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The FAA's complex system of management hierarchies, facilities, policies, and technologies that make up air traffic control plays a vital role in the management of the civil aviation system in general and the operation of airports in particular. Although ultimate strategic and daily operational decisions on the control of air traffic lie with government or contracted air traffic controllers, as well as pilots of commercial and general aviation aircraft, knowledge of the air traffic control system, with particular respect to local airspace classifications, the presence of particular navigational aids, and policies for aircraft operations on and within the vicinity of the airport, is vital to the overall efficient management of the airport. The modernization of the national airspace and air traffic management under the NextGen paradigm is an incredibly complex set of solutions that affects every part of the system, including airports. The sheer complexity of the system presents challenges toward system-wide implementation. As recently as 2010, however, increasing elements of NextGen modernization are being implemented into and around airports and regions of airspace around the nation.

Question 1: What are the different classes of airspace that exist in the current NAS?

Question 2: Discuss on how the airspace classes vary in location and air traffic control regulations?

Question 3: What types of weather reporting technologies are being developed to improve the safety and efficiency of aircraft traveling in the NAS?

Question 4: What are some of the air traffic management strategies being developed to enhance aircraft movement through the NAS?