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Air Transportation Element Sonoma County General Plan 2020 AIR TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT Sonoma County Permit and Resource Management Department 2550 Ventura Avenue Santa Rosa, CA 95403 Adopted by Resolution No. 08-0808 of the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors September 23, 2008 Draft Revision July 2011 AIR TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................................ 1 1.1 PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY .................................................................................................................. 1 1.2 RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER ELEMENTS ............................................................................................... 1 1.3 ORGANIZATION ....................................................................................................................................... 2 2. BACKGROUND .................................................................................................................................................. 3 2.1 HISTORICAL OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................ 3 2.2 EXISTING AIRPORTS AND SERVICE LEVELS .................................................................................... 3 2.3 INSTITUTIONAL ROLES .......................................................................................................................... 3 3. AIR TRANSPORTATION DEMAND AND THE COUNTY AIRPORT SYSTEM .......................................... 7 3.1 PROJECTED DEMAND FOR AIR TRANSPORTATION SERVICE ...................................................... 7 3.2 COUNTY AIRPORT SYSTEM .................................................................................................................. 9 4. COMPATIBILITY WITH THE COMMUNITY ............................................................................................... 11 4.1 PROJECTED NOISE EXPOSURE ........................................................................................................... 11 4.2 AIRSPACE ................................................................................................................................................ 12 4.3 SAFETY ON THE GROUND ................................................................................................................... 12 5. AIR TRANSPORTATION POLICIES OF THE COUNTY OF SONOMA ...................................................... 13 5.1 LAND USE COMPATIBILITY IN THE VICINITY OF AIRPORTS ..................................................... 13 5.2 PROTECTION OF THE AIRSPACE ........................................................................................................ 16 5.3 PROTECTION OF ADJACENT COMMUNITY AREAS ....................................................................... 16 5.4 GENERAL AVIATION ............................................................................................................................. 18 5.5 SCHEDULED AIRLINE SERVICES ....................................................................................................... 19 5.6 NON-AVIATION AND ACCESSORY USES AT CHARLES M. SCHULZ - SONOMA COUNTY AIRPORT ................................................................................................................................................................ 22 6. AIR TRANSPORTATION IMPLEMENTATION PROGRAMS ...................................................................... 23 GP2020 Glossary ......................................................................................................................................................... 29 FIGURES Figure AT-1: Historical Record of Aircraft Operations at the Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport ...........................................................................................AT-24 Figure AT-2: Historical Record of Air Passenger Activity at the Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport ............................................................................................AT-25 Figure AT-3: Location of Public Use Airports in Sonoma County ........................ After Text Figure AT-4: Projected Noise Contours and ALUC Referral Area: Cloverdale Municipal Airport .............................................................................. After Text Figure AT-5: Projected Noise Contours and ALUC Referral Area: Healdsburg Municipal Airport ............................................................................. After Text Figure AT-6: Projected Noise Contours and ALUC Referral Area: Petaluma Municipal Airport ................................................................................ After Text Figure AT-7: Projected Noise Contours and ALUC Referral Area: Sonoma Skypark Airport .................................................................................... After Text Figure AT-8: Projected Noise Contours and ALUC Referral Area: Sonoma Valley Airport ........................................................................................ After Text Figure AT-9: Projected Noise Contours and ALUC Referral Area: Charles M. Schulz - Sonoma County Airport ...................................................... After Text Figure AT-10: Approach Protection Plan Area: Charles M. Schulz - Sonoma County Airport ...................................................... After Text TABLES TABLE AT-1: Estimated Existing Aviation Activity Levels at Sonoma County Public Use Airports (2001 operations levels for Charles M. Schulz - Sonoma County Airport, 1996 operations levels for all others) . AT-5 TABLE AT-2: Existing Facilities at Public Use Airports in Sonoma County ..... AT-7 TABLE AT-3: Projected Aviation Activity Levels at Sonoma County Public Use Airports by the General Plan ATE 2020 and the Comprehensive Airport Land Use Plan (CALUP) 2010 ...................................... AT-7 TABLE AT-1: Estimated Existing Aviation Activity Levels at Sonoma County Public Use Airports (2001 operations levels for Charles M. Schulz Sonoma County Airport, 1996 operations levels for all others) AT-5 TABLE AT-2: Existing Facilities at Public Use Airports in Sonoma County AT-7 TABLE AT-3: Projected Aviation Activity Levels at Sonoma County Public Use Airports by the General Plan ATE 2020 and the Comprehensive Airport Land Use Plan (CALUP) 2010 AT-7 AIR TRANSPORTATION ELEMENT 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 PURPOSE AND AUTHORITY The purpose of the Air Transportation Element of the Sonoma County General Plan is to establish policies that will guide future growth and development of aviation activity and airport facilities in the County through the year 2020 in a manner consistent with the goals and policies established in other elements of the General Plan. State of California law requires that acquisition or disposal of real property and capital improvements such as construction projects be consistent with and conform to the adopted General Plan. The Air Transportation Element will serve to establish direction and standards for judging consistency of proposed actions involving airports with the General Plan, including the Airport Master Plans. The Air Transportation Element also includes an implementation program. Inclusion of the Air Transportation Element in the General Plan is optional as defined by Section 65303 of the Government Code. Air transportation has many community benefits such as reducing ground transportation congestion, providing locations for emergency aircraft operations, and promoting the local economy and tourism. The Element has the same legal status as mandatory elements of the plan, including requirements for internal plan consistency and consistency of public and private development projects. 1.2 RELATIONSHIP TO OTHER ELEMENTS California Government Code Section 65300.5 requires that the elements of a General Plan comprise an integrated, internally consistent, compatible statement of policies for the adopting agency. The Air Transportation Element's policies complement policies expressed in other elements and comply with the requirement for internal consistency in the following manner: 1. The economic and demographic projections and assumptions used in other elements, notably the Land Use, Circulation and Transit, and Noise Elements, are used in the Air Transportation Element. 2. The policies expressed herein are designed to complement and reinforce the policies stated in other elements of the General Plan, in particular those in the Land Use, Circulation and Transit and Noise Elements. 3. The goals and objectives reflect the goals and objectives expressed in other elements of the General Plan. [1] The Air Transportation Element addresses projected future noise levels at the various public use airports in the County, with special emphasis placed on the County owned Charles M. Schulz - Sonoma County Airport. Information about noise levels is also contained in the Noise Element so that all noise sources are evaluated within a single context. 1.3 ORGANIZATION This element is organized into five major sections: Background A section that includes information on past air transportation activity in the County, airport activities, the existing airport system and service levels, and a description of the roles and the level of authority of the many jurisdictions involved in aviation. Air Transportation Demand and The County Airport System This section includes the projected air transportation demand for Sonoma County. It is based on demographic
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