Inaugural Boston Logan International Airport Fly Quiet Report
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Massport Community Advisory Committee One Broadway, 14th Floor Cambridge, MA 02142 September 10, 2020 (VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL) Massport CAC Members RE: Inaugural Boston Logan International Airport Fly Quiet Report Dear Massport CAC Members: Attached you will find Massport’s transmittal letter as well as a copy of the official Inaugural Boston Logan International Airport Fly Quiet Report. At the request of the Massport Community Advisory Committee (MCAC), Massport contracted with aviation consultant Harris Miller Miller & Hanson Inc. (HMMH) to develop the report. Massport worked collaboratively with the MCAC to develop the report to increase transparency and provide more information for the communities and the residents impacted by Logan’s operations. Logan Airport joins other U.S. airports, such as San Francisco International Airport and O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, who also publish quarterly Fly Quiet Reports. As quarterly reports are released, the MCAC will continue to provide feedback to Massport on ways to improve the report over time. The MCAC aims to use the data to work with Massport to develop a Fly Quiet Program to encourage airlines to optimize their operations and provide noise benefits for the residents impacted by Logan Airport. Let me know if you have any questions. Sincerely, Matthew A. Romero Massport CAC Executive Director Enc: Inaugural Massport Fly Quiet Report and Transmittal Letter cc: David Carlon, MCAC Chair Massachusetts Port Authority One Harborside Drive, Suite 200S East Boston, MA 02128-2909 Telephone (617) 568-5000 www.massport.com September 2, 2020 VIA Electronic Mail Matthew Romero, Executive Director Massport Community Advisory Committee [email protected] RE: Fly Quiet Report Dear Mr. Romero, Attached please find the final draft template of the Boston Logan Fly Quiet Report. This draft template reflects input from the MCAC both in content and format and utilizes 2019 1st quarter data as an example. The report is based on available data from Massport’s Noise Monitoring System. Over time, we anticipate that elements of this report may be modified after some level of content review and discussion between Massport and the MCAC. We look forward to continuing to work with the MCAC in making the Fly Quiet Report a meaningful resource for neighboring communities. Sincerely, Anthony J. Gallagher Community Relations and Government Affairs CC: Via Electronic Mail Alaina Coppola Flavio Leo Operating Boston Logan International Airport • Port of Boston general cargo and passenger terminals • Hanscom Field • Boston Fish Pier • Commonwealth Pier (site of World Trade Center Boston) • Worcester Regional Airport Boston Logan International Airport Fly Quiet Quarterly Report Q1 2019 Prepared by: Mary Ellen Eagan Bob Mentzer Kate Larson Last revised April 23, 2020 FINAL DRAFT Executive Summary This BOS Fly Quiet Report presents data collected by Massport’s Noise and Operations Monitoring System (NOMS) for the first quarter of 2019 (January 1 through March 31). This report has been developed in response to requests from the Massachusetts Port Authority Community Advisory Committee (MCAC), and it has been revised to respond to MCAC feedback on earlier drafts. This current draft continues to use data from the first quarter of 2019; after the reporting content and format is agreed upon, it is intended that comparable reports will be generated quarterly going forward. This Quarterly Report consists of four components: • Component 1: Airline Fleet Composition and Noise Rating • Component 2: Flight Track Monitoring • Component 3: Noise Monitor Aircraft Noise Event Reports • Component 4: Weather and Runway Usage A technical explanation of each component is presented at the start of each section, followed by the graphical reporting elements. Key findings are summarized below. Operations There were 93,764 operations in the 1st Quarter 2019 compared to 90,903 operations in the 1st Quarter 2018 (a 3.1 percent increase) Airline Fleet Airlines flew quieter aircraft in the 1st Quarter 2019 (93.6% greater than Stage 3) compared to the 1st Quarter 2018 (93.0% greater than Stage 3) Flight Tracks The percentage of jet departures from Runways 04R, 9, 15R, 22R, 22L that were above 6,000 feet when crossing back over the shoreline was collectively 99.4% for 1st Quarter 2019. For jet departures from Runway 27, 88.5% passed through all five gates of the prescribed corridor, and for Runway 33L, 98.3% avoided turning too early from the designated initial heading. BOS Fly Quiet Report Q1 2019 Page 2 April 2020 FINAL DRAFT Noise Monitor Results For the five noise monitor locations reported on for 1st Quarter 2019, the average number of aircraft noise events per day ranged from 61 to 133. The maximum number of noise events per day ranged from 205 to 576. Runway Use The top four runways used for jet arrivals in the 1st Quarter 2019 are: Runway 27 (30%), Runway 22L (26%), Runway (20%), and Runway (19%) The top four runways used for jet departures in the 1st Quarter 2019 are: Runway 33L (29%), Runway 22R (27%), Runway 9 (20%), and Runway 27 (16%) BOS Fly Quiet Report Q1 2019 Page 3 April 2020 FINAL DRAFT Table of Contents Executive Summary ....................................................................................................................................... 2 List of Acronyms ............................................................................................................................................ 5 Component 1: Airline Fleet Composition and Noise Rating ......................................................................... 6 Fleet Composition (Component 1a) .......................................................................................................... 6 Noise Rating (Component 1b) ................................................................................................................... 6 Component 2: Flight Track Monitoring ......................................................................................................... 8 Departure Flight Track Monitoring ........................................................................................................... 9 Runway 4R .......................................................................................................................................... 11 Runway 9 ............................................................................................................................................. 14 Runway 15R ........................................................................................................................................ 17 Runways 22R and 22L ......................................................................................................................... 20 Runway 27 ........................................................................................................................................... 25 Runway 33L ......................................................................................................................................... 27 Arrival Flight Track Monitoring ............................................................................................................... 29 Component 3: Noise Monitor Aircraft Noise Event Reports ...................................................................... 34 Site 15 ..................................................................................................................................................... 37 Site 16 ..................................................................................................................................................... 39 Site 26 ..................................................................................................................................................... 41 Site 2 ....................................................................................................................................................... 43 Site 5 ....................................................................................................................................................... 45 Component 4: Runway Usage ..................................................................................................................... 47 Appendix A: Comparison of This Document to SFO Fly Quiet Report ........................................................ 53 Appendix B: Statistical Details, Aircraft Noise Event Reports at Monitors ................................................. 55 BOS Fly Quiet Report Q1 2019 Page 4 April 2020 FINAL DRAFT List of Acronyms Acronym Full name or Definition Notes BOS Boston Logan International Airport CNI Cumulative Noise Index As defined by the Logan Airport Noise Abatement Rules and Regulations, Airline CNI is computed by summing the noise/acoustical energy for all operations for each airline. The CNI per Operation for that airline can then be computed by dividing (logarithmically) the Airline CNI by its total number of operations. Thus, airlines with the highest CNI per Operation have the loudest fleet and/or have higher night operations, on a per flight basis dBA A-weighted decibel Standard basic unit for measuring environmental sound levels: the A-weighting approximates the way humans perceive sound DME Distance Measuring DME is often used as a unit of measurement referring to the Equipment distance from the airport’s VOR beacon in nautical miles EDR Environmental Data Each year (except for ESPR years),