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Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts AIR INSTALLATIONS COMPATIBLE USE ZONES (AICUZ) STUDY Final • December 2020 1005067.0001.16 Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts AIR INSTALLATIONS COMPATIBLE USE ZONES (AICUZ) STUDY Final • December 2020 Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command Oce of the Civil Engineer (AFRC/A4C) Robins Air Force Base, Georgia This page left intentionally blank. Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts Air Installations Compatible Use Zones (AICUZ) Study Final October 2020 Prepared for Headquarters Air Force Reserve Command Office of the Civil Engineer (AFRC/A4C) Robins Air Force Base, Georgia AFRC Contract No. FA6643-18-D-0004 DEPARTMENT OF THE AIR FORCE AIR FORCE RESERVE COMMAND 14 December 2020 CRAIG C. PETERS, Colonel, USAF Commander Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts Air Installations Compatible Use Zones Study Table of Contents Section Abbreviations and Acronyms ................................................................................................. v 1.0 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 7 1.1 AICUZ Program .......................................................................................................................... 7 1.2 Scope and Authority .................................................................................................................. 8 1.2.1 Scope ............................................................................................................................. 8 1.2.2 Authority ........................................................................................................................ 8 1.3 Previous AICUZ Efforts and Related Studies .............................................................................. 8 1.4 Changes that Require an AICUZ Study Update.......................................................................... 9 2.0 Westover ARB, Massachusetts ................................................................................. 10 2.1 Location ................................................................................................................................... 10 2.2 History ..................................................................................................................................... 10 2.3 Mission .................................................................................................................................... 14 2.4 Host and Tenant Organizations ............................................................................................... 14 2.4.1 Air Force Reserve Command ....................................................................................... 14 2.4.2 Other DoD Reserve Units ............................................................................................. 15 2.4.3 Commercial and General Aviation ............................................................................... 15 2.5 Airfield Environment ............................................................................................................... 15 2.6 Local Economic Impacts .......................................................................................................... 17 3.0 Aircraft Operations ................................................................................................... 21 3.1 Aircraft Types .......................................................................................................................... 21 3.1.1 Permanently Assigned Aircraft .................................................................................... 21 3.1.2 Potential Future Aircraft .............................................................................................. 21 3.1.3 Transient Aircraft ......................................................................................................... 22 3.1.4 Civilian Aircraft ............................................................................................................ 24 3.2 Pre-flight and Maintenance Operations .................................................................................. 24 3.3 Flight Operations ..................................................................................................................... 27 3.4 Annual Aircraft Operations ..................................................................................................... 28 3.4.1 Projected Annual Operations ...................................................................................... 29 3.5 Runway Utilization and Flight Tracks ...................................................................................... 31 3.5.1 Runway Utilization ....................................................................................................... 31 3.5.2 Flight Tracks ................................................................................................................. 32 4.0 Aircraft Noise ........................................................................................................... 37 4.1 What is Sound/Noise? ............................................................................................................. 37 4.2 How Sound is Perceived .......................................................................................................... 38 4.3 The Day-Night Average Sound Level ....................................................................................... 39 4.3.1 Noise Contours ............................................................................................................ 39 4.3.2 AICUZ Planning Contours ............................................................................................. 40 4.4 Noise Abatement ..................................................................................................................... 44 4.5 Noise Complaints ..................................................................................................................... 44 i Westover Air Reserve Base, Massachusetts Air Installations Compatible Use Zones Study 5.0 Community and Aircraft Safety ................................................................................. 46 5.1 Clear Zones and Accident Potential Zones .............................................................................. 46 5.1.1 Runway 05 Displaced Threshold Clear Zones and Accident Potential Zones .............. 48 5.2 Imaginary Surfaces .................................................................................................................. 50 5.3 Hazards to Aircraft Flight Zone ................................................................................................ 54 6.0 Land Use Compatibility Analysis ............................................................................... 57 6.1 Land Use Compatibility Guidelines and Classifications ........................................................... 57 6.1.1 Suggested Land Use Compatibility for Noise ............................................................... 57 6.1.2 Suggested Land Use Compatibility for Accident Potential Zones ................................ 57 6.2 Planning Authorities, Stakeholders, and Policies .................................................................... 59 6.2.1 Pioneer Valley Planning Commission .......................................................................... 59 6.2.2 The City of Chicopee .................................................................................................... 60 6.2.3 The Town of Ludlow .................................................................................................... 60 6.2.4 The Town of Granby .................................................................................................... 61 6.2.5 The Town of South Hadley ........................................................................................... 61 6.2.6 The City of Springfield .................................................................................................. 62 6.2.7 Massachusetts Military Asset and Security Strategy Task Force ................................. 62 6.2.8 Westover Metropolitan Development Corporation .................................................... 63 6.3 Land Use and Proposed Development .................................................................................... 63 6.3.1 Existing Land Uses Surrounding Westover ARB........................................................... 65 6.3.2 Zoning Surrounding Westover ARB ............................................................................. 70 6.4 Land Use Compatibility Concerns ............................................................................................ 73 6.4.1 Existing Land Use Compatibility Concerns ................................................................... 75 6.4.2 Future Compatibility Concerns .................................................................................... 83 7.0 Implementation ....................................................................................................... 86 7.1 Military Role ............................................................................................................................ 86 7.2 Westover Metropolitan Development Corporation/Joint Civilian Use Partner Roles ............ 87 7.3 Commonwealth/Regional Roles .............................................................................................. 88 7.4 Local Government Role ..........................................................................................................
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