We will be adding several key features to the NATCA Portal this year, and we encourage all
members to become familiar with the Portal. We stand ready to assist if needed! Click here if
you have a question.
SURFACE WATCH: RECOGNIZING GREAT WORK IN TERMINAL FACILITIES
Surface operations are critically important to our safety record. Together, NATCA and the FAA
are addressing top trends for surface safety events, including wrong surface landings, runway
flyovers, clearing landings/takeoffs on occupied runways, and readback/hearback issues.
Proactive leadership, swift actions, and teamwork come together to save lives. We want to hear
about these successes. Surface Watch is a recognition program jointly sponsored by NATCA and
the FAA. It acknowledges individuals and teams of controllers and supervisors for their
exemplary saves and initiatives that focus on the surface environment.
Read more and watch video
NATCA FUTURE NATIONAL EVENTS: SAVE THE DATE
• NATCA in Washington 2019: May 20-22, 2019
• Communicating For Safety 2019: Sept. 16-18, 2019, Bally's Las Vegas
• 18
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Biennial Convention, 2020: May 27-29, 2020, Houston
HAVE A QUESTION OR IDEA FOR A STORY OR OTHER CONTENT?
If you have a question on any subject, we can answer it or help find an answer for you. If you
have an idea for a story or a great photo or piece of information to share, we welcome that.
Please email us at publicaffairs@natcadc.org.
Sept. 21, 2018
Rocking New Procedures from Motown to Cleveland
Hi everyone,
We wrapped up our newest airspace redesign involving the Detroit and Cleveland areas this
month, and this collaborative effort is already providing benefits.
We implemented 77 procedures, including 64 Performance Based Navigation (PBN) routes, at
Detroit Metropolitan Airport, Cleveland-Hopkins International Airport, and 17 satellite airports,
including a Canadian partner, Windsor Airport in Ontario.
The Metroplex project allows us to increase efficiency and throughput. At Detroit, for example,
we can now do triple simultaneous arrivals, which we hadn't been able to do before. That's
great news for our airline partners who have been working with us on these changes, especially
Delta Air Lines, which has a hub at Detroit.
