAV STAR West side RT to Runway 5 RT to Runway 23 BLKTP RNAV STAR East side CRABB RNAV STAR Ends just off map to the northeast of the TIDAL waypoint 22
Preliminary STAR Designs with Jet Arrival Radar Tracks TIDAL RNAV STAR West side RT to Runway 5 RT to Runway 23 BLKTP RNAV STAR East side 7/2015 6/2016 jet arrivals To runways 5 and 23 Separated by RNAV STAR 23
Preliminary Procedure Designs with Runway 5 Radar Tracks Existing jet radar tracks 7/2015 6/2016 Arrivals Departures Preliminary SID GILGN (RNAV) Preliminary STAR TIDAL (RNAV) BLKTP (RNAV) CRABB (RNAV) 24
Preliminary Procedure Designs with Runway 14 Radar Tracks Existing jet radar tracks 7/2015 6/2016 Arrivals Departures Preliminary SID GILGN (RNAV) Preliminary STAR TIDAL (RNAV) BLKTP (RNAV) CRABB (RNAV) 25
Preliminary Procedure Designs with Runway 23 Radar Tracks Existing jet radar tracks 7/2015 6/2016 Arrivals Departures Preliminary SID GILGN (RNAV) Preliminary STAR TIDAL (RNAV) BLKTP (RNAV) CRABB (RNAV) 26
Preliminary Procedure Designs with Runway 32 Radar Tracks Existing jet radar tracks 7/2015 6/2016 Arrivals Departures Preliminary SID GILGN (RNAV) Preliminary STAR TIDAL (RNAV) BLKTP (RNAV) CRABB (RNAV) 27
Where to Get More Information FAA NextGen Metroplex website https://www.faa.gov/nextgen/snapshots/metroplexes/ South Central Florida Metroplex website https://www.faa.gov/nextgen/snapshots/metroplexes/?locationid=19 FAA South Central Florida Metroplex Community Engagement website https://www.faa.gov/nextgen/communityengagement/florida/ FAA Florida Metroplex Environmental Assessment website http://www.metroplexenvironmental.com/fl_metroplex/fl_introduction.html 28
29 Existing APF Procedures and Comparison of All Existing and Preliminary Design Procedures
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All Existing and Preliminary Design Procedures Existing SID NAPLES FOUR CSHEL FIVE (RNAV) Preliminary SID GILGN (RNAV) Existing STAR PIKER THREE (RNAV) SHFTY TWO (RNAV) ZEILR FOUR Preliminary STAR TIDAL (RNAV) BLKTP (RNAV) CRABB (RNAV) Existing IAPs 32