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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 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 that year-to-date passenger activity is similar to last year, given the common 41 daily flight average use factors. Total passenger counts for January were 233,505 compared to last year's 223,387. Monthly general aviation operations compared to last year were down 9.3%, (21,706 operations vs 23,939). Monthly cargo volumes were down 11.9% (4,120 tons vs 4,679).
Noise Activity The 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 January, the Noise Office received 235 complaints from citizens compared to 213 complaints received in the previous month. Twenty-four of the 235 complaints related to operations that were in violation of the City's noise compatibility ordinance. The remaining 211 complaints were related to permissible aircraft activity as defined by the City's Noise Compatibility Ordinance.
Other Airport Activity As a means to provide an enhanced level of food service to passengers, the Airport Bureau is requesting concepts/proposals for temporary, month-to-month fo...
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