{"id":2119,"date":"2018-08-27T02:26:52","date_gmt":"2018-08-27T02:26:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.airportscouncil.org\/?page_id=2119"},"modified":"2019-10-09T14:43:22","modified_gmt":"2019-10-09T18:43:22","slug":"airport-operations","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/airportscouncil.org\/advocacy\/airport-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"Airport Operations"},"content":{"rendered":"

[vc_row el_class=”primary-nav-tabs-row”][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs style=”flat” shape=”square” alignment=”center” active_section=”1″ no_fill_content_area=”true”][vc_tta_section title=”Background” tab_id=”operations”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]Airports are highly regulated enterprises, and those regulations can place unfair or unnecessary burdens on airports.\u00a0 What\u2019s worse, unfunded mandates only compound current pressures. Competitive airports require greater flexibility.<\/p>\n

Safety and security challenges are constantly changing, especially as threats become more complex. Airports must continually work to ensure the safety and security of the traveling public. Airports are also responsible stewards of the environment, including noise concerns and deicing processes. An airport\u2019s ability to maintain safety, security, and environmental challenges promotes efficient airport operations and reduced flight delays.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=”cs-1″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Safety” tab_id=”safety”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]Airports are complex intermodal transportation hubs where ground transportation\u2014both roads and transit\u2014meets air transportation. Airport operators\u2014in collaboration with key partners including the FAA, Transport Canada, commercial airlines, general and business aviation operators, ground service providers, and state and local transportation officials\u2014work diligently every day to ensure that passengers and shipments make these transfers safely, efficiently, and with minimal disruption.<\/p>\n

For decades, safety\u2014together with security\u2014has been the top priority of U.S. and Canadian airport operators. Working closely with our regulators on both sides of the border\u2014the FAA and Transport Canada, respectively\u2014our airport members have worked hard to make U.S. and Canadian airports the safest in the world. However, this work is never complete and requires ongoing dedication to continuously monitor emerging safety hazards, identify the risks associated with them, and mitigate those risks effectively.<\/p>\n

At ACI-NA we recognize that our airport operators, those closest to the operation, are best equipped to identify the hazards and risks at their airports and work with their stakeholders\u2014regulators, airlines, other flight operators, and ground handlers\u2014to maintain and improve our impressive safety record.<\/p>\n

Being Ready for Disruptive Events<\/em><\/h4>\n

Whether it\u2019s a hurricane, blizzard, air traffic disruption, or simply a busy holiday weekend, ACI-NA works to help our member airports prepare for and effectively respond to events that can disrupt or delay travelers at our airport. These efforts involve substantial advance coordination with our airline and flight operator partners, the FAA, the TSA, and CBP. During events themselves, ACI-NA serves as a conduit for critical airport operational and facility information between our members, the FAA Air Traffic Control System Command Center, and airline system operations centers.<\/p>\n

NextGen<\/em><\/h4>\n

Over the past decade, both the FAA and NavCanada have been working to modernize the U.S. and Canadian national air transportation systems through a combination of ground-based, satellite-based, and aircraft based capabilities to improve system efficiency and capacity and reduce environmental impacts. These capabilities include performance based navigation procedures, digital data communications, enhanced airside surface management, and enhanced multiple runway operations and more.<\/p>\n

At ACI-NA, we have advocated for airport operators to be at the table from the inception to implementation, knowing that NextGen begins and ends at airports. We\u2019ve also recognized the special role that airport operators play with their communities and have strongly urged the FAA and flight operators to recognize how NextGen capabilities like performance based navigation procedures can have unintended consequences in terms of noise and overflight impacts on local communities and need to be planned, designed, and refined carefully to balance their operational and safety benefits with their potential community impacts.<\/p>\n

Addressing New Technologies<\/em><\/h4>\n

Drones, commercial spacecraft, smart-phone enabled ride and car sharing services, and automated ground vehicles are just a few of the new technologies and business models to which airport operators have had to adapt in the last half decade. These technologies offer great opportunities to airport operators, but also bring a myriad of new issues to the forefront. For example, airport operators see unmanned aircraft systems\u2014or drones\u2014as incredibly useful tools for airport surveillance, infrastructure inspections, aerial photography & surveys, and emergency response & situational awareness. At the same time, airport operators are extremely concerned about the risks drones operating in the vicinity of airports pose to manned aviation, whether through intended criminal or terrorist actions or unintended flights too close to airports or aircraft. ACI-NA seeks to engage regulators, lawmakers, and industry collectively to develop appropriate operational frameworks that ensure safe and effective integration of these new technologies into the airport environment.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=”cs-1″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”Air Traffic” tab_id=”airtraffic”][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width=”2\/3″][vc_column_text]In recent years, there has been a major push in Washington to reform the ways we control our national airspace.\u00a0 We can\u2019t modernize anything in the sky until we seriously address our outdated infrastructure on the ground.\u00a0 The airlines argue that ATC reform is about efficiency.\u00a0 But any gains in efficiency through ATC reform will be for naught unless we address the inefficiencies and capacity constraints of outdated infrastructure on the ground.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width=”1\/3″][vc_widget_sidebar sidebar_id=”cs-1″][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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