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Recommendation to receive and file the attached Airport activities report. (District 5)
DISCUSSION
Included are the Monthly Airport Activity Reports for April and May 2007.
Airport Passenger, General Aviation (GA) and Cargo Activity - The Monthly Airport Activity Report provides monthly and year-to-date statistics for airline passengers (total and enplaned), aircraft operations by user category, and cargo carrier tonnage. Total passenger counts through May were 1,166,244 compared to last year's 1,127,168 an increase of 3.5%. GA operations, year-to-date, compared to last year are up 22.6%, (164,728 operations vs. 134,345). Cargo volumes, year-to-date, are down 5.3% (20,410 tons vs. 21,552).
Noise Activity - The Monthly Airport Noise Statistics Report includes four separate reports with current month and year-to-date totals. The four reports are as follows:
. Noise Complaints - Summarizes noise complaint information for commercial (which
includes cargo carriers), GA, and other operations.
. Noise Complaint Plot Map - Identifies the origin of the complaint.
. Commercial Late Night Activity - Summarizes activity between 10:00 p.m. to
11 :00 p.m. and 11 :00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m. by airline.
. Noise Violations - Summarizes violations for airline and GA operations.
Provides a complete listing of each violation, includes violator's name, date and
time of violation, aircraft type, aircraft noise level, and the time specific allowable
noise level.
The Airport's Noise Office receives and investigates noise inquiries and complaints from local residents and residents who live outside of Long Beach. For the month of April the Noise Office received 623 complaints compared to 165 complaints received during the same period in 2006. The increased number of complaints, 407 in total were related to helicopter operations.
Further analysis of the April noise complaints revealed the following:
. Total number of complainants: 56
. 27% (167 of 623) of the comp...
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