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RECAT effort and believes it will pay benefits to business aviation.”
The new standards came about after a decade of collaborative research by turbulence, safety and risk experts from the FAA, Department of Transportation, European nations and the aviation industry.
At Memphis International Airport, the busiest cargo airport in North America, reduced spacing saved FedEx 4.18 million gallons of fuel and chopped the company’s aircraft emissions by nearly 40 metric tons.
The FAA will soon add Wake RECAT procedures at several New York area airports, including : John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR), LaGuardia Airport (LGA) and Teterboro Airport (TEB).
Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT), Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport (ORD) and Midway International Airport (MDW), San Francisco International Airport (SFO) and at both George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) and William P. Hobby Airport (HOU) in Houston are also slated to start using Wake RECAT procedures soon. KA
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