FAA's Traffic Management Advisor Wins Prestigious International Award

WASHINGTON - Flight International magazine has bestowed its
Aerospace Industry Award for Infrastructure and the Environment
on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The agency was
cited for successfully implementing its Traffic Management
Advisor (TMA) - a computerized tool that helps controllers manage
air traffic more efficiently in airspace around some of the nation's
busiest airports.

TMA enables controllers in enroute centers to precisely sequence
aircraft as they move from high-altitude airspace into the more
crowded terminal area. This more precise planning makes
maximum use of the airport's available capacity, reduces delays
and saves significant amounts of fuel. For example, since TMA
was implemented at the Fort Worth enroute center, it has
increased the arrival capacity at Dallas-Fort Worth International
Airport by 5 percent. In addition to Fort Worth, TMA is now
operational at the Atlanta, Denver, Los Angeles, Miami and
Minneapolis centers. The Oakland center is due to receive TMA
next.

TMA is one of the elements in the FAA's Free Flight program,
whose broad goal is to increase the safety, capacity and
efficiency of the nation's airspace system. More information on
Free Flight is available at http://ffp1.faa.gov. The FAA's major
partners in TMA include the National Air Traffic Controllers
Association, Professional Airways Systems Specialists, NASA,
Computer Sciences Corp., Logicon, and RTCA.

An international panel of 24 aerospace veterans selected the FAA
for the Flight International award. FAA Associate Administrator for
Air Traffic Services Steven J. Brown accepted the award at the
Paris Air Show.

Published weekly in London, Flight International is a leading
aerospace magazine.