b"10 SUN OPERATIONSHe and Pomeroy worked with Salt Lake Center to build a moreSUN and work with other FAA traffic control centers to start limited and predictable route structure instead of allowing aircraftputting aircraft in queue to help maintain appropriate spacing. to approach SUN from many different directions. Theyre able to be more efficient with the sequencing, which Dyer uses the analogy of cars merging onto an interstatereally helps with predictability and managing the use of the to describe the challenge: If there were 10 entrance ramps runway, as it relates to the number of aircraft that can land or some of them are curved, some of them go left and some gotake off during a certain amount of time, Pomeroy says.right, some are fast and some are slowit would be reallyHe credits Dyer with helping mastermind a new way to complicated. Thats kind of what was happening at Sun Valley.manage traffic during the busy annual event. Greg was able People were just coming from all points of the compass. to speak the air traffic language and get us in contact with Salt To remedy the situation, radar controllers at Salt Lake CenterLake Center, Pomeroy explains. Talking to the Center and worked with SUN to narrow the route structure to four or fivegetting their thoughts and ideas on what could be done a little mini-routes. What that does is make it like one entrance rampbit differently with these new techniques, and thinking through coming onto the interstate, Dyer explains. Now, the pilots andhow we implement those, was really one of the most successful the controllers know where the traffic flow is and where theyrecomponents of the new planning effort.merging. It becomes natural to fall in line and stay in line as youSalt Lake Centers recent implementation of ADS-B has been get set up for the runway.a huge benefit. Because of our mountainous environment, prior Salt Lake Center implements this special routing structure onto ADS-B, radar coverage was really not dependable, especially the first day of the event to limit the parameters of the flight plansthe closer you got to the ground here with the radar signals filed for incoming aircraft. As a result, personnel at the Centerblocked by the terrain, Pomeroy explains. Strategic placement can visualize the flow of aircraft very early in the day. Controllersof a couple ADS-B radios in southern Idaho has helped open are able to assess the situation 400 or 500+ miles away fromup the airspace for air traffic control purposes, allowing them ai168486757223_Airport Improvement Ad - Architecture (July-Aug '23).pdf 2 5/23/2023 12:46:14 PMExperience ExceptionalCMYCM ArchitectureMYCY Creating spaces that inspire.CMYKJuly | August 2023AirportImprovement.com"