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Operating Limitations at Chicago O'Hare - Show Cause - Extension through April 2006

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Operating Limitations at Chicago O'Hare International Airport

FAA-2004-16944

Issued July 18, 2005

Order to Show Cause

The Federal Aviation Administration has tentatively determined that it will extend through April 1, 2006, the FAA's August 18, 2004, order limiting scheduled operations at O'Hare International Airport. In the absence of an extension, the August 2004 order would expire on October 29, 2005. This order to show cause invites air carriers and other interested persons to submit comments in Docket No. FAA-2004- 16944 on this proposal to extend the duration of the August 2004 order.

If the FAA were to allow the August 2004 order to expire as presently scheduled, the FAA anticipates a return of the congestion-related delays that precipitated the voluntary schedule reductions and adjustments reflected in the August 2004 order. The FAA has adopted a rule limiting unscheduled flights at O'Hare, but it has applied no limits on scheduled flights at O'Hare, other than the August 2004 order. In a separate docket, (FAA-2005-20704) the FAA solicited public comment on a proposed rule that would limit the number of scheduled operations at O'Hare. The comment period for the proposed rule ended on May 24, and the FAA and the Office of the Secretary of Transportation are evaluating the comments filed in that proceeding. Given the currently scheduled expiration of the August 2004 order, however, it is not possible for the FAA to complete its evaluation of the comments and to publish a final rule, if the FAA elects to do so, in time to afford air carriers their customary 90- to 120-day lead time to establish their operating schedules. The FAA expects that the extension of the August 2004 order will permit the order's expiration to coincide with the effective date of any final rule, if a rule is adopted.

By: Marion Blakey

FAA-2004-19411 - Reservation System for Unscheduled Arrivals at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport

On File at Federal Register July 7, 2005 | Published July 8, 2005

Final Rule | Final Publication in Federal Register for July 7, 2005

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