Selected NextGen Accomplishments

Fiscal Year 2020 Accomplishments

• Denver Metroplex completed
• Terminal Flight Data Manager launched an improved electronic flight data exchange capability
• System Wide Information Management, Flight Information Service–Broadcast, and Traffic Information Service–Broadcast received improved access to National Airspace System (NAS) aeronautical, flight status, and constraint information
• Integrated NAS Automation System Modeling and Anomaly Detection implemented
• NextGen Enterprise System Safety handbook published
• Aviation Environmental Design Tool released Version 3

Learn more about 2020 NextGen accomplishments in the NextGen Annual Report, Fiscal Year 2020

Fiscal Year 2019 Accomplishments

• Data Communications en route services implemented at first location
• Airport Surface Surveillance Capability (ASSC) deployment completed
• Surface Visualization Tool launched at airports with Airport Surface Detection Equipment-X and ASSC
• En Route Automation Modernization system enhanced to improve separation management, trajectory prediction, and human interface capabilities
• Time Based Flow Management implemented path stretch, planning tool, expanded integrated departure/arrival capability, and weather source migration
• Cyber security test facility certified at FAA Technical Center

Learn more about 2019 NextGen accomplishments in the 2018-2019 NextGen Implementation Plan

Fiscal Year 2018 Accomplishments

• Data Communications tower service completed at seven more airports
• Cleveland-Detroit Metroplex completed
• Traffic Flow Management System implemented an improved demand prediction
• Time Based Flow Management deployed integrated departure/arrival capability to first sites
• Policy completed to grant unmanned aircraft systems access to airspace when operating within visual line of sight

Learn more about 2018 NextGen accomplishments in the 2018-2019 NextGen Implementation Plan

Fiscal Year 2017 Accomplishments

• Charlotte and Southern California metroplexes completed
• Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast oceanic in-trail procedures implemented at Anchorage, New York, and Oakland centers
• Pre-departure and airborne reroutes achieved initial operating capability
• System Wide Information Management completed National Airspace System data-sharing infrastructure

Fiscal Year 2016 Accomplishments

• Data Communications tower service deployment finished at all 55 planned airports
• Atlanta Metroplex completed
• Established on Required Navigation Performance national standard approved for widely spaced operations
• Area navigation Wide Area Augmentation System program established
• More Performance Based Navigation routes and procedures published
• Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast coverage expanded in the Gulf of Mexico, enabling 5-nautical-mile separation
• 106 Common Automated Radar Terminal System sites modernized
• Policy for 1-nautical-mile diagonal separation implemented for parallel runways spaced between 2,500 and 3,600 feet apart at Dallas, Memphis, Minneapolis-St. Paul, New York-Kennedy, Portland, Raleigh-Durham, and Seattle
• Simultaneous dual approaches with offset and simultaneous triple approaches implemented for parallel runways at Chicago-O'Hare
• Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing, Integrated Safety Assessment Model, and Airport Surface Anomaly Investigation Capability implemented

Learn more about 2016 NextGen accomplishments in the 2016 NextGen Implementation Plan

Fiscal Year 2015 Accomplishments

• Data Communications tower service operates at first site
• Washington, DC, Metroplex and Northern California Metroplex completed
• Equivalent Lateral Spacing Operations approved as national standard
• Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast implementation completed for en route centers
• Collaborative decision-making launched with airport operators
• Wake recategorization Phase 1 implemented at Charlotte, Chicago-Midway, Chicago-O'Hare, Denver, New York-LaGuardia, New York-Kennedy, and Newark
• Aviation Environmental Design Tool introduced for integrated environmental modeling
• Sustainable alternative jet fuels approved using novel feedstocks and conversion processes
• NextGen environmental policies, standards, and measures implemented that evaluate environmental performance of NextGen programs

Learn more about 2015 NextGen accomplishments in the 2015 NextGen Implementation Plan

Fiscal Year 2014 Accomplishments

• Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast completed ground station infrastructure deployment
• En Route Automation Modernization system started operating at the final en route center
• Enhanced flight vision system approved for takeoff and approach
• Terminal Flight Data Manager prototype implemented
• Time Based Flow Management (TBFM) data started flowing via System Wide Information Management (SWIM)
• TBFM extended metering, adjacent center metering, and ground-based interval management tools implemented at more locations
• Area navigation route data used for first time to calculate trajectories in TBFM
• Runway visual range and traffic flow information published in the SWIM National Airspace System Enterprise Messaging System
• SWIM Flight Data Publication Service began
• Simultaneous dual approaches for parallel runways spaced more than 3,600 feet apart implemented at Atlanta
• Wake recategorization Phase 1 began at Atlanta, Cincinnati, Houston-Bush, and Houston-Hobby

Learn more about 2014 NextGen accomplishments in the 2014 NextGen Implementation Plan

Fiscal Year 2013 Accomplishments

• Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast oceanic in-trail procedures and automation implemented at all oceanic en route centers
• National Airspace System (NAS) Enterprise Messaging System dynamic subscription capability and Enhanced Weather Information Network System added to System Wide Information Management
• NAS status via digital Notices to Air Missions launched for flight operations centers
• Electronic flight data exchange implemented
• Simultaneous approaches authorized for parallel runways spaced more than 3,600 feet apart
• Wake turbulence mitigation implemented for departures at Houston, Memphis, and San Francisco
• Enhanced turbulence, ceiling, and visibility forecasts and graphical guidance deployed

Learn more about 2013 NextGen accomplishments in the 2013 NextGen Implementation Plan

Fiscal Year 2012 Accomplishments

• 500 Performance Based Navigation routes and procedures published
• Airport Surface Detection Equipment, Model X installed at the last of 35 sites
• En Route Automation Modernization Phase 3 improvements launched to support Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast at Houston en route center
• Traffic Flow Management System upgraded with electronic negotiation capability
• System Wide Information Management Terminal Data Distribution System started operating
• Notice of proposed rulemaking issued for enhanced flight vision system
• Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing agreements established with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and University of North Dakota
• Policy issued on aviation environment and energy
• NextGen National Environmental Policy Act Plan completed

Learn more about 2012 NextGen accomplishments in the 2012 NextGen Implementation Plan

Fiscal Year 2011 Accomplishments

• 685 Performance Based Navigation routes and procedures published
• Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast equipment became available for airport vehicles
• Reroute Data Exchange, Flight Data Publication Service, Integrated Terminal Weather System Data Publication, and Terminal Weather System Data Publication launched through System Wide Information Management

Learn more about 2011 NextGen accomplishments in the 2011 NextGen Implementation Plan

Fiscal Year 2010 Accomplishments

• 200 Performance Based Navigation routes and procedures published
• Automatic Dependent Surveillance–Broadcast Out final rule published in the Federal Register
• Wide Area Multilateration Phase 1 completed in Colorado
• Corridor Integrated Weather System and Special Use Airspace Data Exchange information added to System Wide Information Management
• Joint gate-to-gate separation management demonstrated with Single European Sky Air Traffic Management Research
• Aviation Safety Information Analysis and Sharing system implemented enhancement
• Report published on the environmental management system; Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions and Noise; carbon dioxide emissions standard metrics; and opportunities for operational procedures

Learn more about 2010 NextGen accomplishments in the 2010 NextGen Implementation Plan

Fiscal Year 2009 Accomplishments

• 612 Performance Based Navigation routes and procedures published
• Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast began ground infrastructure deployment
• Initial set of wake separation categories and minimums delivered
• New policy approved for 1.5 nautical mile diagonal separation to parallel runways at Boston, Cleveland, Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Seattle
• NextGen Integration and Evaluation Capability lab opens at the FAA Technical Center

Learn more about 2009 NextGen accomplishments in the 2009 NextGen Implementation Plan

Fiscal Year 2008 Accomplishments

• 570 Performance Based Navigation routes and procedures published
• Nine international reference stations integrated and two new geostationary Wide Area Augmentation System satellites deployed
• Advanced Technologies and Oceanic Procedures became available for Western Atlantic Route System, Miami en route center, and San Juan Flight Information Region airspace
• Traffic Management Advisor, precursor to Time Based Flow Management, implemented at 20 en route centers
• Time-based metering procedures implemented at four en route centers
• Adjacent center metering for arrivals implemented at Newark and Philadelphia
• Adaptive compression tool implemented for the Airspace Flow Program

Learn more about 2008 NextGen accomplishments in the 2008 NextGen Implementation Plan