{"id":19601,"date":"2021-10-05T00:34:26","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T00:34:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=19601"},"modified":"2021-10-05T00:34:28","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T00:34:28","slug":"new-software-capability-gets-planes-rolling-directly-to-the-runway-reducing-fuel-burn-taxi-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/national-news\/new-software-capability-gets-planes-rolling-directly-to-the-runway-reducing-fuel-burn-taxi-time\/%20","title":{"rendered":"New Software Capability Gets Planes Rolling Directly to the Runway, Reducing Fuel Burn &#038; Taxi Time"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The U.S. Transportation Department\u2019s FAA and NASA today\nannounced the completion of research and testing on a software capability that\ncalculates gate pushbacks at busy hub airports so that each plane can roll\ndirectly to the runway and to take off. The FAA plans to deploy this capability\nas part of a larger investment in surface management technology to 27 airports.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/new-software.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-19602\" width=\"368\" height=\"259\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>An animation of how the software works can be viewed at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XD16pCQWYeA\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=XD16pCQWYeA<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe future of flight must be more sustainable and\nenvironmentally friendly,\u201d said FAA Administrator Steve Dickson. \u201cThis new\ncapability as part of a flight merging system has a double benefit: It reduces\naircraft emissions and ensures air travelers experience more on-time departures.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cNASA is developing transformative technologies that will\nrevolutionize the aviation sector as we know it,\u201d added NASA Administrator Bill\nNelson. \u201cThe proof is in the pudding. This air traffic scheduling technology\nenhances aircraft efficiency and improves dependability for passengers every\nday. I\u2019m excited that the software NASA developed for air traffic controllers\nand airlines will be soon rolled out at airports across the country and know\nthe results will continue to be extraordinary.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The innovative capability, which will be part of the FAA\u2019s\nTerminal Flight Data Manager (TFDM) program, was developed by NASA and tested\nfor nearly four years by the FAA\u2019s NextGen group, airlines\u2019 airport operations,\nFAA radar facilities in Charlotte and Dallas\/Fort Worth and the Atlanta and\nWashington, D.C., centers handling high-altitude en route flights. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By minimizing taxi delay and ramp congestion, the program\nreduces fuel burn and CO2 emissions and support the Biden-Harris\nAdministration\u2019s goal to build a sustainable aviation system. During program\ntesting at Charlotte Douglas International Airport, the program: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Reduced taxi times that helped save more than\n275,000 gallons of fuel annually, equivalent to the fuel burn of 185 flights\nbetween New York and Chicago by a Boeing 737.<\/li><li>Reduced greenhouse gas emissions by 8 tons of\nCO2 daily.<\/li><li>Reduced delays by 916 hours, equivalent to\nshaving 15 minutes of waiting time on a taxiway for more than 3,600 departing\nflights.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Charlotte is currently scheduled next in the FAA\u2019s rollout\nof TFDM, which will include the push-back capability, at 27 hub airports across\nthe country. The FAA anticipates a savings of more than 7 million gallons of\nfuel every year and the elimination of more than 75,000 tons of CO2 emissions\nannually. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWhen you are ready to go, you want to go. Waiting in line\non a taxiway is not part of the flight plan,\u201d adds FAA Assistant Administrator\nfor NextGen Pamela Whitley. \u201cThrough a productive partnership between the FAA,\nNASA and the airlines, we now have technology that brings better predictability\nof aircraft movements on and above our busiest airports. This will yield\nbenefits for air travelers and for the environment.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The airports currently expected to be part of the rollout include\nAtlanta, Baltimore, Boston, Charlotte, Chicago Midway, Chicago O\u2019Hare,\nDallas-Ft. Worth, Denver, Detroit, Fort Lauderdale, Houston Bush, Las Vegas,\nMiami, Minneapolis, Newark, New York JFK, New York LaGuardia, Orlando,\nPhiladelphia, Phoenix, Salt Lake City, San Diego, San Francisco, Seattle,\nWashington Dulles, Washington Reagan National.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The U.S. Transportation Department\u2019s FAA and NASA today announced the completion of research and testing on a software capability that calculates gate pushbacks at busy hub airports so that each plane can roll directly to the runway and to take off. The FAA plans to deploy this capability as part of a larger investment in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19601","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19601","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19601"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19601\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19603,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19601\/revisions\/19603"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19601"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19601"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19601"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}