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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20082187.tiff V City&County of Denver JOHN W. HICKENLOOPER Mayor August 5, 2008 Weld County Commissioners Weld County PO Box 758 Greeley, CO 80632 Dear Sir or Madame: Enclosed is the Cumulative Noise Report for January 1, 2008 through June 30, 2008 from the Denver International Airport Noise Office. If you have any questions regarding this report, or if I can be of further assistance, please contact me at (303) 342-2360. Sincerely, • • Andrea C. Christensen Denver International Airport Aviation Noise Officer DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Department of Aviation Airport Office Building 8500 Pena Boulevard Denver,Colorado 80249 303.342.2200 www.FlyDenver.com (`>ti`41-4.4)�eci "� Cc �C 2008-2187 K-V/- 0 `J ti ti ti ti ti ti `J 'J `J `J o 0 0 a% - Or 2008 Cumulative Noise Rep• ort �J J 1r A.'p : „a. ; DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT January 1st—June 30th,2008 Issued July 31st,2008 T' • January 1st to June 30th, 2008 Cumulative Results The number of potential Class II NEPS violations registered during January 1st through June 30th, 2008 is zero. During January 1st through June 30th, 2007, there were also zero potential Class II NEPS violations. Please see page 8 for DEN NEPS information. Inside this issue: There was no potential 65 DNL noise contour violation for the time period. The 65 DNL contour continued to be completely contained within the boundaries of the City and DEN ANOMS 2 County of Denver. Please see page 7 for DEN contour map. There was a 5% decrease in noise complaints received in the first 6 months of 2008 ARTSMAP 2 as compared to the same period in 2007 (454 vs. 477 in 2007). The number of house- holds registering at least one complaint increased by 23% (6O vs. 46 in 2OO7). Five Land Use and Zoning 2 households registered a combined 56% of total complaints. The percentage of com- DEN Noise Hotline Policy 3 plaints received during Nighttime Aircraft Operations (10:00pm to 7:00am)for the first 6 months of 2008 was 9% of total complaints received. Please see pages 9 and 10 for Glossary of Terms 3 complete complaint and operational data. NEPS and RMT Map 4 Aircraft Noise Disclosure — I Signed WHAT? Jan—Jun,2oo8Statistics 7-11 So,you bought a home near a major metropolitan airport. Out of the blue,you hear an airplane flying overhead. Oh no, what have you done! Really, it is what you DIDN'T do. Did you read each one of the 50 paragraphs you placed your initials by? Probably not. Special points of You may have signed/initialed an "Aircraft Noise Disclosure" statement regarding the interest: property you just purchased. • No NEPS Violation for January-June.2008, The aim of an "Aircraft Noise Disclosure" is to help noise sensitive persons avoid find- page 8. ing themselves in a situation where they are unknowingly exposed to aircraft noise. The to help •complaints are down staff of the DEN Noise Office is more than willing you in researching aircraft noise • SA compared to 2007. exposure over areas you are looking to purchase a home. Do you have aircraft overflight page 9. issues at your current residence? If so, the DEN Noise Office can also help you under- / \ stand why you are experiencing overflights, since there are .� •Aircraft operations are / many factors effecting traffic patterns in and out of Denver up,page 9. N� 1) % \ International Airport (please see pages 5 & 6 for a sample • complaint map,page 10. • ,a ANOMS map of 1 day of flight tracks and an explanations •Seepage 11 forrurmay for each sample map). usage. You can reach the DEN Noise Office at(303)342-2380, and then press #2 to speak to a Noise Officer during their ....-4Ik —\ normal business hours of Monday — Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm. You can also visit www.flydenver.com for more ----As' information. Search keywords Noise, Homebuyers Guide, Community Matters, or Noise Management. • ti •J •J •J ti •J ti ti •J •J -J •J ti ti ..J ti DEN Airport Noise and Operations System The DEN Airport Noise and Opera- The system also records the move- tions Monitoring System (ANOMS) is a ment of all aircraft in the vicinity of s state-of-the-art computer system de- DEN by utilizing FM air traffic control signed to enable the City and County radar data. This makes it possible to of Denver to monitor aircraft noise in match actual flights with noise the vicinity of the airport. In addition events. to monitoring noise levels, the system In addition, the ANOMS system calculates Noise Exposure Perform- records weather information from once Standards. (NEPS) at 101 grid three remote stations, which include points in Adams County (see map on a RACAL recording device to record page 4 for NEPS locations). pilot/controller radio transmissions. The DEN ANOMS system monitors - • 'i -..4,*' m,.- noise levels at 27 permanent and 4 portable noise monitoring terminals. Remote Monitoring Terminal(RMT) with a weather collecting station. These terminals are located through- out the Denver metro area (see map on page 4 for RMT locations). ARTSMAP ARTSMAP is a specially designed Currently, ARTSMAP is used at / noise modeling program that auto- several major airports nationally. It matically creates noise contours. allows the DEN Noise Abatement Of- ARTSMAP is designed to create con- fice to perform noise data analysis, tours from actual radar flight tracks generate daily automated noise con- that our office receives from the FAA tours, receive detailed runway utiliza- ARTS system which is sent via mo- tion, and airline fleet mix identifica- dem, eliminating the need for manual tion. data manipulation. The ARTSMAP software is installed on a computer in the Noise Abatement Office. The pro- gram analyzes, views, reports, and \ ARTSMAP Output / stores the data. \ Land Use and Zoning Urban growth and development in development should occur. the areas surrounding DEN, particu- The operational 65 Ldn noise con- larly non-compatible residential and tour for the airport, as created by other noise-sensitive land uses, is of ARTSMAP, is included in this report. ( - - -- -->, utmost concern to the City and However,for DEN,the 60 Ldn noise County of Denver. contour is used for compatible land ' _'.. The Noise Office has developed use planning by the surroundingjuris- noise contours surrounding the air- dictions, in accordance with guide- v port, inside which certain types of lines promulgated by the Denver Re- land uses are not recom- gional Council of Governments and ', mended. The 65 Ldn noise contour the Denver/Adams County Intergov- v„_. I (average decibel level with a 10 deci- ernmental Agreement. Additional .^ _ __ ^— _ , t._' ,: bel penalty applied to nighttime op- mapping for DEN that includes the \ YAW erations)is a line inside which, under applicable noise contours is available Federal guidelines, no residential upon request. PAGE 2 2008 CUMULATIVE NOISE REPORT IV ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti ti DEN Noise Hotline Policy The purpose of the DEN Noise Profanity will not be tolerated,and Complaint Hotline is to provide an will result in the complaint not being opportunity for individuals to express registered. Any attempt to deliber- their concerns regarding noise gener- ately tie-up or abuse the Hotline may ated by aircraft operating at DEN. result in police action. Phone harass- Citizens are asked to leave their ment is a state criminal offense and name,address and the date and time can carry a jail sentence and/or fine. of their complaint on the hotline. Threats involving aircraft and/or the Complaints are downloaded daily by airport are a very serious matter and our Noise Officers and then tran- are a federal criminal offense. To scribed into the ANOMS system, make a threat, even jokingly, will re- where specific complaints can be suit in a notification to the Denver matched to individual flight tracks. It Police Department and may involve • is essential for all information to be an FBI investigation. entered correctly in order for the sys- tem to be effective. Glossary of Terms Sound: A rapid variation in air pres- A-Weighted Sound Level (dBA): A Noise Contour: A line surrounding an sure,which is perceived by the ear type of sound level measurement airport that encloses a geographic and brain as sound. which reduces the effect of very high region,which is exposed to a particu- and very low frequencies in order to lar Ldn level. These contour lines are mimic the response of the human nested in such a way that contours Noise: Generally considered to be ear. Nearly all aircraft sound level closer to the airport generally sur- any sound,which is deemed undesir- measurement is conducted using A- round areas that experience higher able by an individual. weighting. noise levels than contours farther out. Annual Ldn contours are used to determine whether certain types of Decibel: Sound is measured by its Equivalent Continuous Sound Level le pressure or energy in terms of deci- (Lea): A measurement of the average zoning or land nn are n noise le g with particular annual Ldn noise lev- bels. The decibel scale is logarithmic; sound energy experienced over a pe- els. 65 Ldn is considered by many when the decibel level increases by 6 hod of time. This average sound level federal agencies to be the level at dB,the measured sound is twice as is expressed in decibels,and includes which residential land use becomes loud. a notation of the period of time, incompatible. which it covers(such as Leq (24)for an average of the sound level over a Noise Abatement: A measure or ac- 24-hour period). Remote Monitoring Terminal(RMT): tion that minimizes the amount or Consists of a noise level analyzer, a impact of noise on the environs of an weatherproof microphone, a system airport. Noise abatement measures Day Night Level(Ldn): Also referred controller, a power supply, and a include aircraft operating procedures to as DNL. Similar to a Leq measure- dedicated telephone line to download and use or disuse of certain runways ment, but is conducted over at least a noise data to the ANOMS system, all or flight tracks. These operating pro- 24-hour time span and includes a mounted in a weatherproof cabinet. cedures are controlled by the FM. 10dB nighttime penalty. For an Ldn calculation, all noise that occurs at night(defined as 10:00 pm to 7:00 am) is artificially increased for the public's increased sensitivity to noise during these hours. • PAGE 3 2008 CUMULATIVE NOISE REPORT • Noise Exposure Performance Standards (NEPS) Grid Coordinates, IGA Contour, and Remote Monitoring Terminal (RMT) Locations y L. V O O C J 6 _ cc to O U .o • •. 4 .., t o E Fl 6 E 8 N 10 , G.,-,, Q\ "O ! HII is O 1 ..j I. . " Si iiri, u., ......, : , z...< o // c - JA i. ss f- a \ a * i ) z {{ .. / o O c / o Q \ II! i i/W W W N o a o a\ �,,\, r W d —s Ill-- ___- -1<Cr! G . • \ \ N I 3 " V t , N 0 I ic - eL ,'i4.., 4 * e ® e v 3 'a a \ — m� n cr s 4, . ,4-1.t A, ' . o s_ . ut 6O 1i'', / '' i \--._ 1—"--1:: to Z 111 7i 4-..-N, K G . , r f PAGE 4 2008 CUMULATIVE NOISE REPORT • June 2nd , 2008 Air Traffic from all Denver-Metro Airports 1 ' is a 77 she a. ' s �,p?k,. r�•Y A b`' . 4 , p a` The above picture shows a typical day of flight tracks for the Denver Metro area. As you can see, a lot is going on! With over Departures 2,600 flight per day, the FAA has its hands full. Managing this ■ traffic takes great skill and can be a daunting task. FAA Control- Arrivals lers strive to make every flight as safe as possible by maintaining aircraft separation and avoiding mid-air collisions. If they had to ■ Non-DIA Traffic avoid every house, this level of safety could not be maintained. For a more detailed explanation of how airspace works, please visit httD://www.aopa.org/asf/publications/sa02.pdf •PAGE 5 2008 CUMULATIVE NOISE REPORT • Departures ` `1 Total for June 2nd = 889 DIA's six runways provide a multitude of op- tions when departing/landing aircraft. Wind plays a key role in these operations. As wind shifts throughout the day, so does the runway usage. One minute aircraft could be departing Y ° to the West and the next to the South. These • , frequent changes help disperse traffic around the region. Arrivals E„sue Total for June 2nd = 896 ` r •i 41 Aircraft arrivals are typically quieter when com- :711%":':;;f01/2. pared to departures. As the aircraft descends } _ ,'Jig(' from high altitudes it requires less power to ';'.1r reach its desired altitude/destination. Much like departures, arrivals need to land into the ' 3; wind and are subject to the same runway changes. Non-DIA Traffic - y: r Total for June 2nd = 833 Many flights originate from the various airports # around the metro area. These include Buckley Air Force Base, Centennial Airport, Front Range Airport, and Rocky Mountain Metropoli- tan Airport. These flights cover a wide range • of aircraft types and altitudes. These can in- clude medical, training, and business flights. As you can see these flights are typically routed away from DIA airspace. PAGE 6 2008 CUMULATIVE NOISE REPORT January 1 - June 30, 2008—DEN 65 LDN Contour • wield • • W r. s0 0 � Adams • �•�w. ..s-ww.� 1 .. 7,7 4' n. y f Denver • Adams• I ._ 1` Legend - - Jan•Jun.2008 65 LDN Contour IGA 65 L0N Contour • DEN Property Line Arapahoe County Boundary DEN January •I - June 30, 2008 65 LON Contour 0 C5 1 ��4Miles PAGE 7 2008 CUMULATIVE NOISE REPORT • January 1 - June 30, 2008—Denver/Adams County IGA NEPS Values Area 2 Area 1 January 1 through June 30,2008 January 1 through June 30,2008 Grid IGA Annual Calculated Difference Grid IGA Annual Calculated Difference Points Leq(24) Leq(24) Leq Points Leq(24) Leq(24) Leq A,1 38.6 38.6 * 0.0s,,- ', C,4 44.2 36.3 : 21 ' A,2 37.6 38.4 :'x'0.8,' ' C,5 36.7 34.1 A,3 42.3 37.4 ,' r` -19: , C,6 36.0 33.3 2, ., A,4 45.3 37.7 #�. ;1-7,..614.4,-,,,,',.., . D,4 41.1 35.5 c A,5 43.9 38.3 s`+ 56 4'- 0,5 34.2 34.4 ` tr< A,6 37.5 37.0 ..-",4$3.N•030./.. - D,6 36.0 34.1 A,7 37.7 36.4 : `3 " 13o'' D,7 41.4 34.8 y „ ' €: A,8 36.5 36.5 ti p, O0 . E,4 38.3 34.9 *31 R ''''`` A,9 36.3 37.2 x 1.',05 . -?. E,5 34.8 34.9 '""' i ,. »a,. A,10 37.6 37 1 0,Si"n`...,t. E,6 36.7 33.7 a ea; ,3 r•'ii,r: A,l 1 39.2 36.0 --`.','4w3 '. 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Points Leq(24) Leq(24) Leq C,7 43.3 37.7 1,14.`,'3_ -5.6 --,- A,-1 38.9 32.9 T \'e! 44.b*'"*=d C,8 42.6 38.6 :eta 4.l `; `' A,0 39.6 33.1 F/ -65S C,9 42.2 39.5 `-t . 2.7 ,.. A,1 43.2 33.9 '1,414�A:- ,t, C,10 41.6 38.4 4 �`w'-3.2")- A,2 45.7 35.3 ,xw--10:4.4x* C,11 42.5 36.9 `-"'7i1 5.63:=s'<' A,3 45.6 37.0 -B:. °73`"; C,12 44.3 36.1 8.'2 +". B,-1 37.9 32.7 ,t: 3 :$' D,2 41.7 41.5 ,-`,:/ "t-0.ri ., 8,0 39.2 32.9 ;lit `S= '€'"' D,3 46.2 40.2 9ei, 't*-60:. 8,1 42.6 33.5 : D,4 48.4 39.7 8,T ;. 8,2 45.8 34.8 ;1 D,5 48.2 41.5 °=7re_i'4-6.7Y-t..42.-4 8,3 45.7 36.5 L' D,6 46.2 38.9 `, 7 3 _ C,-1 36.7 33.3 'rata, D,7 44.2 38.5 ,f.X< `..'-5:7.----„ C,0 37.1 33.2 D,8 43.7 40.0 -sr3.7' ' C,1 39.5 33.5 I. D,9 43.1 40.3 2' x C,2 44.8 34.6 „k D,10 44.9 38.3 4C1t. :D3,.i.' C,3 46.5 1 . 7 D,11 44.5 36.6 ,,,t, .'. D,-1 32.6 33.7 ' .a= D,12 45.1 36.0 " ,T4 ' * :�.m. `.. D,0 33.3 E,1 42.4 40 3 �r -t' 2'1j ; +; D,1 37.3 33.4 �"s , E,2 42.2 42.6 ,,Z. : D,2 43.0 34.0 P ' .fr .,:r,:. E,3 46.7 41.8 .g ' ; ;a - E,-1 31.4 33.4 ' b'1 �a, E,4 51.2 40.4 ;,. . E,0 33.1 32.8 zrr""y '. ;'4 , sF'n` E,5 51.0 42.6 " � E,1 36.2 32.9 s E,6 44.6 39.5 cl,. 1,2 40.6 33.0 . „_ E,9 43.1 40.6 F,1 36.5 E,10 43.1 37.6 ";-. .t -3:5,hw:_fi,2,;', F,2 39.4 33.3 1' 1r0 4.4, E,11 46.1 36.2 -'7.44.9?"-_---' G,1 42.5 33.5 „,7A,. ,z,1';:• PAGE 8 2008 CUMULATIVE NOISE REPORT January 1 - June 30, 2008—DEN Complaint and Operational Statistics • 2008 Noise Complaint Calls by Community* No.of No.of No.of No.of Total Calls for 2008 by Community Community* Calls Callers Calls Calls 2008 2008 2007 2006 Thornton Watkins Westminster Aurora 87 7 143 118 7% 1°/p 1% Parker Aurora Bennett 10 1 8 4 4% 19% Bennett Boulder 8 2 3 5 Hudson IX / 2% Brighton 25 5 42 16 0% Boulder Commerce City 156 18 34 58 2% Denver 80 6 32 12 Elizabeth I ? Elizabeth 27 6 118 37 Brighton 6% 6% Evergreen 0 0 0 5 Denver Fort Lupton 0 0 0 1 18% Golden 0 0 0 1 Commerce City Henderson 0 0 0 5 34% Hudson 2 1 1 1 Top Five Complainants Vs. All Others Kiowa 0 0 0 1 16% Lafayette 0 0 0 1 Lakewood 0 0 0 19 44% a W Lochbuie 0 0 21 13 s'"'' 7-14°/n Northglenn 0 0 0 2 ,.' Parker 16 6 15 8 Thornton 32 3 9 16 10% Watkins 5 4 5 17 Westminster 6 1 46 17 6%J 10% Overall Total 454 60 477 358 *See map on next page for location of known noise complaints. Monthly Comparison: 2008 Noise Complaint Calls-Daytime vs. Nighttime w` m 3 D v O Z a Time Complaint 2 Q a -o 3 c `_ us m 6. m m 2008 Received R m _ r', -< 3r ro cr o- Total R s co ro m Day Hours 26 27 84 34 127 115 (7:00 am to 9:59 pm) 413 Night Hours 5 0 20 1 0 15 41 (10:00 pm to 6:59 am) Total 31 27 104 35 127 130 454 Monthly Comparison: 2007 Total Operations vs. 2008 Total Operations 60000 60000 54347 51496 53939 54638 55000 yin 1 — 55000 49410 50000 3432 5 OS 52209 52221 50000 50729 45000 45000 46016 40000 -- I 1 ,_ - i - - I - _ : ----I I _ I 40000 Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec —2007 -r-2008 • PAGE 9 2008 CUMULATIVE NOISE REPORT January 1 - June 30, 2008—DEN Complaint Location Map • ti , n{ f� Lr P V' ' Fr fr r-) �n c‘,1 .4.- to r J a. ii .. . .. - Wit#„,` .i.,4 `` 2 /ffi 4 -,c,.,:.. x vq /, .. - .. ti. 3` t 1 1 I< m l m x" T O r • .'-3b`a. `,y.5,i=y, U { / - ti t J.": X3fF>$, w 7i �x -5 Y Y A 4 u _ I • m 5 {�ykf #fY y1T i • • • 1 } • I '' , s 1. i t t.," w --------1— z O ti i Z to -Ar�_ r _s _ ...��F�L C .it 0 U! CO tit , e w [CZ CO l an to o ctz O () uw"'J .� �— I K m1 S " � r a 4 • PAGE 10 2008 CUMULATIVE NOISE REPORT January 1 - June 30, 2008 DEN RWY Utilization and Day/Night Statistics • r ...7, ARR \116 12.2%�� J _, ARR DEP-� I DEPet...Vint,08 . 0.0%ry 26.2%��'}wY�t 0.0% 9,4% D£P t ARR �.0.4% t 23.4'X, �' 1 _' -i c-- -u- _ DE%l l‘11:1 0.0 70 ARR 1 Li3.5%X �, ARR r DEP 0 4% 1` 3*.'' i 151% 12.7% --` -- r :,EP I DEP - p.._ = 1. j 0.1%? 4.3%,_it i ARR 1 LARR + { / i1 1.396 /341. t34 1 DEP -i L.0.1% 23:6% DEP `�-� ARR 1 , DEP ,J DEP ARR i j ARR_ �f 07 5.1% 0%r \ 125.2 0.2%! 25i f1 i I(-ARR L� 2007 vs. 2008 DEN Daytime Arrivals & Departures . 54000 __._ .___-- - - ------ - - ---------------------._...- __ -- 54000 � °f 49000 4 - 49000 2' IT. 44000 -1-.....4: * - 44000 ,.,i * 39000 I I i F 1 I 1 i I I . 39000 # lac Q a� Jc �.� moo, .Q c> o4 �r✓ <(1° �`a� P P 5 O O -E-2007 t 2008 2007 vs 2008 DEN Nighttime Arrivals & Departures En 4000 — 4500 I -.1 i IT 500 lac (g) 7:.� ... Z;\ i � J QQ ,' 04 ::§' [_.-2007 .-...-2008 • PAGE 11 2008 CUMULATIVE NOISE REPORT • DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Noise Office 8500 Pena Boulevard AOB, 6th Level, NW Corner Mail Code 285 Denver, CO 80249-6340 Phone:303.342.2000 Noise Hotline:303.342.2380 Toll Free Noise Hotline: 800.417.2988 Fax:303.342.2366 E-mail: Noise.Office@diadenver.net We're on the Web! www.f!ydenver.com L_ __seisC>vr Working @ DEN is GREAT! VISION Working together, we will be the world's finest airport. MISSION Enhancing economic prosperity and quality of life in the Denver region by connecting its people and products to the world. Leading the aviation industry in safety, service, convenience, efficiency, innovative practices, aesthetics and financial strength. Hello