Skip to main content

Currently Skimming:


Pages 131-136

The Chapter Skim interface presents what we've algorithmically identified as the most significant single chunk of text within every page in the chapter.
Select key terms on the right to highlight them within pages of the chapter.


From page 131...
... 131 Federal Aviation Administration Performance Measures In examining performance measures used by state aviation agencies, a review of the FAA use of performance measures seemed appropriate. A review of these metrics may be of assistance to state aviation agencies and suggest similar metrics for the agencies to use.
From page 132...
... 132 Performance Measures for State Aviation Agencies Metric Name Definition Unit Reporting Scope Reported Time Frames Commercial air carrier fatality rate Rate of fatalities per 100 million persons on board Fatalities per 100 million persons on board National Airspace System (NAS) commercial operations Current fiscal year to date General aviation fatal accident rate Rate of fatal general aviation (GA)
From page 133...
... Federal Aviation Administration Performance Measures 133 Metric Name Definition Unit Reporting Scope Reported Time Frames Taxi-in time The taxi-in time is computed as the duration between landing (wheels on) time and gate-in time, as reported by carriers.
From page 134...
... 134 Performance Measures for State Aviation Agencies Metric Name Definition Unit Reporting Scope Reported Time Frames Number of arrival and departure delays Delays of 15 minutes or more for arrivals and departures, captured by airport, for any number of days Count Core airports Current fiscal year to date Number of operations This metric is a count of all departure and arrival operations by airport, for all flights where FAA captured a flight plan record. Count Core airports Current fiscal year to date NAS on-time arrivals NAS on-time arrivals is the percentage of all flights arriving at the core airports less than 15 minutes late, based on the carrier flight plan filed with the FAA, and excluding minutes of delay attributed by air carriers to extreme weather, carrier circumstances, security delay, and prorated minutes for late arriving flights at the departure airport.
From page 135...
... Federal Aviation Administration Performance Measures 135 Metric Name Definition Unit Reporting Scope Reported Time Frames Average daily capacity (ADC) R Sum of the number of flights the FAA facilities plan as capability for landings and takeoffs in a month(s)
From page 136...
... 136 Performance Measures for State Aviation Agencies Table D.5. Cost effectiveness.

Key Terms



This material may be derived from roughly machine-read images, and so is provided only to facilitate research.
More information on Chapter Skim is available.