JPDO Case Study of NextGen High Density Operations

Abstract

The Joint Planning and Development Office has organized an Interagency Portfolio and Systems Analysis Division in order to provide an analytical basis to formulate and assess the capabilities of the Next Generation Air Transportation System. In the past analysis products have been developed based on targets of opportunity and dynamic requests from the other divisions within the JPDO. The High Density Case Study was formulated as an integrated, top-down, test case to strategically align the JPDO divisions and agency partners with their respective outputs for the NextGen plan into an integrated portfolio. This case study documents the capacity-related benefits and environmental impacts of a subset of the capabilities comprising the Next Generation Air Transportation System. The analysis focused on determining the benefits of the NextGen capabilities related to the High Density or Super-Density Operations. High Density Operations are a component of the OEP Solution Set while Super Density Operations are corresponding capabilities described in the NextGen Concept of Operations. For the sake of simplicity and consistency we refer to the analysis performed as the HD Case Study.