Domestic RVSM is projected to accrue the following benefits:

Operators

• Fuel Savings Benefits 2005 – 2016:
• $5.3 billion
• 6/1 benefit/cost ratio
• $393m. first year savings---with 2.0% annual increase
• Greater availability of more fuel-efficient altitudes.
• Greater availability of most fuel-efficient routes
• Increased probability that an aircraft will be cleared onto the desired route or altitude

• ATC Flexibility (e.g., routing aircraft around storm systems)
• Mitigates conflict points
• Enhances volume of aircraft that can be accommodated in a given sector (sector throughput)
• Enables crossing traffic flows to be accommodated
• Reduces controller workload (eg., reduced vectoring and FL changes)
• Provides for growth in NAS enroute airspace capacity