Revolutionizing the Efficiency of Air Travel

NASA’s ATD-2 project has successfully tested, with the FAA and airlines, a new technology that better predicts airport traffic conditions and helps isolate the best time for departing flights to push back from the gate, reducing delays for passengers. During the four-year ATD-2 testing, airlines saved more than a million gallons of jet fuel and prevented the release of carbon dioxide in an amount equivalent to the capture capability of more than 170,000 urban trees. The value of NASA’s ATD-2 work is clear for airports, airlines, and the flying public. The FAA will start using the technology at 27 large U.S. airports and expand from there.