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Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2015

The Airport Noise Management Report is a publication of the Airport Noise Management Office. This report provides an annual summary of Lambert –St. Louis International Airport’s operations and noise complaints. Year 2015

N O I S E C O M P L A I N T S

There were 79 noise complaints received from callers in 17 different communities for the Year 2015, an increase of 54.9% from the 51 complaints made in the Year 2014. In the Year 2015 , one caller from the City of St. Louis made 19 complaints (24%) and one caller from University City made 6 complaints (8%). There were 10 complaints about night time operations (10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.) and 69 complaints about day time operations ( 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m). Eighty-eight percent of the landings and take-offs (operations) were during the day time hours and twelve percent during the night time period.

NumberNumberof Complaints of Complaints by Community by 2015 Community 2015 25 22 20 15 10 6 6 6 6 4 4 5 5 4 5 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 0

Berkeley 6 Maryland Heights 4 St. Charles 6 Bridgeton 2 O'Fallon 1 St. John 6 Creve Coeur 2 Overland 2 St. Louis City 22 Ferguson 6 Pasadena Hills 4 University City 5 Florissant 2 Pasadena Park 5 Woodson Terrace 1 Hazelwood 1 St. Ann 4 Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2015 Page 2

N O I S E M O N I T O R I N G D A T A

The Average Annual DNL values for the years 2013 to 2015 for the eight permanent noise monitors are shown in the chart below. Two permanent noise monitors had an increase in DNL levels ranging from +.5 to +.8. Six permanent noise monitors had a decrease in DNL levels ranging from –.5 to –1.0. An increase/decrease of 3 DNL represents a doubling/halving of the noise energy. The DNL (Day-Night Level) metric represents noise exposure events over a 24 hour period. The DNL metric approxi- mates the response characteristics of sound to the human ear. The higher the number on the scale, the louder the sound. To account for human sensitivity to noise between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., noise events occurring dur- ing these hours receive a “penalty” when the DNL is calculated. Each night time event is measured as if ten daytime events occurred.

Noise Monitoring Data Average DNL Years 2013-2015 75

Year 2013 Year 2014 70 Year 2015

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60.7

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59.9

59.1 58.9

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55 53.8

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50 Average Average DNL (Day

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35 Site 1 Site 3 Site 5 Site 7 Site 8 Site 11 Site 12 Site 13 Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2015 Page 3

NOISE MONITORING LOCATIONS AND RUNWAY IDENTIFICATION

The Permanent Noise Monitoring Sites (NMS) are : Site 1- Benedetta, City of Bridgeton; Site 3- Ferguson Lane, Bridge- ton Athletic Complex; Site -5 Villa Rosa & Auriesville, City of Hazelwood; Site 7-Belfore & Loganberry, City of Bel-Ridge; Site 8- Emerling, City of Cool Valley; Site 11-North Hills & Country Club, Village of Pasadena Park; Site 12-Belwood & Kirkland, City of Normandy; and, Site 13-North Hills & Brotherton, City of Ferguson. The runways at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport are: 12R/30L (11,019’x200’), 12L/30R (9,003’x150’), 11/29 (9,001’x150’), and 6/24 (7,607’x150’).

Site 3 Site 5

Site 1

Site 13

Site 8

Site 7

Site 11 Site 12 Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2015 Page 4

O P E R A T I O N S B Y R U N W A Y

There were 183,806 operations recorded in the Year 2015 as compared to 181,856 operations in the Year 2014, an in- crease of 1.1%. The most utilized runway for arrivals was Runway 30R (37,389) with 20.5% all operations. The most utilized runway for departures was Runway 30L (33,027) with 18.1% of all operations. There were 181,947 (99%) in which the runway was identified and 1,859 operations (1%) where the runways were not identified.

6 ARR 81 24 DEP 240 Operations by Runway 6 DEP 248 Annual 2015 181,947 Operations with runway identified 11 DEP 250 183,806 Total Operations UNK ARR 353 ARR = Arrivals 29 ARR 755 DEP = Departures UNK DEP 1,506 24 ARR 2,067 30R DEP 3,380 11 ARR 7,027 30L ARR 7,617 12L ARR 10,647 29 DEP 11,031 12R DEP 15,396 12R ARR 25,452 12L DEP 27,340 30L DEP 33,027 30R ARR 37,389 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 50,000 Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2015 Page 5

O P E R A T I O N S B Y A I R L I N E

The top twenty airlines accounted for 90.2% of all operations. The top three airlines were with 32.7% of all operations, followed by (10.0%), and American (8.4%). The 11 regional commercial passenger jet airlines in the top twenty had 45,157 (24.6%) operations. There were 136 Part 121 and Part 135 airlines that uti- lized Lambert-St. Louis International Airport during this period. Part 121 airlines are commercial scheduled airlines and Part 135 airlines are charter and air taxi.

Compass (11) 1,076 FedEx 1,099 Operations By Airline Air Canada 1,240 Year 2015 Top Twenty Are Shown (10) 1,280 This represents 90.2% of all operations (183,806) PSA Airlines (9) 1,289 1. Operated as United and American connection. 2. Operated as Delta and United connection. Pinnacle (8) 1,350 3. Operated as American connection. 4. Operated as United connection. 5. Operated as United, Delta, and Alaska Connection. (7) 1,405 6 Operated as American connection. 7. Operated as United and . 8. Operated as Delta connection. Envoy Air (6) 2,604 9. Operated as American connection. 10. Operated as American connection. Netjets Aviation 2,639 11. Operated as Delta connection. Frontier 2,907 Sky West (5) 3,348 ExpressJet (4) 6,795 Republic (3) 6,989 8,073 GoJet (2) 8,177 10,463 Trans States (1) 10,844 15,454 Cape Air 18,466 Southwest 60,242

0 6,000 12,000 18,000 24,000 30,000 36,000 42,000 48,000 54,000 60,000 66,000 Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2015 Page 6

O P E R A T I O N S B Y T Y P E O F S E R V I C E B Y Y E A R

Passenger wide body aircraft in 2015 (220) had an increase of 436% from 2014 (41). In 2015, there were 90,714 (49%) commercial passenger narrow body operations as compared to 92,273 (50.7%) in 2014, a decrease of 1.7%. General aviation business jets (11,114) had an increase in 2015 of 7.6% from the same operations in 2014 (10,351). General aviation propeller operations in 2015 were 2,998 as compared to 3,594 ) in 2014 , a decrease of 19.9%. There was an increase in 2015 for passenger wide body operations as a result of American Airlines testing, training, and certifying the B 787-800 aircraft for its passenger flight debut in May. The chart below is color coded for each category by year. Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2015 Page 7

O P E R A T I O N S B Y T Y P E O F S E R V I C E

There were 183,806 operations in the Year 2015. There are five different Types of Service, Commercial Passenger, Commercial Cargo, General Aviation, Military, and Unknown. The Unknown category are those aircraft that were not identified by either the airline or aircraft equipment type, or both. As indicated, the number one category was Com- mercial Passengers with 89.5% of all operations. General Aviation was at 7.7%, Commercial Cargo had 1.9%, and the Unknown category represented .6% of the total operations. Military operations are filtered and not all military opera- tions are reported in the data.

Operations by Type of Service Year 2015

Commercial Cargo 3,343 Operations (1.9)%

General Aviation 14,254 Operations Commercial (7.7%) Passenger 164,570 Operations (89.5%) Military 451 Operations (.2%)

Unknown Operations 1188 (.6%) Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2015 Page 8

O P E R A T I O N S B Y A I R C R A F T

There were 183,806 operations recorded in the Year 2015. The most utilized aircraft during this period was the Boeing 737-700 series with 44,443 operations representing 24.2% of the fleet. Next was the Cessna 402 Utiliner operated pri- marily by Cape Air with 18,797 operations and 10.2% of the fleet. Third was the Embraer 145 aircraft with 17,215 oper- ations or 9.3% of all operations. There were 230 different types of aircraft that utilized Lambert-St. Louis International Airport during this period.

Boeing 717-200 915 Bombardier Challenger 600 998 Operations By Aircraft McDonnell Douglas MD88 Year 2015 1,830 Top 20 Are Show n This represents 91.0% of all operations (183,806) Boeing 757-200 1,830

Cessna Citation Excel 1,989

Canadair RJ 200 3,540

Canadair RJ 900 3,573

Airbus 320 3,847

McDonnell Douglas MD82 4,232

McDonnell Douglas MD83 4,330

McDonnell Douglas MD90 4,419

Boeing 737-800 6,186

Airbus 319 8,089

Cessna 208 Caravan 8,336

Boeing 737-300 11,066

Canadair RJ 700 11,249

Embraer 170 11,284

Embraer 145 17,215

Cessna 402 Utiliner 18,797

Boeing 737-700 44,443

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D I S T R I B U T I O N OF T R A F F I C

There were 183,806 operations recorded in the Year 2015 compared to 181,856 operations in the Year 2014, an in- crease of 1.1%. The chart below shows the total percentages of use for all runways for this period. The most utilized runway for departures was Runway 30L (18.1%). The most utilized runway for arrivals was Runway 30R (20.5%). The crosswind runway 6-24 was the least used runway for this period. The Distribution of Traffic (Eastbound vs. West- bound ) for the year 2015 was 47.5% eastbound and 52.5% westbound operations. Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2015 Page 10

H I G H ES T D A I L Y N U M B E R O F O P E R A T I O N S F O R E A C H Q U A R T E R I N 2 0 1 5

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Airport Noise Management Office Noise Complaint Hot Line Lambert-St. Louis International Airport® (314) 551-5070 Airport Planning & Development [email protected] P.O. Box 10212 St. Louis, MO 63145 Fax: (314) 551-5013

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