NextGen
Performance — National Airspace System
On any given day, more than 85,000 flights are in the skies in the United States. Only one third of those operations are commercial carriers. The remaining two thirds include general aviation, with private planes and business jets, air taxi flights, military flights and air cargo flights. This translates into roughly 5,000 planes in the skies above the United States at any given moment. More than 15,000 federal air traffic controllers in airport traffic control towers, terminal radar approach control facilities and air route traffic control centers guide pilots through the system. These controllers provide air navigation services to aircraft in domestic airspace and 24.6 million square miles of international oceanic airspace delegated to the United States by the International Civil Aviation Organization. The FAA’s mission is to provide the safest, most efficient aerospace system in the world, and NextGen is the FAA’s comprehensive overhaul of the National Aviation System to make air travel more convenient and dependable.
All the results reported are in Calendar Year (CY) or Fiscal Year (FY).
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| Performance Indicator (CY) | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 |
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| NAS-Wide Energy Efficiency
Kilograms per Kilometer Estimated fuel Burn in kilograms per kilometer |
4.15 | 4.14 | 4.16 | 4.14 | 4.08 | 4.12 | 4.10 |
| CO2 Emissions
Kilograms Estimated quantity of Carbon Dioxide (CO2) emitted by aircraft engines. |
2.27×1011 | 2.30×1011 | 2.34×1011 | 2.13×1011 | 2.01×1011 | 2.11×1011 | 2.16×1011 |
| Noise Exposure
Number of People Number of persons exposed to significant aircraft noise (regardless of whether their houses or apartments have been sound-insulated). Significant aircraft noise levels are currently defined as values greater than or equal to 65 decibels (dB) Day Night Sound Level (DNL). |
498,000 | 480,000 | 466,000 | 383,000 | 292,000 | 318,000 | 315,000 |
High Low
The Air Traffic Management (ATM) should contribute to the protection of the environment by considering noise, gaseous emissions and other environmental issues in the implementation and operation of the global ATM system.
Destination 2025 Targets (2018)
- NAS-Wide Energy Efficiency:
- 3.56kg/km
- Noise Exposure:
- 300,000 people
| Performance Indicator (FY) | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 |
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LPV & LP Access at GA Airports without ILS
Count of Airports The count of National, Regional, Local and Basic GA airports (as defined in the 2012 FAA GA Airports Study) without an ILS that have an initial LPV or LP procedure published in the indicated year. |
0 | 2 | 18 | 63 | 80 | 116 | 89 | 152 | 138 | 159 |
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Percent of Qualified GA Airports with LPV or LP Access
Cumulative Percent The cumulative percent of qualified National, Regional, Local and Basic GA airports (as defined in the 2012 FAA GA Airports Study) with an LPV or LP procedure. |
0.10 | 0.70 | 3.80 | 9.60 | 15.70 | 23.50 | 32.10 | 41.60 | 50.00 | 58.80 |
High Low
A global Air Traffic Management system should provide an operating environment that ensures all airspace users have right of access to the resources needed to meet their specific operational requirements and that the shared use of airspace by different users can be achieved safely.