Airport Noise Management Report

The Airport Noise Management Report is a publication of the Airport Noise Management Office. ANNUAL R EPORT Y EAR 201 4

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

There were 51 noise complaints received from 12 different callers in 6 different communities for the Year 2014. This is a decrease of 90% from the 508 com- plaints made in the Year 2013. One caller from the City of Pasadena Park made 16 complaints (31% of all calls), and one caller from the City of St. Louis made 12 calls (26% of all calls). There were 22 (43% of all complaints) calls made during the night time period of 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m. and 29 (57% of all complaints) calls made during the day time period of 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. Eighty nine percent of the operations were during the day time hours and 11 percent during the night time period.

Noise Complaints Annual Report 2014 Total Complaints and Number of Callers by Community

St. Louis (2), 13, 26%

Woodson Terrace (1), 1, 2%

St. Charles (5), 16, 31% Berkeley (1), 2, 4%

Bridgeton (1), 2, 4%

Pasadena Park (2), 17, 33% Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2014 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 2012 to 2014 for the eight permanent noise monitors are shown in the chart below. Seven permanent noise monitors had a decrease in DNL levels ranging from –0.5 to –4.2 for the year 2014. One monitor had an increase of .2 from the previous year. An in- crease/decrease of 3 DNL represents a doubling/halving of the noise energy. All noise levels shown are measured in DNL (Day-Night Level). DNL represents noise exposure events averaged over a given time period. To account for human sensitivity to noise between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., noise events occurring during these hours receive a “penalty” when the DNL is calculated. Each nighttime event is measured as if ten daytime events occurred.

Noise Monitoring Data Average Annual DNL Years 2012-2014 75

Year 2012 Year 2013 70 Year 2014

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61.9

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60 58.8

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55 53.8

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NOISE MONITORING LOCATIONS AND RUNWAY IDENTIFICATION

The Permanent Noise Monitoring Locations are : Site 1-11928 Benedetta, City of Bridgeton, Site 3-13212 Ferguson Lane, Bridgeton Athletic Complex, Site 5- Villa Rosa & Auriesville, City of Hazelwood, Site 7-Belfore & Loganberry, City of Bel-Ridge, Site 8-206 Emerling, City of Cool Valley, Site 11-North Hills & Country Club, Village of Pasadena Park, Site 12-Belwood & Kirkland, City of Normandy, 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’) Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2014 Page 4

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

There were 181,856 operations recorded in Year 2014 compared to 188,471 operations in Year 2013, a decrease of 3.5%. The most utilized runway for arrivals was Runway 30R (40,889) with 22.5% of all operations . The most utilized runway for departures was Runway 30L (35,708) with 19.6% of all operations. There were 180,329 operations (99.1%) in which the system identified the runway used and 1,527 operations (0.8%) where the runway was not identified.

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6 ARR 155 Operations by Runway 6 DEP 180 Annual 2014 180,329 Operations with runway identified 24 DEP 218 181,856 Total Operations 29 ARR 314 ARR = Arrivals UNK ARR 349 DEP = Departures UNK DEP 1,178 24 ARR 2,017 30R DEP 3,605 12L ARR 4,066 11 ARR 4,944 12R DEP 5,117 30L ARR 8,029 29 DEP 12,080 12R ARR 29,566 12L DEP 33,382 30L DEP 35,708 30R ARR 40,889

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

Southwest Airlines is the predominant air carrier with 33.0% of all operations, followed by (10.0%), and American (6.5%). The remaining top 15 Air- lines are: Trans States (6.5%), Delta (5.9%), GoJet (5.9%), Republic (3.2%), Express Jet (3.1%), Air Choice One (2.9%), (2.8%), US Airways (2.2%), Fron- tier Airlines (1.5%), Netjets Aviation (GA Business Jets)(1.4%), Sky West Airlines (0.9%), and (0.87%). The Top Ten Airlines represented 79.3% of all operations for the Year 2014. There were 98 different airlines that utilized Lambert-St. Louis International Airport during this period.

Air Wisconsin (9) 1,111 Air Canada Jazz (8) 1,159 Operations By Airline Compass (7) 1,264 Year 2014 Top Twenty Are Shown Pinnacle (6) 1,461 This represents 89.8% of all operations (181,856) Airtran 1,559 1. Operated as Continental, United, and US Express Connection. 2. Operated as Delta and . Mesa (5) 1,590 3. Operated as United Express. 4. Operated as US Airways and .. 5. Operated as United Connection. Sky West (4) 1,654 6. Operated as Delta Connection. 7. Operated as Delta Connection. 8. Operated as United Express. Netjet Aviation 2,533 9. Operated as US Airways Express. 2,711 US Airways 4,009 Envoy Air 5,179 Air Choice One 5,330 ExpressJet 5,627 Republic (3) 5,879 GoJet (2) 10,042 Delta 10,647 Trans States (1) 11,752 American 11,812 Cape Air 18,175 Southwest 59,926

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There were 181,856 operations recorded in the Year 2014. There are five different Types of Service: Commercial Passenger, Commercial Cargo, General Avia- tion, Military, and Unknown. The Unknown category are those aircraft where the system did not identify either the airline or aircraft equipment type, or both. The number one category was Commercial Passengers with 162,849 ( 89.5%) of all operations. General Aviation with 14,201 (7.8%) was the second largest category of operations. The remaining 4,806 operations were Commercial Cargo (1.8%), Military (0.1%), and the Unknown category (0.07%) .

Operations by Type of Service Year 2014

Commercial Cargo 3,423 Operations (1.8%)

Commercial Passenger 162,849 Operations (89.5%) General Aviation 14,201 Operations (7.8%)

Military 179 Operations (0.1%)

Unknown Operations 1,204 (0.7%) Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2014 Page 7

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

There were 181,856 operations recorded in the Year 2014. This chart is a further breakdown of the categories on Page 6. As indicated, Commercial Passenger Narrow Body Aircraft represented 51% of the total operations. Commercial Passenger Regional Jets represented 26% of the total 2014 operations. Commer- cial Passenger Propeller (13%), General Aviation Business Jets (6%), and General Aviation Propeller (2%) rounded out the top five categories of 2014 opera- tions . The chart below is color coded for each category.

Operations By Type of Service (Fleet Mix) Annual Report 2014

Commercial Passenger Propeller, 23,480 Operations Commercial Passenger (13%) Regional Jets 47,057 Operations (26%) Commercial Cargo Wide Body 1,425 Operations (<1%)

Commercial Cargo Narrow Body 1,445 Operations (<1%) Commercial Cargo Propeller 553 Operations (<1%)

General Aviation Business Jets 10,351 Operations (6%)

General Aviation Propeller 3,590 Operations (2%) General Aviation Helicopters 260 Operations (<1%)

Military 179 Operations <1%)

Commercial Passenger Unknown Aircraft Type Narrow Body 1,204 Operations (<1%) 92,271 Operations (51%) Commercial Passenger Wide Body 41 Operations (<1%) Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2014 Page 8

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

There were 181,856 operations recorded in Year 2014. The most utilized aircraft during this period was the Boeing 737-700 series with 41,039 operations rep- resenting 22.6% of the fleet. Next was the Cessna 402 Utiliner operated primarily by Cape Air with 18,706 operations and 10.3% of the Year 2014 operations. Third was the Embraer 145 with 17,092 operations or 9.4% of all operations. There were 245 different types of aircraft that utilized Lambert-St. Louis Interna- tional Airport during this period.

Bombardier Challenger 600 1,082 Cessna Citation Excel 1,682 Operations By Aircraft Year 2014 Boeing 757-200 2,095 Top 20 Are Shown This represents 92.0% of all operations (181,856). Boeing 717-200 2,279

McDonnell Douglas MD88 2,493

Canadair RJ 900 2,776

Airbus 320 3,247

McDonnell Douglas MD90 3,396

Canadair RJ 200 3,558

McDonnell Douglas MD83 4,699

McDonnell Douglas MD82 4,904

Boeing 737-800 5,162

Cessna 208 Caravan 5,767

Airbus 319 6,932

Embraer 170 7,714

Canadair RJ 700 15,945

Boeing 737-300 16,764

Embraer 145 17,092

Cessna 402 Utiliner 18,706

Boeing 737-700 41,039

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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 181,856 operations recorded in the Year 2014 as compared to 188,471 operations in the Year 2013, a decrease of 3.5%. The chart below shows the total percentages of use for all runways for this period. The most utilized runway for departures was Runway 30L (19.8%). The most utilized runway for arrivals was Runway 30R (22.7%). The crosswind runway 6-24 was the least used runway for this period. The Distribution of Traffic (Eastbound vs. Westbound ) for the Year 2014 was 43% eastbound and 57% westbound departures. Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2014 Page 10

B U S I E S T D A Y O F 2 0 1 4 A T L A M B E R T A I R P O R T

Shown on the exhibit below are arrival, departure and over flights at all airports within the St. Louis metropolitan area for June 18, 2014. The Airport Noise Management System identified this day as the busiest day for 2014 at Lambert Airport. On that day, there were 607 operations either arrived or departed from Lambert Airport. Arrival tracks are shown in blue and departure tracks are shown in red. Overflights are shown as green tracks.

Red: Departures Blue: Arrivals

Airport Noise Management Office Noise Complaint Hot Line Rhonda Hamm-Niebruegge Lambert-St. Louis International Airport® (314) 551-5070 Director of Airports Airport Planning & Development Office Our phone numbers are: Lambert-St. Louis International Airport® P.O. Box 10212 Phone: (314) 551-5025 P. O. Box 10212 St. Louis, MO 63145 Fax: (314) 551-5013 St. Louis, MO 63145