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From page 16... ... 16 Impacts of Airspace Restrictions In this chapter, possible impacts from airspace restrictions are listed, and economic impact modeling is discussed. Specific examples of impacts from recent TFRs, descriptions of the impacts of each types of TFR, and some specific instances of TFRs of each type are included. Read the entire page →
From page 17... ... Impacts of Airspace Restrictions 17 Uncertainty is a major factor behind business impacts. Current customers, and potential future customers, of a business might decide to use a different airport or eschew flying altogether because of the chance that a TFR might disrupt their flight. Read the entire page →
From page 18... ... 18 Understanding Impacts to Airports From Temporary Flight Restrictions It is challenging to financially relate airport revenues to aircraft activity ranges. Larger airports, particularly those with towers, typically track aircraft movements and operations precisely and have good cost and revenue accounting systems. Read the entire page →
From page 19... ... Impacts of Airspace Restrictions 19 Another factor to consider in the attempt to financially model the impacts of TFRs on airports is the dynamic nature of the aviation market and the existence of alternative means of transportation available to the various stakeholders. For example, an airport experiencing a one-time, short-term TFR [for example, a 2-hour President of the United States (POTUS) Read the entire page →
From page 20... ... 20 Understanding Impacts to Airports From Temporary Flight Restrictions that may or may not maintain detailed accounting records that would allow for effective financial modeling of impacts resulting from TFRs. In addition, because this information is confidential, most operators would likely be reluctant to share it with third parties for analysis. Read the entire page →
From page 21... ... Impacts of Airspace Restrictions 21 • A FBO at Chicago Midway Airport said in 2011 that they lost an average of $60,000 a day in revenue when the president visited Chicago. • In 2009, transportation security officials banned flight schools from flying to and from Kalaeloa airstrip in Hawaii during the president's 2-week stay in Hawaii. Read the entire page →
From page 22... ... 22 Understanding Impacts to Airports From Temporary Flight Restrictions NOTAM text Explanation FDC 9/8581 ZNY NJ..AIRSPACE BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY..TEMPORARY FLIGHT RESTRICTIONS. Read the entire page →
From page 23... ... Impacts of Airspace Restrictions 23 NOTAM text Explanation AIRCRAFT OPERATOR STANDARD SECURITY PROGRAM (AOSSP) Read the entire page →
From page 24... ... 24 Understanding Impacts to Airports From Temporary Flight Restrictions Inside the outer ring, GA flights are allowed as long as they are on a filed flight plan, squawking a discrete code on their transponder, and communicating with air traffic controllers. No loitering is permitted, and the following types of operations are specifically banned: • Flight training • Practice instrument approaches • Aerobatic flight • Glider operations • Parachute operations • Ultralight • Hang gliding • Balloon operations • Agriculture/crop dusting • Animal population control flight operations • Banner towing operations • Sightseeing operations Figure 10. Read the entire page →
From page 25... ... Impacts of Airspace Restrictions 25 • Maintenance test flights • Model aircraft operations • Model rocketry • UAS • Utility and pipeline survey operations None of the operations in this list can fly in either ring, and GA flights are not permitted in the inner core. Of course, the impact of a given TFR on a given airport depends on how many such operations wanted to fly in the first place. Read the entire page →
From page 26... ... 26 Understanding Impacts to Airports From Temporary Flight Restrictions Occasionally the president's schedule calls for him to stay overnight. This can extend the duration of the TFR to 12–24 hours or even longer, since there is always a bubble around him that restrict access in the air and on the ground. Read the entire page →
From page 27... ... Impacts of Airspace Restrictions 27 advance notice, and the fact that the event only occurs once per year, most pilots are able to plan around this event. In addition, there is another airport on the opposite side of the city, Smith Field Airport, that handles most GA traffic in the area, and it was not affected by the air show TFR. Read the entire page →
From page 28... ... 28 Understanding Impacts to Airports From Temporary Flight Restrictions 3.5.1.4 Super Bowl For Super Bowl LIII, held in February 2019 in Atlanta, the FAA set up a web page well in advance describing air traffic procedures for that week for ATL and 10 surrounding airports. The focus is on traffic management, i.e., specifying routes to be used and encouraging pilots to file flight plans early to minimize delays. Read the entire page →
From page 29... ... Impacts of Airspace Restrictions 29 Airport (HIB) Figure 12. Read the entire page →
From page 30... ... 30 Understanding Impacts to Airports From Temporary Flight Restrictions The NOTAM issued for the TFR associated with this blast specified that restrictions were in effect within a 2-nm radius of the blast, from the surface up to 4,500 feet above ground level, pursuant to 14 CFR section 91.137(a) Read the entire page →
From page 31... ... Impacts of Airspace Restrictions 31 The TFRs put in place to support firefighting operations, as well as to keep out any traffic not directly contributing to the firefighting effort, come in many different shapes and sizes, as evidenced by the sample of hazard TFRs in September 2019, shown in red outline in Figure 15. Figure 16 shows a view of the western United States on a day in September 2019, with TFRs plotted in red. Read the entire page →
From page 32... ... 32 Understanding Impacts to Airports From Temporary Flight Restrictions The TFR was initially in effect Sept. 3 from 11:00 am to 10:00 pm local time. Read the entire page →
From page 33... ... Impacts of Airspace Restrictions 33 Figure 17. Hazard TFR issued for firefighting near Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. Read the entire page →
From page 34... ... 34 Understanding Impacts to Airports From Temporary Flight Restrictions 3.5.3 Space Operations Space operations have attracted the attention of other researchers, focusing on aspects such as equitable access to airspace. The on-demand SUA concept studied by National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Read the entire page →
From page 35... ... Impacts of Airspace Restrictions 35 at 22:00 Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) through the following Sunday at 21:59 UTC, for a radius of 10nm around the base. Read the entire page →
From page 36... ... 36 Understanding Impacts to Airports From Temporary Flight Restrictions Some pilots' groups have protested about the near-constant closure of a large amount of airspace; these procedures have been in places for several years and continue to when this report was written [AOPA 2008; Pilots of America 2013; Namowitz 2017e] Read the entire page →
From page 37... ... Impacts of Airspace Restrictions 37 27. Use by Government Aircraft. Read the entire page →
From page 38... ... 38 Understanding Impacts to Airports From Temporary Flight Restrictions The airport in St. Mary's, Georgia (4J6) Read the entire page →

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... 16 Impacts of Airspace Restrictions In this chapter, possible impacts from airspace restrictions are listed, and economic impact modeling is discussed. Specific examples of impacts from recent TFRs, descriptions of the impacts of each types of TFR, and some specific instances of TFRs of each type are included.