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Recommendation to receive and file the monthly Airport activities
reports. (District 5)
DISCUSSION
As requested, the following is a report on various activities at the Long Beach Airport. Airport Passenger, General Aviation and Cargo Activity - The March 2005 Monthly Airport Activity Report (Attachment 1) provides monthly and year-to-date statistics for airline passengers (total and enplaned), aircraft operations by user category, and cargo carrier tonnage. The statistics in general show a 5.5% increase in year-to-date passenger activity. Total passenger counts for March were 255,132 compared to last year's 237,459, an increase of 7.4%. Monthly general aviation operations compared to last year were up 7.0%, (26,855 operations vs 25,097). Monthly cargo volumes were down 3.5% (5,064 tons vs 5,246).
Noise Activity - The March 2005 Monthly Airport Noise Statistics Report (Attachment 2) details noise complaints based on type of complaint (e.g., related to airline, private jet operations, helicopter). It also identifies specific aircraft noise events that generated five or more complaints and includes a plot map showing complainant location and the number of repeat violations, along with .a listing of aircraft operators receiving their fourth or greater violation.
The Airport's Noise Office receives and investigates noise calls and complaints from local citizens and all other sources. In March, the Noise Office received 129 complaints from citizens compared to 251 complaints received in the previous month. Five of the 137 complaints related to operations that were in violation of the City's noise compatibility ordinance. The remaining 132 complaints were related to permissible aircraft activity as defined by the City's Noise Compatibility Ordinance.
Further analysis of the noise complaints revealed the following:
59% (81 of 137) of the complaints were related to operations between 1O:OO
p.m. and 7:OO a.m.;
44% (61 of 137) of the complaints were generated ...
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