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Notice of Submission Deadlines for Schedule Information for John F. Kennedy International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport for the Summer 2008 Scheduling Season
September 19, 2007
Notice of Submission Deadline
Under this notice, the FAA announces that New York's John F. Kennedy International AiIport (JFK) and Newark Liberty Intemational Airport (EWR) have been designated Level 2 Schedules Facilitated Airports for the summer 2008 scheduling season in accordance with the International Air Transport Association Worldwide Scheduling Guidelines. Accordingly, the FAA announces an October 11, 2007, deadline for submitting schedule infonnation for all planned flights at JFK and EWRbetween the hours of 6 a.m. and 11 p.m., local time or 1000 and 0300 UTC. The FAA deadline coincides with the submission deadline established by lATA for the Summer 2008 Schedules Conference.
JFK is experiencing increased congestion with a corresponding decrease in ontime performance. Comparing the period of October 2006 through July 2007 to the same period in the previous year, the average daily operations at JFK increased 23 percent; the average daily arrivals with delays greater than one hour increased 114 percent; and ontime gate arrivals within 15 minutes ofscheduled time decreased from 69.7 percent to 61.2 percent. Average taxi-out delay increased 19 percent from 30 to aImost 36 minutes on average. The metrics for the months ofJune and July 2007 show even further deterioration ofperformance. A number ofcarriers communicated their concerns to the FAA about the impact the delayed flights are having on operational reliability, flight connections and network planning.
EWR has been one of the most consistently delayed airports in the National Airspace System (NAS). For example, for the period ofOctober 2006 through July 2007, EWR had an on-time arrival perfonnance of 60.17 percent, the worst among the top 35 airports. Therefore, based on the airport's perfonnance metrics and the imbalance between ATC capacity and demand that is expected to continue in the near term, the FAA has decided to designate EWR as an IATA Level 2 Schedules Facilitated Airport for the summer 2008 scheduling season. The FAA understands EWR is currently Level 2 for certain international passenger tennmal facilities, and this notice does not replace that schedule facilitation process done at the local airport level.
By: James Whitlow
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