FAA Allowing Satellite-Based Descents In Capital Region
FAA is now allowing three parallel “optimized profile descents” into the three major airports that serve the Washington, D.C. area, initiating an airspace modification the agency said should save airlines 2.5 million gal. of fuel per year. Aircraft flying to Washington Dulles (IAD), Ronald Reagan...
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