Airlines use airports and airways to deliver their primary product -- the flight schedule. Through the decades, however, the aviation system has become increasingly congested, despite the billions of dollars in taxes and fees that airlines and their customers have deposited into the Airport and Airway Trust Fund and into local airport coffers.
Air traffic delays are a source of frustration and expense to travelers, shippers, and airlines. Enhancing the performance of the nation's aviation infrastructure remains imperative if we are to preserve the sector's contribution to the global economy. Key sources of capacity information include: