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Recommendation to receive and file the Airport Activity Reports. (District 5)
DISCUSSION
Included are the Monthly Airport Activity Reports for September and October 2007.
Airport Passenger, General Aviation (GA) and Cargo Activity - The Monthly Airport Activity Report provides monthly and calendar year-to-date statistics for airline passengers (total and enplaned), aircraft operations by user category, and cargo carrier tonnage. Total passenger counts through October were 2,458,357 compared to last year's 2,318,606, which was an increase of 6.0%. GA operations, calendar year-todate, compared to last year were up 11.0%, (315,835 operations vs. 284,575). Cargo volumes, calendar year-to-date, were down 2.7% (42,946 tons vs. 41,803).
Noise Activity - The Monthly Airport Noise Statistics Report includes four separate reports with current month and calendar 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 September the Noise Office received 166 complaints compared to 666 complaints received during the same period in 2006.
Further analysis of the September noise complaints revealed the following:
· Total number of complainants: 33
· 23% (38 of 166) of the complaints were related to operations between 10...
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