Runways_And_The_Environment

Runways And The Environment TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction……………………………………………………………1 Chapter 1………………………………………………………………2 Runways and the Environment Chapter 2……………………………………………………………....3 Environmental Reviews Chapter 3………………………………………………………………5 Interagency Cooperation Chapter 4………………………………………………………………6 Public Concerns Conclusion Bibliography Introduction This paper discusses Runways and the Environment. If you’ve ever flown on a commercial air carrier and found yourself sitting at the end of the runway for hours waiting to takeoff, then you are already familiar with problems of our air transport system. Some people suggest making better use of the airways, others say, update our air traffic control systems. But the bottom line is, if you put more planes in the air, they all have to land somewhere. One of the major issues challenging our air transport system is the building or expanding of our runways. And a major hurdle to doing this is the environmental review process. This process should take about 1-2 years to complete but in some cases it takes over 5. The FAA and Congress are making a concerted effort to address this problem. They have come up with several good initiatives to help with over crowdedness at our nations airports. In this paper I will discuss the three I feel are most important Pg. 1 Chapter 1 Runways and the Environment “The U.S. aviation system is facing a capacity crisis. Airline passenger traffic and cargo airport, environmental, eis, projects, 2001, one, air, pg, airports, system, public, process, faa, delays, time, teams, new, years, review, major, aviation, say, runways, runway, reduce, problems, mineta, it’s, capacity, traffic, proposed, opposition, national, interagency, initiatives