Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Nav Canada: Airspace study invites feedback. Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal Airspace. Pearson International Airport.

Joseph Chin
Sep 13, 2011 - 1:54 PM

Nav Canada, the organization responsible for coordinating the movement of aircraft in the country, is inviting the public to learn about and comment on upcoming changes planned for the airspace around Pearson International Airport.

For more than three years, Nav Canada has been studying and evaluating operations in the Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal area, the busiest air traffic corridor in Canada. The purpose of the review is to increase the efficiency of aircraft operations and reduce delays while maintaining or increasing the safety of the system.

Flight routes are being amended to make use of modern navigational technologies. According to Nav Canada, the proposed new routes have been extensively analyzed in flight simulators and air traffic control simulators to assess their impact. The analysis indicates the changes will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 14,300 metric tonnes – a reduction equivalent to the annual emissions from 2,800 passenger cars. As well, the changes will reduce aircraft fuel burn by 5.4 million litres annually, resulting in an annual savings of roughly $4.3 million in fuel costs.

In some areas of Pearson’s airspace, descent will be changed so that aircraft will be higher than they are currently. A new arrival route from the east has been added to improve traffic flow to the airport’s many runways.

Residents are invited to visit www.navcanada.ca/airspace to learn about the changes and provide feedback by Sept. 30.

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