Post by TCU 2U2 on Mar 13, 2013 6:27:07 GMT -5
Estimated Effects of Sequestration on Air Traffic: Newark
Airport: Newark International (EWR)
Current Arrival Rate: Operations, combined arrivals and departures, are capped at 83 per hour due to DOT and Congressional mandates. On the average day there are over 50 operations per hour.
Estimated Effects of Sequestration: An estimated drop of 10-20 percent in airport capacity on a good weather day. The furloughs will likely prevent EWR from opening some tower positions, which will increase workload and complexity on each controller. This will likely cause a need to implement EWR’s Ground Delay Programs to reduce the number of arrivals to the airport per hour.
Due to reduced staffing, EWR would not accept overflow traffic to its short runway and would likely not open the flow control position that meters traffic off the gates to the runway. This will increase volume and complexity at the ground control position and will cause departure delays due to controller workload. No overflow, plus no flow control and no Traffic Management Coordinators (TMCs) would cause large departure delays.
Under sequestration, EWR would likely not open the Class Bravo Airspace radar position that controls Visual Flight Rules (VFR) traffic in the New York City region, such as general aviation aircraft and helicopter operations. This airspace typically has a traffic count of 9,000 per month in the summer, but under sequestration the operations that typically take place in the airspace would be denied entry, which would impact the tour helicopter operations in Manhattan and prevent them from operating out of their home base at Kearny Helipad, which is within EWR’s surface area and cannot be accessed without air traffic control clearance.
Estimated Effects of Sequestration on Air Traffic: New York
Airport:John F. Kennedy International (JFK)
Current Arrival Rate: Operations are capped at 83 per hour due to DOT and Congressional mandates. Typically 42 departures per hour.
Estimated Effects of Sequestration: Departures would drop to 31 per hour in the morning to be able to handle the afternoon rush. Assuming an 11-day furlough it is the belief of JFK NATCA and local FAA management that JFK would suffer departure delays on a daily basis every morning due to decreased staffing. Air traffic increases significantly in the summer and produces delays at JFK in the afternoons most days due to convective weather (thunderstorms).
JFK could not afford any staffing shortages on the afternoon shifts. In short, the tower would reduce staffing in the morning in order to survive the afternoon. If the furloughs exced 11 days, the evening shift will also start feeling staffing driven delays.
Airport: Newark International (EWR)
Current Arrival Rate: Operations, combined arrivals and departures, are capped at 83 per hour due to DOT and Congressional mandates. On the average day there are over 50 operations per hour.
Estimated Effects of Sequestration: An estimated drop of 10-20 percent in airport capacity on a good weather day. The furloughs will likely prevent EWR from opening some tower positions, which will increase workload and complexity on each controller. This will likely cause a need to implement EWR’s Ground Delay Programs to reduce the number of arrivals to the airport per hour.
Due to reduced staffing, EWR would not accept overflow traffic to its short runway and would likely not open the flow control position that meters traffic off the gates to the runway. This will increase volume and complexity at the ground control position and will cause departure delays due to controller workload. No overflow, plus no flow control and no Traffic Management Coordinators (TMCs) would cause large departure delays.
Under sequestration, EWR would likely not open the Class Bravo Airspace radar position that controls Visual Flight Rules (VFR) traffic in the New York City region, such as general aviation aircraft and helicopter operations. This airspace typically has a traffic count of 9,000 per month in the summer, but under sequestration the operations that typically take place in the airspace would be denied entry, which would impact the tour helicopter operations in Manhattan and prevent them from operating out of their home base at Kearny Helipad, which is within EWR’s surface area and cannot be accessed without air traffic control clearance.
Estimated Effects of Sequestration on Air Traffic: New York
Airport:John F. Kennedy International (JFK)
Current Arrival Rate: Operations are capped at 83 per hour due to DOT and Congressional mandates. Typically 42 departures per hour.
Estimated Effects of Sequestration: Departures would drop to 31 per hour in the morning to be able to handle the afternoon rush. Assuming an 11-day furlough it is the belief of JFK NATCA and local FAA management that JFK would suffer departure delays on a daily basis every morning due to decreased staffing. Air traffic increases significantly in the summer and produces delays at JFK in the afternoons most days due to convective weather (thunderstorms).
JFK could not afford any staffing shortages on the afternoon shifts. In short, the tower would reduce staffing in the morning in order to survive the afternoon. If the furloughs exced 11 days, the evening shift will also start feeling staffing driven delays.