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

Assessing the impact of airspace security measures during several 2009 events

“…Air interdiction assets were employed for 67 percent of the total TOIs in 2009 (see Table 1). This percentage is up significantly from the earlier years (13% for 2007 and 30% for 2008 [2]). This may be in part due to the lower total number of TOIs.…”

“…This led to a hypothesis that as the event progressed, an increased awareness among pilots of the TFRs led to this reduction in TOIs over time. In 2008, the opposite was observed: the least number of TOIs occurred on the first day and the most occurred on the third day [2]. No apparent reason was identified for the daily variation in TOIs.…”

“…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.…”

“…NSSEs include events such as Super Bowl Games, Inaugural Addresses, the Olympic Games (when held in or near the United States), State funerals (e.g., for Presidents Ronald W. Reagan and Gerald R. Ford), Democratic and Republican National Conventions, and UNGA meetings. Over 20 NSSEs have been designated since 1998 [2] When an event is designated by the Secretary of Homeland Security as an NSSE, the United States Secret Service (USSS) assumes its mandated role 2 as the lead agency for the design and implementation of its operational security plan. This security plan includes both security measures on the ground and in the airspace above the event location.…”

“…There is significant advance planning and coordination in preparation for NSSEs. 2 Mandated per PDD-62 and Homeland Security Presidential Directive 15/National Security Presidential Directive 47 (HSPD-15/NSPD-47) [6].…”