2015
GAA
Spring Workshop
Presented to: Georgia Airports Association
By: Atlanta Airports District Office
Date: February 25, 2015
Federal Aviation
Administration
Federal Update
Reauthorization
Hot Topics
Questions and Answers
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FAA/Airport Funding
Authorization –
FAA Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 – This act authorized FAA
AIP program at $3.35 Billion each year until 2015.
Appropriations –
Consolidated and Further Continuing Appropriations Act of 2015
(Omnibus Appropriations Act 2015) – Signed on December 16, 2014.
•$15.7 Billion for FAA, which is $83 Million more than FY 14 and $437
Million more than the President’s Budget.
•$3.35 Billion for Airports
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Looking Ahead at Funding
• Reauthorization expires end of FY 2015
• FAA Management Advisory Council (MAC) - a committee Congress
created to advise FAA management on policy, spending, and
regulatory matters.
• MAC has been meeting with industry stakeholders and are focused
on three principle areas in making recommendations for the next
reauthorization bill:
– FAA service
– FAA funding
– FAA governance
• As we grapple with the future of what the FAA looks like, how it is
funded, and how we provide service, we look forward to working
with all stakeholders and getting your valuable ideas and input for
the next reauthorization.
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FAA Strategic Initiatives
FAA Strategic Priorities
Priority Initiatives
Make Aviation Safer and Smarter
Risk-Based Decision Making:
Build on safety management principles
to proactively address emerging safety
risk by using consistent, data-informed
approaches to make smarter, systemlevel, risk-based decisions.
Deliver benefits through technology
and infrastructure
National Airspace System (NAS):
Lay the foundation for the NAS of the
future by achieving prioritized NextGen
benefits, integrating new user entrants,
and delivering more efficient,
streamlined service.
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FAA Strategic Initiatives
FAA Strategic Priorities
Priority Initiatives
Enhance global
leadership
Global Leadership:
Improve safety, air traffic efficiency, and
environmental sustainability across the globe
through and integrated, data-driven approach
that shapes global standards, enhances
collaboration and harmonization, and better
targets FAA resources and efforts
Empower and innovate
with FAA’s People
Workforce of the Future:
Preparing FAA’s human capital for the future,
by identifying, recruiting, and training a
workforce with the leadership, technical, and
functional skills to ensure the U.S. continues to
have the world’s safest and most efficient
aviation system.
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Hot Topics for Airports
Safety
•Runway Safety Areas – FAA is wrapping up a 15 year effort to improve
all Runway Safety Areas at air carrier airports. This is a congressional
mandate that must be complete by the end of calendar year 2015.
•Runway Incursions – The prevention of runway incursions continues to
be a high safety priority of the FAA. The Office of Airports recently took
an in depth look at runway incursion data for a six year period. We
found that airport geometry played an important role in many of these
incidents. The Office of Airports is developing a new comprehensive
and multiyear program to work with airports to identify, prioritize, and
implement projects to correct these confusing airport geometry to
reduce runway incursions. (Runway Incursion Mitigation (RIM) Program)
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Hot Topics for Airports
Safety Continued:
Sign and Markings - There have been several sign and marking
standards changes over the last couple of years. We encourage
sponsors to review these Advisory Circulars and ensure your
airports meet the standards.
Wildlife – Please review your wildlife hazard assessment and
management plan and update as necessary.
Safety Management Systems (SMS) – FAA continues to
implement internal SMS all Large, Medium and soon Small hub
airports. This is a comprehensive user wide look at the overall
safety of airport development projects. We also continue to
pursue rulemaking for the implementation of SMS at 14 CFR part
139 airports.
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Hot Topics for Airports
Compliance
•Use of Airport Revenue/FAA Policy on Aviation Fuel Taxes - The FAA
issued its final policy on proceeds from taxes on aviation fuel for
publication in the Federal Register on November 7, 2014. This action
finalizes the amendment of FAA’s Policy and Procedures Concerning
the Use of Airport Revenues (Revenue Use Policy).
•The FAA’s Final Revenue Use Policy considers state or local taxes on
aviation fuel (except taxes in effect on December 30, 1987) to be airport
revenue subject to the revenue-use requirement. However, state and
local taxes on aviation fuel may be used to support state aviation
programs or for noise mitigation purposes, on or off airport. The policy
amendment applies prospectively to the use of proceeds from both new
taxes and to existing taxes that do not qualify for grandfathering from
revenue use requirements. States and counties have one year from
December 8, 2014 to develop a plan to comply and the plan should take
no more than 3 years to implement.
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Hot Topics for Airports
Compliance Continued:
Non-Aeronautical use – Last year FAA issued a policy of nonaeronautical use of aviation facilities. This policy actually takes
a common sense approach to use of aviation facilities on your
airport and allows for exceptions based on aviation need.
Leases – It is important to charge fair market value for non
aeronautical leases. FAA must review these leases prior to
execution.
Commercial Space – A letter will be going to all airport sponsors
of NPIAS airports asking for early coordination if interested in
space activity at your airport.
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Hot Topics for Airports
Compliance Continued:
Special Events – (involving temporary airport closure)
• Complete or Partial Closure of Airport Facility
• Coordinate with ADO PM through 7460-1 (iOE/AAA)
 Include Safety Plan
 Timely
 Crowd Control Plan – FSDO review – 45 days
• Fair Market compensation
• Refer to FAA Order 5190.6B, Compliance Manual
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Hot Topics for Airports
Compliance Continued:
Unmanned Aircraft Systems - Public UAS activity is provided through
the Certificate of Authorization (COA) or Waiver process, which allows
specific public agency and aircraft access to specific airspace during
specified hours. The COA process allows UAS to be accommodated in
the NAS today. Most of today’s UAS activity is by small UAS that are
not runway dependent and operate from non-airport locations.
To date based on reauthorization language, we have issued approval for
6 test sites and waivers for commercial use in the film making, aerial
surveying, oil and gas flare stack monitoring, and construction
monitoring.
The FAA has established the UAS Integration Office to provide a onestop portal for information. Information can be found on the FAA
website at www.faa.gov/uas
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Hot Topics for Airports
Planning
Project Coordination - We can be extremely helpful in project
coordination both on and off the airport, but the key in this is early
coordination.
– We want to ensure you do not inadvertently impact your airport with both on or
off airport development. Potential impacts include – limiting future growth of
your airport both physically and financially or reducing capacity through
airspace restrictions
– We want to make sure you are compliant with laws and regulations such as
NEPA, 14 CFR part 77 and part 139; and in compliance with grant assurances.
Runway Protection Zone (RPZ) – On September 27, 2012, the FAA
Office of Airports issued interim guidance to clarify FAA
Advisory Circular 5300-13 Airport Design. This guidance
requests airport sponsors to provide an alternative analysis for
any new or modified land use in the RPZ.
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Hot Topics for Airports
Planning Continued:
Airports Geographic Information System (GIS) – Its Here!!!
2014: Call for all aeronautical data at Large, Medium,
Small, Non-Hubs, Part 139 or Towered NP
Airports.
Safety Critical Data at all airports. (RWY’s,
TWY’s. RSA’s, NAVAIDs, etc..)
2015: Expect three modules out this year that include
eALP, Modification to Standards, and 20:1
Surface Analysis and Visualization Tool
Advisory Circulars 150/5300-16, 17 & 18
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Hot Topics for Airports
Planning Continued:
Next Generation Transportation System (NEXTGEN) Why do we need to modernize?
• January 1, 1914 marks the beginning of commercial aviation. 65 Billion
passengers in the first 100 years. 65 Billion passengers in the next 15 years.
Here are some interesting facts about aviation:
• Aviation employs 11 million people and makes up 5.6% of our gross domestic
product. It enables $1.3 trillion in travel and tourism and ships 40% of the
world goods.
• On any given day, more than 70,000 flights are in the skies in the United
States.
• At any given moment, roughly 5,000 planes are in the skies above the United
States.
• In one year, air traffic handles an average of 64 million takeoffs and landings.
• We are modernizing because we have to. Modernization means greater
safety, efficiency, fuel savings, and a better environment.
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Hot Topics for Airports
Planning Continued:
What is NextGen?
•Modernized GPS Enhanced Radar (100% complete)
•Modernized Air Traffic Management Platform (100% complete)
•Sharing Surface Surveillance Data – Installation of Airport Surface
Detection Equipment ASDE-X at 35 busiest airports
•Keeping Track of Ground Vehicles with ADS-B Out – 44 airports with ADS-B
out can install transponders or squitters to track vehicle movement.
•Collaborative Decision Making – All airport users sharing real time data to
better make decisions.
•Performance Based Navigation – RNAV and PBN approaches which allow
aircraft to fly paths not able to in the past. Evaluating 13 Metroplexes across
the country that include multiple commercial and GA airports. Example
includes Charlotte and Houston/North Texas.
•Closely spaced runway operations.
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Questions ???
Larry.Clark@FAA.GOV
404-305-7150
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Thank You!
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