Performance Reporting Achieved Benefits
Achieved Benefits by Year by Type
Of the $12.3 billion in accrued benefits, the graph below depicts the benefits accrued each year from 2010 to 2024 by type of benefit.
NextGen continued to deliver benefits during the COVID-19 pandemic but at lower levels due to the drop in air travel and congestion. The decline in travel reduced the realized benefits from NextGen programs in 2020, 2021, and 2022. A return in future demand at NextGen sites will continue to increase annual benefits.
The FAA is still validating NextGen benefits through demonstrations, trials, and initial deployment of new systems and procedures. Aircraft operators, air traffic controllers, and passengers benefit from the enhanced safety, efficiency, and capacity of modernization.
The capabilities by year below are listed under the first year in which they provided a measurable benefit. Given continued use, benefits from each preceding year continue to accrue in each succeeding year. An asterisk indicates capabilities requiring aircraft equipage.
The capabilities contributing to the total benefits have been implemented throughout the National Airspace System. Find out where these and other capabilities have been implemented at an airport near you.
2010
- Performance Based Navigation Routes*
- Automatic Dependent Surveillance — Broadcast*
- Expanded Low Visibility Operations
- Initial Tailored Arrivals
- Converging Runway Display Aid
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
- Tower Data Communications*
- Wake Recategorization
- Surface Visualization Tool
- Triple Parallel Runway Operations at Chicago-O'Hare
2016
2017
- No new implementations with quantifiable benefits
2018
- Northeast Corridor Escape Routes
- En Route Departure Capability
- Simultaneous Converging Instrument Approaches
2019–2021
- No new implementations with quantifiable benefits
2022
- En Route Data Communications*
- Integrated Departure/Arrival Capability at an additional site
Achieved Benefits by Year by Domain
Of the $12.3 billion in accrued benefits, the graph below depicts the benefits accrued each year from 2010 to 2024 by type of capability.
Communication
Navigation
- Metroplex
- Equivalent Lateral Spacing Operations*
- Northeast Corridor Escape Routes
- Performance Based Navigation Routes*
- Arrivals with Optimized Profile Descent
- Required Navigation Performance (RNP) Approaches*
- Established on RNP at Denver*
Surveillance
Automation
- External Surface Data Release
- Surface Situational Awareness
- Time Based Flow Management
- Integrated Departure/Arrival Capability
- En Route Departure Capability
- Converging Runway Display Aid