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Presented to:
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Federal AviationAdministration
Weather Impacts to Philadelphia Air Traffic Operations
National Weather Service Workshop
David Conley, FAA
June 6, 2006
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Aerial Photo of PHL Tower/TRACON
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Aerial Photo of PHL Intl Airport looking south
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• Lightning– Impedes flight operations– Inhibits ramp operation– Risk to Equipment
•Weather Challenges:
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• Low ceilings• Low Visibilities
•Weather Challenges:
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WINTER FLYING CAN PRESENT SOME UNIQUE WINTER FLYING CAN PRESENT SOME UNIQUE CHALLENGES . . . . .CHALLENGES . . . . .
•Fog, particular rolling river fog
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Challenges:
• Micro bursts• Thunderstorms
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Challenges:
• Winter Weather– Ice– Snow
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Operational decisions: minimize the amount of time Operational decisions: minimize the amount of time an aircraft spends on the ground after being an aircraft spends on the ground after being deiced/anti-iced!deiced/anti-iced!
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Air TrafficDemand is Growing
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PHL Traffic Trend since Sept 2001
25000
27000
29000
31000
33000
35000
37000
39000
41000
43000
45000
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DHL B747 departing PHL
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Air Traffic Density
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Delay Causes Sept 04-Mar 05
0
500
1,000
1,500
2,000
2,500
PHL TOWER DELAY CAUSES SEPT. 2004-MARCH 10, 2005
WX 1,289 1,323 955 1,493 2,262 1,517 534
VOL 136 318 391 812 292 273 38
CTR VOL 364 1 0 0 0 0 0
EQUIP 3 0 0 0 3 0 0
RWY CLSD 53 184 363 688 494 218 0
OTHER 405 20 108 35 127 36 14
SEP OCT NOV DEC JAN FEB MAR
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Delay CausesPHL DELAY CAUSES NOV. 2003
WX64%
VOL8%
CTR VOL9%
EQUIP8%
RWY CLSD0%
OTHER11%
PHL DELAY CAUSES NOV. 2004
WX52%
VOL22%
CTR VOL0%
EQUIP0%
RWY CLSD20%
OTHER6%
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PHILADELPHIA DELAY CAUSES
-200
300
800
1,300
1,800
2,300
WX 1,455 1,289 583 1,323 1,000 955 618 1,493 418 2,262 329 1,517 266 534
VOL 32 136 127 318 118 391 42 812 38 292 53 273 82 38
CTR VOL 88 364 6 1 143 0 173 0 99 0 184 0 63 0
EQUIP 2 3 0 0 127 0 0 0 0 3 49 0 0 0
RWY CLSD 22 53 10 184 6 363 15 688 0 494 11 218 6 0
OTHER 21 405 112 20 165 108 148 35 48 127 65 36 71 14
SEP'03
SEP'04
OCT'03
OCT'04
NOV'03
NOV'04
DEC'03
DEC'04
JAN'04
JAN'05
FEB'04
FEB'05
MAR'04
MAR'05
* March data through the 10th
Snow
Snow
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• Accurate forecasting down to fine grain details.
• Precise ceiling heights• Visibility• Wind direction and speed• Times of changes
What do we need?
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One-stop shopping
vs.
sorting through several weather forecast
providers and draw an instinctive conclusion.
What do we need?
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• Planning of arrival/departure rates
• Managing of ATC System via TMI’s*– *GS, GDP, AFP, MIT, time-based metering, etc.
• Distribution of resources– Staffing– Equipment
Why do we need it?
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PHL Airport Layout
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ILS RWY 9R Approach
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Minimums for Converging ILS RWY 17 Approach
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•Questions?
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A question for you….
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Is this how clouds are really made?
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