An example of collaboration between NASA and the FAA, at NASA’s air traffic management laboratory near the Dallas/Ft. Worth International Airport in Texas, researchers Al Capps (seated) and Paul Borchers demonstrate tools that air traffic managers have been successfully testing since 2017 at the Charlotte Douglas International Airport in North Carolina to more efficiently direct departing traffic.
ATD-2 Testing at NASA's Air Traffic Management Laboratory
Data from the American Airlines ramp tower at Charlotte airport is among the information to be coordinated as part of ATD-2.
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American Airlines aircraft in the gate area at Charlotte Douglas International Airport where ATD-2 began in 2017.
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