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HomeMy WebLinkAbout20051803 City&County of Denver JOHN W. HICKENLOOPER Mayor June 8, 2005 Weld County Commissioners Weld County PO Box 758 Greeley, CO 80632 Dear Sir or Madame: Enclosed is the report for 1st Quarter of 2005 (January 1, 2005 to March 31 , 2005) from the Denver International Airport Noise Office. This report can also be found on our website at www.flydenver.com. Click on Airport Business and follow the Noise Management link to the reports page. 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 vJ Aviation Noise Analyst DENVER INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Department of Aviation Airport Office Building 8500 Pena Boulevard Denver,Colorado 80249 303.342.2200 www.FlyDenver.corn seS 2sE.ale_ • 2005-1803 • .2 Z 0 - y.+3Nti DEN NOISE OFFICE z Vi-'''.::,,t.;.41'„.;7-7444, ` . "! BEN 1ST QUARTER 2005 •l � � a ,� ₹h $c49 REPORT �,,� � ���$��� � 1'���4 1 a a R E P r `l. 4.,vYi .- Y k W JUNE 3, 2005, 5:30 PM Z W C FIRST QUARTER 2005 NEWS The number of potential Class II NEPS viola- ceived during the quarter,as compared to the first tions registered during the first quarter of 2005 quarter of 2004(506 vs.522 in 2004). The num- . l„,• S SYSTEM 2 was unchanged from the same quarter in 2004. ber of households registering at least one com- One potential violation occurred,located in plaint decreased by 17.8%(46 vs.56 in 2004). ` Aurora at grid point E,-1. The decibel level re- Ten households registered a combined 61%of t LINE POLICY 3 corded at this point did decrease slightly,from total complaints. .y' (•' 34.0 dB to 33.6 dB. This continues a recent Esj ek`#PS AND RMT 4 downward trend in noise exposure at this Iota- Termi"ai at aaa. " . A tion,as well as at most others. The terminal rams outer waterproof shell is made of a Teflon 5, There was no potential 65 DNL noise contour coated woven finer glass:Me inner mem- �.,r V a T:QUARTER 5 violation for the quarter. The 65 DNL contour Wrens is made of - =e. i + ,NTO U uncoated woven fiber • - , _` continued to be completely contained within the gins.Th.mner v, outer roof membranesand is"'•-. boundaries of the City and County of Denver. comprise 15 acres of l PS TABLE 6 material. "* There were 3%fewer noise complaints re- „, POMRLAINT AN ERATIONAL D 7-8 AURORA'S NOISE MITIGATION PLAN •+ tttISTICS The City of Aurora recently submitted its Noise development of residential,which may be up to y =UTILIZATION 3 Mitigation Plan for approval by the Jefferson 1,600 acres. y '., County District Court. The plan sets the stage for how Aurora will use$8,833,333.00 awarded to it The Aurora plan is based on a study by Schomer &Associates,acoustical consultants to the City of from noise mitigation payments made by DEN. The money will be used to mitigate noise impacts Aurora. The study is using a noise criteria metric SPECIAL POINTS within Aurora due to jet overflights from DEN in different than that adopted by the Federal Aviation OF INTFPEST accordance with the following guidelines: Administration. This metric is called "Combined Max A Plus DNL"with the suggested criterion level d. violation In • A target area has been identified as the DEN at 140 decibels in urban/suburban areas. It is this 3,see page 6. Noise Impact Boundary(NIBA). criteria that was used to geographically define the t " Aurora NIBA. v., -tons are up,see • Many homes within the NIBA were con- .r 7' strutted with proper noise mitigation meas- The NIBA map and related information is avail- ures to reduce aviation jet noise;however, able through the City of Aurora website at ,,. ,•hintsis are down, ,°pew those property owners that qualify to partici- www.auroragov.org and searching under"airport pate may receive up to$30,000 per resi- noise",or call the Aurora Planning Office at 303- complaint map, dence for new windows,new doors,attic and/ 739.7250. :e"-8' or wall insulation and installation of new air- conditioning units. In addition,the Aurora plan calls for the acquisi- r;! tion of land to maintain open space in lieu of the *QUARTER 2005 NOISE REPORT JUNE 3, 2005, 5:30 PM Page2 DEN AIRPORT NOISE AND OPERATIONS SYSTEM The DEN Airport Noise and The DEN ANOMS system In addition,the ANOMS Operations Monitoring System monitors noise levels at 27 system records weather in • - (ANOMS)is a state-of-the-art com- permanent and 4 portable formation from three remote puter system designed to enable noise monitoring terminals. stations,which include a the City and County of Denver to These terminals are located RACAL recording device to monitor aircraft noise in the vicin- throughout the Denver metro record pilot/controller radio ity of the airport. In addition to area(see map on page 3 for transmissions. monitoring noise levels,the sys- RMT locations). tern calculates Noise Exposure The system also records the t Performance Standards.(NEPS) • movement of all aircraft in the •t' ,a x as, at 101 grid points in Adams County(see map on page 3 for vicinity of DEN by utilizing FAA Remote Monitoring Terminal air traffic control radar data. (RMT)with a weather collect- NEPS locations). ing station. This makes it possible to match actual flights with noise events. ARTSMAP ARTSMAP is a specially de- the data. Currently,ARTS- signed noise modeling program MAP is used at several major that automatically creates noise airports nationally. It allows ,y contours. ARTSMAP is designed the DEN Noise Abatement Of- z ARTSMAP is to create contours from actual fice to perform noise data t •eSigned to radar flight tracks that our office analysis,generate daily auto- 'Create contours receives from the FAA ARTS sys- mated noise contours, receive ,, tem which is sent via modem, detailed runway utilization,and ,,3 from actual eliminating the need for manual airline fleet mix identification. w't n •ar flight track data manipulation. The ARTS- �'.= MAP software is installed on a computer in the Noise Abate- - , ment Office. The program ana- 4' lyzes,views, reports,and stores LAND USE AND ZONING Urban growth and develop- with a 10 decibel penalty ap- land use planning by the ment in the areas surrounding nighttime operations) surrounding j plied to o erations jurisdictions,in DEN,particularly non-compatible is a line inside which,under accordance with guidelines residential and other noise- Federal guidelines, no residen- promulgated by the Denver sensitive land uses, is of utmost tial development should occur. Regional Council of Govern- concern to the City and County of ments and the Denver/ The operational 65 Ldn Denver. The Noise Office has Adams County Intergovern- noise contour for the airport,as developed noise contours sur- Addi- created by ARTSMAP, is in- mental Agreement.rounding the airport,inside which tional mapping for DEN that cluded in this report. However, DEN's Terminal tent roof view certain types of land uses are not for DEN,the 60 Ldn noise con- includes the applicable noise from the South. recommended. The 65 Ldn noise contours is available upon tour is used for compatible contour(average decibel level request. DEN!-SBT QUARTER 2005 NOISE REPORT' JUNE 3, 2005, 5:30 PM Page3 DEN NOISE HOTLINE POLICY The purpose of the DEN Noise system,where specific com- police action. Phone harass- Complaint Hotline is to provide plaints can be matched to indi- ment is a state criminal offense an opportunity for individuals to vidual flight tracks. It is essen- and can carry a jail sentence express their concerns regarding tial for all information to be en- and/or fine. Threats involving noise generated by aircraft oper- tered correctly in order for the aircraft and/or the airport are a 44. i`• t ating at DEN. Citizens are asked system to be effective. very serious matter and are a to leave their name,address federal criminal offense. To Profanity will not be toter- .v,; wa> f1= and the date and time of their make a threat,even jokingly, � ated,and will result in the com-DEN's FAA Control Tower is complaint on the hotline. Com- will result in a notification to the located on C Concourse. It is plaint not being registered. Any plaints are downloaded daily by Denver Police Department and 327 feet tall,or 33 stories attempt to deliberately tie-up or high. our Noise Analysts and then may involve an FBI investigation. abuse the Hotline may result in transcribed into the ANOMS GLOSSARY OF TERMS Sound: A rapid variation in air Nearly all aircraft sound level posed to a particular Ldn level. pressure,which is perceived by measurement is conducted us- These contour lines are nested the ear and brain as sound. ing A-weighting. in such a way that contours Noise: Generally considered to Equivalent Continuous Sound closer to the airport generally be any sound,which is deemed Level(Lea): A measurement of surround areas that experience undesirable by an individual. the average sound energy ex- higher noise levels than con- tours farther out. Annual Ldn perienced over a period of time. Decibel: Sound is measured by contours are used to determine This average sound level is ex- its pressure or energy in terms whether certain types of zoning pressed in decibels,and in- of decibels. The decibel scale is or land uses are compatible with eludes a notation of the period logarithmic;when the decibel level increases by 6 dB,the of time,which it covers(such as particular annual Ldn noise lev- els. 65 Ldn is considered by Leg(24)for an average of the measured sound is twice as many federal agencies to be the loud. sound level over a 24-hour pe- riod). level at which residential land Noise Abatement: A measure or use becomes incompatible. ', that minimizes the Day Night Level(Ldn): Also re- action Remote Monitoring Terminal U+�,n414144.e . — ferred to as DNL. Similar to a �" amount or impact of noise on (RMT): Consists of a noise level .. _,. :,' Leg measurement, but is con- the environs of an airport. Noise analyzer,a weatherproof micro- ducted over at least a 24-hour abatement measures include phone,a system controller,a `�-- ' aircraft time span and includes a 10dB operating procedures nighttime penalty. For an Ldn power supply,and a dedicated DEN Arrival and use or disuse of certain telephone line to download calculation,all noise that occurs runways or flight tracks. These noise data to the ANOMS sys- at night(defined as 10:00 pm to operating procedures are con- tem,all mounted in a weather- 7:00 trolled by the FAA. am)is artificially increased proof cabinet. for the public's increased sensi- A-Weighted Sound Level(dBA): tivity to noise during these A type of sound level measure- hours. ment which reduces the effect surround- of very high and very low fro- Noise Contour: A line ing an airport that encloses a quencies in order to mimic the response of the human ear. geographic region,which is ex- ] _ 1is11A'RTER 2005 NOISE REPORT JUNE 3, 2005, 5:30 PM Page4 NOISE EXPOSURE PERFORMANCE STANDARDS (NEPS) GRID COORDINATES, IGA CONTOUR, AND REMOTE MONITORING TERMINAL (RMT) LOCATIONS 0 i.< `/ g g CO i O 8 U cn c 4,.,• w O U oi - ii Ti z z , � 4 � T 1O rD � 1` � 6 c"� E � ��� o Q _d cHi 0 (58 Q ODD o z - z , o11 3 c? i,-; -t a t J � I J b'.: U t t.Jl_. � 1 i 1{ * ~'‘ _•-._ . -----__Th )„.... ui - • CD . 1 .it .t 1. c Jr.i O 17T' i ,_ c..% `.`� M i C ..,, . i # • 46 O O Q i D Q ,r • y __ J ii i 44 I c 4 O c f ® ® , °f t, La i 6 .3 ®; ®` 0 O o �'_, o CD c • tlie-:7. r 1 \ /�- Z O u a i s 0 i Lo I Z -`ti ' r J --- w a o ' a w — j Y�jff V 0 a /� (/ i n, 4 , , , 9UART£R 2005 NOISE REPORT JUNE 3, 2005, 5:30 PM Page5 1ST QUARTER 2005—DEN 65 LDN CONTOUR y L c o .. N i v.., C;., `Weld W -1p E c7 r S e,v ft ID C .. ... e i ./ r S y r ` P i i - Cy , Adams \ r\ / .2- • —0": I F Adams ' W I. I I \ r\II' _ , Rocky i I i� Mountain Arsenal _ - !• i I I c mi i . ; Legend m j , DEN Property Line 1 { l _J County Boundary r--' Noise Contours Denver . EGA 65 LDN ��_ - DEN1g05 65 LDN Contour �1— i 4 .\ Adams \` ---' 77...' Arapahoe �" DEN 1q05 65 LDN Contour 0 INI 05 i 2 3 4Miles ..•••.;,:•;;':.-,,,,,:„' .?" ... t.4111 2005 NOISE REPORT JUNE 3, 2005, 5:30 PM Page 1ST QUARTER 2005—DENVER/ADAMS COUNTY IGA NEPS VALUES Area 2 Area 1 1Q05 1Q05 Grid IGA Annual Calculated Difference Grid IGA Annual Calculated Difference Points Leq(24) Leq(24) Leg - Points Leq(24) Leq(24) Leg _ A,1 38.6 36.2 -2.4 C,4 44.2 35.1 -9.1 A,2 37.6 36.9 -0.7 C,5 36.7 33.2 3.5 ---A,3 42.3 37.9 -4.4 C,6 36.0 32.3 -3.7 A,4 45.3 38.6 -6.7 0,4 41.1 34.8 $.4' A,5 43.9 39.1 '.'-4.8 D,5 34.2 33.7 -0.5 A,6 37.5 39.1 w'-1.6 D,6 36.0 33.3 . .. _ -2.7... A,7 37.7 _ 39.4 '. 1:7, D,7 41.4 34.2 -73 _ A,8 36.5 38.4 1.9 - E,4 38.3 35.2 '.'3:1 .` A,9 36.3 36.1 -0.2 E,5 34.8 35.3 • . .••x.0.5 A,10 37.6 34.9 . ?'-2.7 E,6 36.7 34.5 =""•'.'-22'" A,11 39.2 34.7 -4.5 . E,7 41.4 34.3 . :r.;.7.1 A,12 41.2 34.2 -7:0' •' F,2 51.7 40.8 -',:-***:40.9 B,2 B,2 39.5 37.3 -2.2:'`.- F.3 43.7 37.1 ~$;1a::' 8,4 42.5 39.2 -3.3 F,5 37.3 34.6 : •.=.ri.;Z:a..-,:.• B,5 43.1 40.0 '...�z:-3.1 F,6 38.5 34.7 '-':-3.8 6,6 39.0 39.9 . .0.9';. F,7 42.1 i 34.9 -73 B,7 39.0 40.1 '` 1."!:',. G,2 51.2 41.3 .9 B,8 38.0 38.6 0.8`•=_• • G,3 42.1 36.9 -5.2: 8,9 38.3 36.3 -2.0 G,4 40.2 34.6 ';:-5,8. 8,10 39.0 35.5 3.5 H,2 50.1 42.0 -8.1 B,11 40.4 35.6 ''-4.8 H,3 46.0 37.1 -8.9 8,12 42.6 35.0 -7.6 H,4 46.1 35.2 -10.9 _ C,2 41.0 37.9 .3.1. C,3 43.3 38.8 -4.5' Area 3 C,4 43.5 39.9 -3.6 1Q05 C,5 43.4 40.9 -2.6 Grid IGA Annual Calculated Difference C,6 43.3 40.8 -2.5 Points Leq(24) Leg(24) Leg C,7 43.3 40.9 . :-2.5 A,-1 38.9 32.6 -6.3 • C,8 42.6 38.7 •.'`;:x.3.9 A,0 39.6 32.9 -6.7 • C,9 42.2 36.7 .; '-5.5 A,1 43.2 33.6 -9.6 C,10 41.6 36.5 -5.1 A,2 45.7 34.8 -10.9 C,11 42.5 36.5 -6.0 A,3 45.6 36.4 -9.2 C,12 44.3 35.6 -8.7 B,-1 37.9 32.4 =:.a-5.8 D,2 41.7 38.5 -3.3 3,0 _ 39.2 32.5 -`*-8.7 D.3 46.2 39.5 -8.$ B,1 42.6 33.1 .`-9.5.,_,'., D,4 48.4 40.7 -7.7 B,2 45.8 34.1 ''-11:7. D,5 48.2 41.9 . , -6.3 6,3 45.7 35.9 -9.8 D,6 46.2 41.9 _ -4.4 / C,-1 36.7 33.3 0,7 44.2 41.5 -2.7 .. C,0 37.1 33.1 D,8 43.7 38.7 -5.0, -;? C,1 39.5 33.3 -6.2 0,9 43.1 37.4 5.7.•'` C,2 44.8 34.1 - Y;-10.7 D,10 44.9 37.4 '-7.5. , C,3 46.5 35.9 .,r 10.8 D,11 44.5 37.2 7.3'. D,-1 32.6 33.6 -`f.0 D,12 45.1 36.0 -9.1 D,0 33.3 34.3 1.0 E,1 42.4 38.2 4.2 D,1 37.3 34.2 -3.1 E,2 42.2 38.8 3:4`-.::, D,2 43.0 34.2 -8.8 E,3 46.7 40.2 :',1.,..-•;: .8, • • E,-1 31.4 33.6 • 2.2 E,4 51.2 41.7 '.`'•.; :;;.;:_,.: E,0 33.1 , 33.4 0.3 E,5 51.0 43.1 ".? .5.7719:,'. E,1 36.2 33.8 -2.4 E,6 44.6 43.1 -::;.to:.;,.., E2 40.6 34.9 -5.8 E,9 43.1 38.4 4a7::: F,1 36.5 33.0 3.5 E,10 43.1 38.2 =49" F,2 39.4 33.6 -5.8 E,11 46.1 37.6 '-8.5 G,1 42.5 35.2 -7.3 I ,. y,,+ - t. r,'ARTER 2005 NOISE REPORT JUNE 3, 2005, 5:30 PM Pagel , ,e 1ST QUARTER 2005-DEN COMPLAINT AND OPERATIONAL STATISTICS 1905 Noise Complaint Calls by Community* No.of No.of No.of Total Calls for 1q05 by Community No.of Community Callers Calls Calls Westminster Calls 1g05 1q05 1q04 1q03 Thornton 10% PaAurora 71 11 138 185 6 % o/fir Watkins 1twns 1 Aurora Bennett 1 1 0 4 i 14% Boulder 11 1 27 6 Northglenn Brighton 88 2 14 19 1°/u Castle Rock 0 0 1 1 Boulder Lakewood 2% Commerce City 85 5 29 1 3% Denver 13 5 4 50 Brighton Elizabeth 89 5 49 35 17% Evergreen 8 1 50 2 Evergreen Fort Collins 0 0 14 0 2% Eizabeth Denver Commerce Henderson 0 0 9 0 18% % 17% Highlands Ranch 0 0 0 1 Hudson 0 0 2 5 Lafayette 0 0 0 2 Top Ten Complainants vs. Al Others Lakewood 16 1 61 24 X70, 14% Northglenn 5 1 0 0 146, 29% Parker 32 4 5 370 All Thornton 34 5 50 72 7 1 % Others 70, 14% Watkins 3 1 3 3 8, 2% Westminster 49 2 65 55 16, 3% 58, 1 1% Wheatridge 1 1 1 0 Overall Total 506 46 522 835 23, 5%29 6% 48, 9% 31 , 6% *See map on page 8 for location of known noise complaints. Monthly Comparison: 1Q05 Noise Complaint Calls,Daytime vs. Nighttime C T m 2 a Time Complaint Received S.'c v a d c '^ m m January tOthrou h January through $ ..$' '< m ..< a g e a March Total g December Total Day Hours 64 131 240 (7:00 am to 9:59 pm) 435 435 Night Hours 11 27 33 (10:00 pm to 6:59 am) 71 71 Total 75 158 273 506 506 Monthly Comparison: 1Q05 Noise Complaint Calls vs.Total Operations 50000 4927 42127 500 45000 40000 45382 400 35300 30000 273 - 300 25000 20000 - - 200 15000 10000 100 5000 0 I I I I I I I I I I t 0 Jai Feb Ma Apr May Jul Jul Aug Sep Od Nov Dec —s -0perations —a—Conplaints ' .( . �!V¢s,+r 1fARTER 2005 NOISE REPORT JUNE 3, 2005, 5:30 PM Page8 1ST QUARTER 2005-DEN COMPLAINT AND OPERATIONAL STATISTICS -,.._.`` I 3 6 V r y w, k' e' o 8 b ; q s ,. .g V z Y pz¢ .i .t �...� U J ti P G o t i l' m m 6 I✓ 0 LL S D 4 F ` . • ;:� , - • . .• glDO5 :.111 • Ill.! 11� x ri ) 1 , (...__ • • .:I) ,r-. r - . 1,1 -- • s i\ • �asa:i'"� �` • cr‘- \\ N'€) 0 0 ..\ i • VI a,t7....- ....... —4 .r .. ..;n. .. •. cc • ?' • IL . 4004 000..®. 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L o c• r 2 y , , `', ah ARTER 2005 NOISE REPORT :15 ,S 2±1, JUNE 3, 2005, 5:30 PM Page 1ST QUARTER 2005-DEN RUNWAY UTILIZATION 16R ARR 16L 8.3% —j-- ____—, ARR DEP DEP ARR DEP MR !!f0 0.0% 26.7% 0.0% 6.1% 26 02% 20.6% DEP 17R 0.0% 171 ARR 3.6% MR SZ DEP 0.1% ' 7.9% 21.2% 13.1% DEP DEP DEP ._STL— 2.3% 0.0% 2.1% MR MR 2.8% ; 34L 34R DEP 0.2% _ 37.2%` DEP 07 ARR DE DEP ARR MR 4.0% 0.0% 25.4% 0.4% 25 17.s% MR 35L 35R 7 Day Arrivals(700am -959pm) •a Day Departures(700am -959pm) ■6 8 16L 16R o EL 35L 35R 7 osL o ❑5R 34R ° r 0% 0% 8;MI!! 0j 9/17L ■nL 2234071/o I 0% ■17R27%16L■25 34L 0%17R 026 8% 16R 026 25 3% ■34L0% 26❑35L 0% 28/0° 17R 2% ■34R D 35R 12% 0 35L 0 35 Night Arrivals(1000pm -659am) •7Night Departures(1000pm -659am) •' 35R 7 8 n 8 7 ■8 33% 4%-\ 0% 0% 0 SR 24 2°°R r0%in'EL 33% ❑bR 16L / 34L \ 40% ■17L84R ■17L■17R 34R 0% ■zs 10% 0% ■PR 34 16R 026 ■25 0% 4% ■34L 'I% L 16R o 26 17R 17L 1/° 26 255 17R 0% ■34L 26 25 17% 0% •34R 0% 1%27% 17L ■34R 2% 0% ❑35L 2% 0 35L 035R O 35R DEN IS TEN ! February 27,1995. It was called Push Night. landed simultaneously in near-zero visibility on A winter storm threatened. At Denver's worn DEN's three parallel Category Illb IIS and venerable Stapleton Airport,the airlines had (Instrument Landing System)runways,a feat cut back flight schedules and were keeping that had never before been accomplished at any skeleton crews. In the evening dusk,lines of airport in the world. tugs hauled equipment northward in the largest logistical movement of the time outside of a full- zc sAri°•vi, r L. scale military mobilization. o The last flight out of Stapleton left at 9:00 nn,,pp 1tlU2 cAnittelsary. p.m.that evening,a Continental DC-10 bound PAS-2005 non-stop for London's Gatwick Airport. The fol- lowing morning at 6:00 a.m.a United Airlines Denver International Airport celebrated it's Boeing 737 from Colorado Springs landed at the 10th year of operation on February 28,2005. first major built-from-the-ground-up airport in the Since the first flight arrived on a snowy morning United States since the 1970s—Denver Interns- over 350 million passengers have flown through tional Airport(DEN). DEN. Denver International Airport currently ranks as the fifth-busiest airport in North Amer- Shortly thereafter,in a driving snowstorm ice and the 10th-busiest in the world. that would have nearly halted operations at the now-closed Stapleton Airport,three aircraft Source:Sunday,February 27th,2005 Special Feature to the Denver Post and the Rocky Mountain News. Please uisitwww.NYdenver.com for CLarr other DEN Noise Office Reports and information. 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