Federal Aviation Administration Plan for Research, Engineering, and Development (1996).

Abstract

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) manages and operates the National Airspace System (NAS), a significant national resource. The demands on this system are continuously growing, and changing technologies provide the opportunity to improve system effectiveness and efficiency. Today, 22 of the country's largest airports experience more than 20,000 hours of delay per year, and the number of major airports with more than 20,000 hours of delay is projected to grow to 33 by 2003. With an average aircraft operating cost of approximately $1,600 per hour of delay, airlines operating at each of these airports currently incur at least $32 million in annual delay costs.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1996
Accession Number
ADA312389

Entities

Organizations

  • Federal Aviation Administration

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Traffic Control Systems
  • Aircraft Equipment
  • Aircraft Industry
  • Aircrafts
  • Airframes
  • Collision Avoidance
  • Commercial Aircraft
  • Commercial Aviation
  • Human Factors Engineering
  • Human Systems Integration
  • Materials Science
  • Operations Research
  • Organizational Structure
  • Systems Engineering
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Transport Aircraft
  • Warning Systems

Readers

  • Aviation Safety and Air Traffic Management
  • Government and Public Administration Law.
  • Life Cycle Cost Analysis

Technology Areas

  • Space