NBAA GA Desk

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GA Desk

Extending the Reach of Your Flight Department Team

What is the GA Desk?

Since August 2001, NBAA has staffed a full-time General Aviation Desk at the FAA Air Traffic Control System Command Center (ATCSCC). These GA Desk specialists act as business aviation representatives and participate in both real-time national airspace flow-control and decision-making as well as long-term strategic planning in the join FAA/industry Collaborative Decision Making (CDM) Workgroup.

The GA Desk’s mission is to afford a voice for equitable representation of business aviation in the planning and execution of the daily strategic plan of operations for the National Airspace System (NAS), to ensure equity in airspace allocation and participation in traffic management initiatives.

While the GA Desk staff represents the general interests of NBAA Members as part of their dues, the specific services described on this page are available only on a subscription basis to NBAA Members to address subscriber-specific issues in the NAS.

What are the benefits of a GA Desk subscription?

The GA Desk Gets Results

The GA Desk has front-line access to real-time information, such as:
  • Anticipated en route and terminal weather constraints
  • Reroute advisories and affected flights
  • NAS delays
  • Airway facility inspections, outages and flight checks
  • Traffic management initiatives
  • NOTAMs and TFRs
  • AROs/STMPs
  • Security-related events with NAS/customer impact

The GA Desk staff analyzes the information and provides real-time updates to facilitate the subscribers’ needs. Subscriber-provided information is used to determine NAS peak times and trends for the business aviation community for better NAS planning.

The ATCSCC Gets Results

When the ATCSCC can accurately forecast NAS capacity to include GA customers, then it can react with the appropriate initiatives that are best for everyone’s operations – scheduled and unscheduled operators alike. This integration of scheduled and unscheduled demand will provide for an equitable distribution of available resources. Pro-activity equals predictability equals equity!

You Get Results

With the GA Desk acting as a liaison to the ATCSCC on your behalf, you will benefit by receiving:
  • Advanced, accurate and detailed information for improved planning
  • Better planning to improve proactive and reactive measures
  • Reduced ATC, weather and other delays throughout your operation
  • Resolution of crew, aircraft and passenger time-critical issues
  • Delay reduction that results in informed crewmembers, efficient operations department personnel and satisfied passengers

How do I subscribe to the GA Desk?

To learn more about GA Desk subscription services, including pricing, contact NBAA’s GA Desk at (703) 925-3178 or gadesk@nbaa.org.