Source: AVweb — November 12, 2026
The FAA is rolling out its AI-supported traffic management system, SMART (Strategic Management of Airspace, Routes and Trajectories), to all 22 air route traffic control centers nationwide. SMART looks at about 200 data streams, including weather, traffic volume and controller staffing, to predict congestion. It then sends rerouting recommendations to local facilities, which decide whether to use them. Controllers still handle aircraft separation. Since the system launched in the Washington, D.C., area on September 21, the FAA says it has rerouted 180 flights, saving an average of about 10 minutes and nearly 80 gallons of fuel per flight. More than two dozen members of Congress asked the FAA in October to pause the rollout until safety evaluation, training and oversight questions were answered, and AVweb reports that the FAA’s November 10 announcement didn’t address those concerns.
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