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Copied 10/5/2015 from: http://www.aci-na.org/sites/ default/files/leavett_greenerskies_aci- na_opstechconf_leavittpresentation_2012-04-10.pdf Greener Skies Seattle RNP/ODP Elizabeth Leavitt Director, Planning and Environmental Programs


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Greener Skies Seattle RNP/ODP

Elizabeth Leavitt Director, Planning and Environmental Programs Seattle-Tacoma International Airport

Copied 10/5/2015 from: http://www.aci-na.org/sites/ default/files/leavett_greenerskies_aci- na_opstechconf_leavittpresentation_2012-04-10.pdf

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Presentation Outline

  • Greener Skies Overview and Benefits
  • Stakeholder Engagement
  • Implementation and the Process
  • Environmental Review and Community Outreach
  • Lessons Learned
  • Looking Forward
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Greener Skies Overview

Integrating NextGen at SEA

  • RNAV approaches have been

published and used at SEA for many years

  • Greener Skies changes and

improves upon the existing RNAV procedures and implements the RNP component as well as an Optimized Decent Profile (ODP)

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Goals and Objectives

  • Reduce track mileage to minimum
  • Optimized Descent Profile
  • Absorb delays at cruise
  • Reduce low altitude radar vectoring
  • Reduce fuel burn
  • Identify and implement the tools,

technologies and practices that enable achievement of these goals

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Greener Skies Participants

  • Port of Seattle
  • Alaska Airlines/Horizon
  • The Boeing Company
  • Jeppesen
  • Delta Airlines
  • Southwest Airlines
  • NATCA
  • Boeing Field Airport
  • Hughes Aerospace
  • FAA
  • NBAA
  • HMMH
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Why Seattle?

  • A fit, willing and able local lead carrier (Alaska/Horizon), and a

committed airport operator (Port of Seattle)

  • A complex, but not saturated, airspace, a good environment

to demonstrate the wide range of NextGen capabilities

  • High existing equipage of operators, over 80%, , and easier

transition with remaining legacy equipment operators

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Why Seattle (Con’t)

  • Intense local, Congressional, and Administrator support. (Sen.

Murray, Chair Senate Transportation Appropriations, Sen. Cantwell, Chair, Aviation Operations)

  • Excellent facility Bargaining Unit rapport and between

facilities and procedure designers.

  • Highest possibility of success in a single market, and thus to

"bootstrap" NextGen in a wider venue.

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Greener Skies Benefits

  • More efficient use of airspace and arrival route placement
  • More consistent flight paths
  • Reduction in both pilot and controller workload
  • Reduction in the number of required radio transmissions
  • Cost savings and environmental benefits through reduced fuel

burn

  • Fewer residential communities overflown
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Quantifiable Annual Benefits

  • 4,800 less flight hours

– $20.4M savings

  • 2.9M gallons less fuel used

– $7.3M savings

  • 30,500 metric tons less CO2 emissions

– equivalent to removing 5,600 cars annually from the Seattle region

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Greener Skies History

2008

  • Noise initiative between SEA and Alaska Airlines
  • Boeing joins team as technical lead

2008 – 2010 - Projects gains high political support 2009 – 2010 - Alaska Airlines conducts 3 nighttime demonstrations with FAA, SEA, and Boeing

  • fficials onboard

2010

  • FAA assumes project lead, breaks into two

initiatives; i1 and i2 Today

  • SEA and Alaska remain active participants on

project team

  • SEA hosting monthly team meetings
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Greener Skies Initiatives

Initiative 1 (i1)

  • STARs and RNP/RNAV approaches
  • Flight Simulation Trial Results (Alaska Airlines/Boeing)
  • Environmental Assessment
  • Flight Demonstrations (3)

Initiative 2 (i2)

  • Boeing is lead for FAA
  • “RNP Established”
  • Concurrent Approaches SEA / BFI
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The Process

FAA’s 18 Step Process

  • 1. Kickoff Meeting
  • 10. Environmental Review
  • 2. Adapt TARGETS
  • 11. Advise Industry of Proj. Development
  • 3. Reserve Waypoint Names
  • 12. AVN Flight Check
  • 4. Design the Procedure
  • 13. Video Maps
  • 5. Simulator Evaluation
  • 14. Training and Notification
  • 6. Working Group Review of Procedure
  • 15. Process Verification
  • 7. Process Decision
  • 16. Lead Operator Flight Trials
  • 8. Procedure Documentation
  • 17. Publish Procedure for Public Use
  • 9. Automation
  • 18. Publish Procedure Implementation

Analysis

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Environmental Review

FAA conducting Environmental Assessment (EA) Public Outreach

  • Two public scoping meetings
  • One agency scoping meetings

Flight trials

  • 180 day CatX

Record of Decision

  • 4th Quarter 2012

Greener Skies Environmental Assessment Website www.greenerskiesea.com

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Lessons Learned

  • FAA leadership and commitment is critical
  • Engage the industry, major airlines, and all other airlines
  • Clearly define scope, goals and timeline (early definition)
  • Obtain local support, i.e. communities, nearby airports, and

political figures

  • Show the benefit, i.e. economic, social, and environmental
  • The process takes time…
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Looking Forward

  • FAA Plans for next airports?
  • Know whether your airport benefit
  • Know how the community might respond
  • FAA or Airline lead on development of the procedures?
  • Environmental Assessment or CatEx required?