The National Transportation Safety Board

The city of Denver needed a large airport capacity so they elected the construction of a state of the art airport that could put it in 1st place among America’s airports. It covered a land area of 140 km2, it was to be the largest airport in the united states with capacity of 50million passengers annually.

The pros for this airport being built is that it can help Casa Grande grow and help it economically. It will help economically because since both of parts of the cities facing the each other is growing, the airport will help people get there faster by not making them drive long hours and/or make different stops at airports to get to a small airport that is in Casa Grande. Another pro for this airport being built is that it can provide jobs for the people that move to that area that have no jobs. Which allows people to bring more money to their families. That would be all of the pros that I think will come out of building this new airport. The first con would be the employees of both airports. So many people work in both airports, abandoning this airports will raise tucson's unemployment rate even higher than what it is right now and will affect the economy of the city. Phoenix will still be affected by it but it will not be as bad as tucsons. But closing this Phoenix alone that has a 79 million dollar annual impact to the city will be disorganized. The airport is a key point for the economy of phoenix because it receives so many domestic and international flights. Another con would be the major cost for this new airport. The new airport will cost so much which can bring the government in debt, which can result in the raise of taxes until it's paid off. In addition, this con is that all the renovations being done to both airports for future passengers will be a complete waste. I would be a waste of resource, labor, and money, so for future customers would not even see this new update done to this airports. Finally, the last caon would be that some airlines that have hubs at one of the airports, could affect them as well. Not only that some airlines could not be making enough money which could result in airlines dropping this their routes to this new airport, on the

With jet travel quickly developing and becoming something that will be common soon, there was need for more laws regarding air travel, thus the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 was passed. At this point, the CAA and CAB essentially became the FAA (Agency). The FAA was responsible for a common civil-military system of air navigation and air traffic control. Also, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration was created in the wake of the Soviet satellite launch.

Federal Aviation Association(FAA) is a part of the Department of Transportation that responsible for safety of civil aviation under the Federal Aviation Act of 1958. There are many roles that FAA responsible for civil aviation such as, Regulation, Encouraging and developing new aviation technology, Air traffic control, and Developing programs to control aircraft. The two major roles that will include in these papers are the Regulation and Air traffic control.

With the rapid growth of commercial air travel in the 1970s, the FAA recognized that the nation’s airports contributed significantly to the national economy and international commerce, as well as being a critical mode of transport for the public. Airports needed funding to improve safety and maintain airport infrastructure such as runways, taxiways, NAVAIDS, and land acquisition. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) formed the National Airport System Plan (NASP) to ensure these significant airports received Federal grants to make these improvements. The FAA revised the NASP with the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 and called the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems (NPIAS) to reflect the further expansion.

In the early 1980’s, Denver experienced significant economic growth due to the booming oil, real estate, and tourism industries. The major airport that operated within Denver during that time was the Stapleton Airport. Up to 1970, the Stapleton Airport was able to accommodate the demands of Denver but in subsequent years it was unable to meet the ever growing needs of the city. The Stapleton Airport was seen as a liability and limited the attractiveness of businesses that were swarming to it. Issues with handling high traffic volume, disruptions in connection schedules, and an overall poor airport layout led the city of Denver to decide whether they wanted to expand or replace the Stapleton Airport. A study performed in 1983

We will use a smaller airport which is typically less congested. This allows more trips and aircraft use as ground times and

The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) was first established in 1967, as they conducted independent investigations. The NTSB investigates all civil aircraft accidents in the United States. They investigate military and civilian aircraft accidents. It consists of five board members and the appointed President for terms of five years. They usually call this there ‘Go Team’. They start by investigating major accidents and as quickly as they can to solve the most difficult transportation problems. They go by manuals and policies that help through the investigation.

One of the major issues at airports is improving efficiency, flow of all traffic to reduce the possibility of delays. After safety, everyone involved in any sort of airport operations, works on increasing efficiency in order to avoid delays and having to spend additional money. As the airports operations increase, the people in charge will have to come up with solutions to avoid setbacks. Airport planners have to come up with ideas in order to improve airport facilities and increase the efficiency of the flow. The challenges that come with this type of projects is that sometimes the airports don’t have much room for improvement within the airport and don’t have room to expand due to surrounding neighborhoods. This is where they have to find the right balance for capacity and delay. To solve this problem first they have to find the hitch and then focus on working on that specific area. For example, it can be a specific terminal, runways, taxiways, or not enough gates. Other alternatives to the matter can be working on distributing the traffic through the off-peak times, or to start using other areas to within the airport to decrease the traffic at one specific area.

A major problem with traffic among large cities is that their central business district is located too close to their airport or that the airport is in a location where there is only one major route to navigate there. The perfect location for this airport would be a few miles away from the central business district along the location where multiple highways along with the interstate intertwine; giving multiple entry points to the airports entrance. These highways will lead to different locations around the city where suburban areas are located giving the traveler multiple regions to easily navigate in the city upon

These predicted increases in demand have highlighted a situation where in the future, capacity will likely not be able to keep up with the demand and ATL will become deficient at maintaining throughput. In 2004 the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) had already began a Future Airport Capacity Task (FACT) study which examined airport capacity across the country. The study was meant to capture key airports within the U.S. that were predicted to have future capacity issues. In 2007 the FAA finished the updated second version of the study (FACT2) which outlined ATL as a key airport in need of future expansion. Studies have continued with FAA and the Atlanta state government

In the vast and developing aviation industry, expansion has become a key priority for many UK airport businesses. Airports in general are looking for chances to grow and provide excellent services, in order to fulfil passenger needs. Secretary of State for Transport (2013) mentions how the Airport Consultative Committees allow new opportunities such as airport infrastructure and growth strategies to be discussed. Although the consideration of airport expansion may be

With long-term growths in passenger and freight volumes expected in airports all around the world, airports are planning and implementing various strategies to meet those expected future demands (Solak et al. 2009; Kwakkel et al. 2010). A planner’s proposals and strategies in which an airport can implement over a number of years in order to facilitate the forecasted growth of passengers and freight is known as an airport master plan (Kwakkel et al. 2010). Bradley (2010) states that an airport’s capacity is a result of a number of different combined factors. These include how much aircraft movement over a specific period its runway can handle, the number of aircrafts its apron can accommodate, as well as how much incoming and outgoing passengers and freight its terminal can facilitate per hour (Caves 1994; Bradley 2010). An airport master plan can include airport expansion, maintenance and upgrades, the development of a new airport or even the utilisation of multiple airports in a city. Regardless of the plan the necessary design and

Several major airports in metropolitan areas have been facing airport traffic and congestion issues over the last decade. The National Airspace system (NAS) too has been facing challenges in coping with increased air traffic. In the coming decades, air traffic is forecasted to increase ever more, putting an even larger strain on the NAS and already congested major airports. This report will analyze the forecasted growth in air traffic, its effects on the NAS and major airports, as well at the Federal Aviation Administration’ s (FAA) plans to cope with anticipated needs of the system.

In many metropolitan areas, a suitable tract of land might be distant from the city center, making ground access a problem. In selecting a distant site, several questions arise. If a new airport is a supplement to, rather than a substitute for, the existing airport, would passengers be willing to travel that far to use it? Would air carriers be willing to serve an airport that might attract fewer passengers than the old airport?