Updated: 11:50 am ET April 1, 2009
Updated: April 1, 2009
Corrected Record of Decision (PDF, 46.33 MB), New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia Metropolitan Area Airspace Redesign (as posted 10/5/2007) Note: When making reference to the Record of Decision, please use this corrected version for page reference and also specify in your correspondence that the corrected version is being cited for reference.
Written Re-evaluation (PDF, 8.81 MB) (7/31/2008)
Record of Decision (PDF) (9/05/2007)
Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS)
The reports provide an overview of noise mitigation strategies for the preferred alternative.
FAA has identified the Preferred Alternative for this project which will be followed by five public meetings (one per state in the study area) to discuss noise mitigation strategies for that preferred alternative.
FAA's Eastern Region Air Traffic Division is redesigning the airspace in the New York/New Jersey/Philadelphia Metropolitan area to reduce delays in the area. The major airports experiencing severe delays are:
The closeness of the airports results in complex pilot/controller and controller/controller coordination and circuitous flight paths. The current airspace environment is inefficient for aviation users and FAA. More »
11:50 am ET April 1, 2009