TRB Webinar: Wake Recategorization (RECAT)

TRB conducted a webinar on August 14, 2014, from 1:00pm to 2:30pm ET that will discuss aircraft wake recategorization at airports. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has recently undertaken a significant project at Memphis International Airport to develop an approach and implementation of recategorizing aircraft wake categories and the associated spacing standards. Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu for instructions on receiving a copy of the recorded webinar.

Webinar presenters will cover the approach and results of the work pursued thus far, the potential impacts of the standards change on the airline community, and the impacts to flight operations. Participants must register in advance of the webinar, and there is a fee for non-TRB Sponsor or non-TRB Sustaining Affiliate employees. No professional development hours are being offered to professional engineers for attending this webinar.


Webinar Presenters

• Clark Lunsford, MITRE Center for Advanced Aviation System Development
• Mark Washham, Human Solutions Inc.
• Dan Allen, FedEx
• Jim Baas, FedEx

Moderator: Laurence Audenaerd, MITRE Center for Advanced Aviation System Development


Webinar Outline

• PART 1: Introduction
• PART 2: Aircraft wake recategorization concept and implementation
• PART 3. Work undertaken at Memphis International Airport with respect to the airline community
• PART 4. The impact to flight operations
• PART 5. Extensions to the wider community
• PART 6: Question and answer session 

The first 60 minutes of the webinar will be for presentations and the final 30 minutes will be reserved for audience questions.


Learning Objective
At the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:

• Provide a public understanding of the FAA work undertaken at MEM for the improvement of operational efficiency.

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Registration Information
There is no fee for employees of TRB Sponsors or TRB Sustaining Affiliates who register using their work email address. In addition to employees of TRB sponsor organizations, the following are eligible to receive complimentary webinar registration:

• TRB and National Academies employees;
• Chairs of TRB standing committees, sections, or groups;
• Members of the media;
• Employees of tribal governments; and
• Members of Congress or their staff.

Other sites must pay $49 per site. View our pricing page for details.

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

Registration questions? Contact Reggie Gillum at RGillum@nas.edu.