Airspace Security Measures Employed For the UN General Assembly Meeting: Analysis and Impact

Assessing the impact of airspace security measures during several 2009 events

“…In addition, the paper compares the analyses of these 2009 events with several previously examined NSSEs. The previously examined NSSEs were prior UNGA meetings (in 2007 [1] and 2008 [2]), and the Democratic and Republican National Conventions held during 2008 [3]. Some observations of trends identified across multiple events are discussed in this paper; in particular, the three UNGA meetings yielded interesting findings as similar security measures were applied to the same airspace for all three events.…”

Assessing the impact of airspace security measures during the 2008 united nations general assembly meeting

“…In particular, 84 flights suffered a reportable delay due to "VIP movement" during the time period of POTUS arrival at JFK [1]. Most of these were attributed to a Ground Delay Program (GDP) that was imposed on flights departing various airports destined to JFK during the particular time period of POTUS arrival (see Table 3).…”

“…Discussed in the paper are some of the airspace security incidents that occurred during the event. A comparison is made with some impacts previously measured during the 2007 UN General Assembly meeting [1].…”

“…This security plan includes both security measures on the ground and in the airspace above the event location. The USSS has developed a core strategy to carry out its security operations, which relies heavily on its established 1 The UN General Assembly NSSE was designated a DHS Level 1 Special Event Assessment Rating (SEAR). This SEAR rating is the highest level rating given to special events and requires full government support.…”

“…1 Air domain security was provided throughout the duration of the General Assembly meeting and included additional airspace security measures during the time period the President was in attendance.…”