A few small items to round out the week, none of which merits a full post on its own:
- 38 Part 139 airports have gotten new RNAV approaches for Christmas, bringing the total number around the U.S. to 425. Among the beneficiaries: SeaTac and Washington Dulles, who went from 1 to 6 approaches and 2 to 7 approaches respectively. (You may remember that both airports inaugurated new runways last month.)
- DFW officially and ceremoniously opened its new southeast perimeter taxiway this week. Airport execs have said that once the three remaining portions are completed, DFW will have raised its capacity by 30 percent with no new runways.
- The FAA broke ground on a new national ATC command center yesterday near Warrenton, VA. It’s planned that the Potomac TRACON will also move in when the building is completed in 2011.
