§ 214. PERFORMANCE METRICS.
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In General .— Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act [ Feb. 14, 2012 ], the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration shall establish and begin tracking national airspace system performance metrics, including, at a minimum, metrics with respect to— actual arrival and departure rates per hour measured against the currently published aircraft arrival rate and aircraft departure rate for the 35 operational evolution partnership airports; average gate-to-gate times; fuel burned between key city pairs; operations using the advanced navigation procedures, including performance based navigation procedures; the average distance flown between key city pairs; the time between pushing back from the gate and taking off; continuous climb or descent; average gate arrival delay for all arrivals; flown versus filed flight times for key city pairs; implementation of NextGen Implementation Plan, or any successor document, capabilities designed to reduce emissions and fuel consumption; the Administration’s unit cost of providing air traffic control services; and runway safety, including runway incursions, operational errors, and loss of standard separation events.
Baselines .— The Administrator, in consultation with aviation industry stakeholders, shall identify baselines for each of the metrics established under subsection
(a)and appropriate methods to measure deviations from the baselines. Publication .— The Administrator shall make data obtained under subsection
(a)available to the public in a searchable, sortable, and downloadable format through the Web site of the Administration and other appropriate media. Report .— Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act [ Feb. 14, 2012 ], the Administrator shall submit to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation of the Senate and the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the House of Representatives a report that contains— a description of the metrics that will be used to measure the Administration’s progress in implementing NextGen capabilities and operational results; information on any additional metrics developed; and a process for holding the Administration accountable for meeting or exceeding the metrics baselines identified in subsection (b).
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