Legal Opinion
Town of Cave Creek v. Federal Aviation Administration
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided April 15, 2003No. 02-1021PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge HARRY T. EDWARDS.
HARRY T. EDWARDS, Circuit Judge:
This case predominantly involves changes to high-altitude arrival and departure procedures to the north, northeast, and northwest of the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (“PHX”). These changes were necessitated by the massive growth of passenger demand at PHX over the past 30 years. This growth resulted in imbalanced airline routes to and from PHX, outdated arrival and departure procedures, overburdened airspace configurations, and increased air traffic complexity. As a consequence of these…
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