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Recommendation to receive and file the monthly Airport activity reports. (District 5)
DISCUSSION
As requested, the following is a report on various activities at the Long Beach Airport.
Airport Passenger, General Aviation (GA) and Cargo Activity - The January 2006 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. Total passenger counts for January were 230,843 compared to last year's 233,505, a decrease of 1.1 %. Monthly GA operations compared to last year were up 19.2%, (26,483 operations vs. 22,214). Monthly cargo volumes were up 1.0% (4,162 tons vs.
4,120).
Noise Activity - The January 2006 Monthly Airport Noise Statistics Report (Attachment 2) 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 types, aircraft noise level, and the time specific allowable noise level.
The Airport's Noise Office receives and investigates noise calls and complaints from local residents and residents who live outside of Long Beach. In January, the Noise Office received 228'complaints from citizens compared to 235 complaints received in the previous month.
Further analysis of the noise complaints revealed the following:
. Total number of complainants: 79
. 59% (134 of 228) of the complaints were related to operations between 10:00 p.m.
and 7:00 a.m.;
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