Legal Aspects of Airport Programs. Topic 16-02. Legal Issues Regarding Airport Congestion Management
The objective is to provide a full understanding of U.S. law, including statutory provisions and relevant administrative and judicial interpretations, applicable to the various aspects of airport congestion management and competitive access, including the authorities upon which FAA relies to issue runway use authorizations, establish runway capacity limits, act as slot coordinator at congested airports, and engage in schedule facilitation; a survey of the legal authorities permitting and limiting the ability of airports to manage capacity; and an exposition of how the federal authority and airport proprietors' rights interact. As part of the legal analysis, the report will address the practical impact of congestion management practices on competitive air carrier access to affected airports, the extent of property rights over runway use slots, and the legal basis for slot trading and leasing. In addition, the project will compare U.S. runway congestion management laws and practices to the Worldwide Airport Slot Guidelines (WASG) collectively published by the International Air Transport Association, Airports Council International, and the Worldwide Airport Coordinators Group, which serves as the modern foundation of the global slot coordination process. The analysis will note the WASG elements that cannot be implemented in the United States for lack of legal authority.
Language
- English
Project
- Status: Active
- Funding: $100,000.00
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Contract Numbers:
Project 11-01, Topic 16-02
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Sponsor Organizations:
Airport Cooperative Research Program (ACRP)
Transportation Research Board, 500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC United States 20001Federal Aviation Administration
800 Independence Avenue, SW
Washington, DC United States 20591 -
Project Managers:
Christensen, Jordan
- Performing Organizations: Boston, MA United States
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Principal Investigators:
Makarious, Mina
- Start Date: 20250205
- Expected Completion Date: 0
- Actual Completion Date: 0
Subject/Index Terms
- TRT Terms: Airport capacity; Airport operations; Congestion management systems; Legal factors
- Geographic Terms: United States
- Subject Areas: Aviation; Law; Operations and Traffic Management; Terminals and Facilities;
Filing Info
- Accession Number: 01924438
- Record Type: Research project
- Source Agency: Transportation Research Board
- Contract Numbers: Project 11-01, Topic 16-02
- Files: TRB, RIP
- Created Date: Jul 15 2024 5:59PM