Precision Scheduling and Spacing

NASA’s precision scheduling and spacing research has matured to show the high potential of merging efficient flows in high density operations
- Precision scheduling and efficient delay distribution minimizes early descent
from enroute altitude and low-altitude vectoring
- Precision merging and spacing control improves throughput
- Enables the extended use of flight path optimization based procedures

FAA/NASA/Industry collaboration is needed to accelerate implementation of ADS-B applications in a way that achieves the full benefit of NextGen operations to those that equip in high density airspace

Integrated precision scheduling and spacing will to offer immediate and systematic benefits to airlines in many environments, even with different equipage levels and traffic densities