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Recommendation to receive and file the Airport activities report. (District 5)
DISCUSSION
Included are the Monthly Airport Activity Reports for August 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 August were 2,002,670 compared to last year's 1,903,279 an increase of 5.2%. GA operations, yea r-to-d ate, compared to last year are up 13.9%, (257,244 operations vs. 225,782). Cargo volumes, year-to-date, are down 0.3% (33,788 tons vs. 33,884).
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 August the Noise Office received 189 complaints compared to 125 complaints received during the same period in 2006.
Further analysis of the August noise complaints revealed the following:
· Total number of complainants: 73
· 56% (153 of 273) of the complaints were related to operations between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m.
· 10% (27 of 273) of the complainants reside...
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