DENVER – A PBN SUCCESS STORY

MIKE MCKEE

NOISE ABATEMENT MANAGER

MARCH 4, 2019

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DENVER NEXTGEN RNAV/RNP DESIGN

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DENVER NEXTGEN WORKING GROUP• Delta Airlines• ExpressJet• Frontier Airlines• SkyWest Airlines• Southwest Airlines• United Airlines• US Airways• Arapahoe County Public Airport Authority –

Centennial Airport• City and County of Denver – Denver

International Airport• Colorado Division of Aeronautics, CDOT• HMMH Inc.• HNTB Corporation• Jeppesen

• MITRE Corporation• National Air Traffic Controllers

Association (NATCA)• FAA Denver Flight Standards Office• FAA Performance-based Navigation

Office – HQ• FAA Aeronav Products – Oklahoma City• FAA Western Service Center – Seattle• FAA Traffic System Operations – HQ• FAA Northwest Mountain Region Flight

Standards Office – Seattle• FAA Denver Control Tower• FAA Denver Radar Approach Control• FAA Denver Air Route Traffic Control

Center - Longmont

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EARLY & CONTINUED COLLABORATION IS

THE KEY TO SUCCESS!

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RESPONDING TO THE CHALLENGES

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IMPROVED IGA COMPLIANCE

Airlines’ Anticipated

Savings

Per Flight

RNP vs ILS Simos

Data Collected In Simulators

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Rocky

Mountain

Metropolitan

Airport

Buckley

AFB

Front

Range

Airport

Centennial

Airport

The Pinery

Parker

Downtown

Denver

711787759

946

1130

1596

1014

1350

11241086

1832

1604

910

12391279

1118

1298

1502

1298

1611

15171382

1510

1305

1573

1670

17691721

21132173

1794

1571

1849

1438

1956

2140

18521915

2046

2157

1580

0 0 0 0

1322

20942034

1940

1742

23212270

2610

24612410

2626

2766

1991

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

May-14 Oct-14 Mar-15 Aug-15 Jan-16 Jun-16 Nov-16 Apr-17 Sep-17 Feb-18 Jul-18 Dec-18

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P A

R U

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on

Month

KDEN Monthly RNP AR Utilization

Allowed Next to Visuals 7110.65 para 7-4-4c

Allowed EoR Widely Spaced RWYs 7110.65 para 5-9-10

Implemented CRDA with periodic improvements in functionality

Allowed EoRDuals/Trips

5-9-7

SkyWestE-175s

Equipped

Implemented Predictable RWY Assignment Model

SuspensionFor Wrong

RWY Mitigation

Peak DayNov 20, 2018

151 Approaches

Peak MonthJanuary 2019

2766 Approaches

10

84467 83433

71610

37999

14668 15500

102878082

43942859 2129

713 942 1072 17532320 2293 3130

5614 4522 4870 4664 3494 3370

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10000

20000

30000

40000

50000

60000

70000

80000

90000

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Annual Noise Complaints Received

NextGen PBN Implementation

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3235

1647

1131

712

559

876

411

215 191 209142 145

82 115 77 51 52 34 61 66 42 46 71 54

0

500

1000

1500

2000

2500

3000

3500

1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

Annual # of Households Registering At Least One Complaint

NextGen PBN Implementation