AIRPORT NOISE MANAGEMENT REPORT 2 nd QUARTER 2018
Airport Noise Management Report 1st Quarter 2018 The Airport Noise Management Report provides the 2nd Quarter 2018 summary of St. Louis Lambert International Airport s operations and noise complaints. The data in this report is from Harris, Inc. and not from FAA Air Traffic. This report is illustrative of trends and distribution and should not be construed as official traffic counts. 2 ND QUAR TER Y E AR 2018 N O I S E C O M P L A I N T S There were 14 noise complaints received in the 2nd Quarter 2018 as compared to the 7 noise complaints in the 2nd Quarter of 2017. The 14 complaints were from six communities. Two complainants stated that arrival aircraft were low and disrupting TV signals. Another complainant had recently bought a house and wondered why there were so many aircraft now over his house. Thunderstorms caused ATCT to turn aircraft after immediately departing and there were complaints from residents living near the Airport that procedures were not being followed. All fourteen complaints were about day time operations ( 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m.). Landings and take-offs (operations) during the day time hours accounted for 86.7% of the operations while 13.3% of the operations occurred during the night time period. Chart below shows number of complaints by zip code. Quarters Zip Calls Zip Calls Zip Calls Zip Calls Zip Calls Zip Calls Zip Calls 1st Quarter 63031 3 63112 2 63141 1 - - - - - - - - 2nd Quarter 63042 1 63044 3 63113 1 63114 1 63121 5 63130 1 63301 2 3rd Quarter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4th Quarter - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2
R U N W AY I D E N T I F I C A T I O N The runways at St. Louis Lambert International Airport are: 12R/30L (11,019 x200 ), 12L/30R (9,003 x150 ), 11/29 (9,001 x150 ), and 6/24 (7,607 x150 ). P E R M A N E N T N O I S E M O N I T O R I N G S I T E S Site 3 Site 5 Site 1 11 12R 12L 24 29 6 St. Louis Lambert International Airport 30R 30L Site 13 Site 8 Site 7 Site 12 Site 11 Benedetta Bridgeton 5555 Site 1 Ferguson Lane, Bridgeton Athletic Site 3 Villa Rosa Auriesville Hazelwood Site 5 Belfore Loganberry Bel-Ridge Site 7 Emerling Cool Valley 5555 Site 8 North Hill Country Club Pasadena Park Site 11 Bellwood Kirkland Normandy Site 12 North Hills Brotherton Ferguson Site 13 3
O P E R A T I O N S B Y R U N W A Y There were 49,128 operations recorded in the 2nd Quarter of 2018 as compared to 49,593 operations in the 2nd Quarter of 2017, a decrease of 0.9%. Commercial propeller, cargo narrow body, and cargo propeller reported fewer operations. The most utilized runway for known arrivals was Runway 30R (11,220) with 22.8% all operations. The most utilized runway for known departures was Runway 30L (8,493) with 17.3% of all operations. There were 45,553 (98.2%) operations in which the runway was identified and 575 operations (1.2%) where the runways were not identified. 6 ARR 11 DEP 24 DEP 6 DEP UNK ARR 29 ARR UNK DEP 24 ARR 30L ARR 30R DEP 11 ARR 12R DEP 12L ARR 29 DEP 12R ARR 12L DEP 30L DEP 30R ARR 27 28 44 54 230 327 345 500 992 1,123 2,152 2,834 3,434 3,478 5,614 Operations by Runway 2nd Quarter 2018 48,553 Operations with runway identified 49,128 Total Operations 8,233 8,493 ARR = Arrivals DEP = Departures 11,220 0 3,000 6,000 9,000 12,000 15,000 4
O P E R A T I O N S B Y A I R L I N E The top twenty airlines accounted for 89.8% of all operations. The top three airlines were Southwest Airlines with 41.1% of all operations, followed by American Airlines (7.9%) and then by Cape Air (7.1%). Eleven regional commercial passenger jet airlines that serve St. Louis Lambert International Airport were in the top twenty airlines and accounted for 17.9% of the 2nd Quarter 2018 operations. There were 71 Part 121 and Part 135 airlines that utilized St. Louis Lambert International Airport during this period. Part 121 airlines are commercial scheduled airlines and Part 135 airlines are charter and air taxi. 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 United Airlines Mesa Airlines (11) Gamma Charters Envoy (10) Air Georgian (9) Commutair (8) ExpressJet (7) PSA Airlines (6) Netjets Frontier Endeavor (5) Air Choice One Sky West (4) Trans States (3) Republic (2) GoJet (1) Delta Cape Air American Southwest 342 360 372 409 482 566 588 603 690 730 1,114 1,255 1,399 1,571 1,747 1,918 2,390 3,503 3,913 Operations By Airline 2nd Quarter 2018 Top Twenty Airlines Are Shown This represents 89.8% of all operations (49,128) 1. Operated as Delta and American connection. 2. Operated as United and American connection. 3. Operated as United and American connection. 4. Operated as Alaska, Delta, and United connnection. 5. Operated as Delta connection. 6. Operated as American connection. 7. Operated as United connection. 8. Operated as United connection. 9. Operated as Air Canada Express connection. 10. Operated as American connection. 11. Operated as United and American connection. 20,191 5
O P E R A T I O N S B Y T Y P E O F S E R V I C E In the 2nd Quarter of 2018, commercial passenger narrow body operations increased +4.2% from the same period in 2017. Commercial passenger regional jets increased +2.2% from the same period in 2017. The commercial passenger propeller operations are continuing to decrease in 2018. In the 1st Quarter 2018, operations decreased -23.9% and in the 2nd Quarter of 2018 the trend continued with a decrease of 38.3%. Cargo wide body operations increased +43.8%. General aviation business jets were up +0.9% from 2017. Military operations are filtered so most operations are not reported. Overall, operations from the 2nd Quarter 2018 were down 0.9%. from the 2nd Quarter in 2017. 6
O P E R A T I O N S B Y T Y P E O F S E R V I C E Commercial Passenger, Commercial Cargo, General Aviation, Military, and Unknown Operations are the five categories of operations. The Unknown Operations category include aircraft that were not identified by either the airline or aircraft equipment type, or both. The largest number of operations was Commercial Passengers with 89.8%. General Aviation was at 8.1%, Commercial Cargo had 1.9%, and the Unknown category represented 0.5% of the total operations. Reported Military operations were at 0.4%, however, military operations are filtered and not all military operations are reported in the data. Operations by Type of Service 2nd Quarter 2018 Commercial Cargo 923 Operations (1.9%) Commercial Passenger 44,093 Operations (89.8%) General Aviation 3,967 Operations (8.1%) Unknown 234 Operations (0.5%) Military 181 Operations (0.4%) 7
O P E R A T I O N S B Y A I R C R A F T Shown below are top twenty aircraft with the most operations for 2nd Quarter 2018. The Boeing 737-700 had the most operations at 14,708 (29.9%), followed by the Boeing 737-800 with 6,537 operations (13.3%) and the Cessna 402 Utiliner with 3,651 operations (7.4%). Six of the top ten aircraft at the Airport are operated by regional carriers. There were 164 different types of aircraft that landed at St. Louis Lambert International Airport during this period according to Harris data*. *The Harris Airport and Noise Management System (ANOMS) collects FAA air traffic data from the National Airspace System (NAS) and permanent noise monitoring data and correlates flight tracks, noise monitoring events and noise complaints. The ANOMS provides illustrative trends and should not be construed as official traffic counts. Airbus 320 McDonnell Douglas MD90 Boeing 737-800M Cessna Citation Excel McDonnell Douglas MD88 Airbus 321 Embraer 45X Embraer 75S McDonnell Douglas MD83 Boeing 737-900 Canadair RJ 200 Cessna 208 Caravan Airbus 319 Embraer 75L Canadair RJ 900 Embraer 145 Canadair RJ 700 398 432 477 510 692 754 759 822 877 951 989 1,624 1,638 1,923 1,993 1,997 2,043 Operations By Aircraft 2nd Quarter 2018 Top 20 Are Show n This represents 89.1% of all operations (49,128) Cessna 402 Utiliner 3,651 Boeing 737-800 6,537 Boeing 737-700 14,708 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 8
D I S T R I B U T I O N OF T R A F F I C There were 49,128 operations recorded in the 2nd Quarter of 2018 compared to 49,595 operations in the 2nd Quarter of 2017, a decrease of -0.9%. Runway utilization for Runways 12L/30R and 12R/30L was impacted by ongoing taxiway construction on Taxiways Kilo and Sierra and the rehabilitation of Runway 12L-30R. The chart below shows the total percentages of use for known runways for this period. The most utilized runway for departures was Runway 30L (17.3%). The most utilized runway for arrivals was Runway 30R (22.8%). The crosswind runway 6-24 was the least used runway for this period. The Distribution of Traffic (Eastbound vs. Westbound ) for the 2nd Quarter 2018 was 45.9% eastbound and 54.1% westbound operations. 9
Airport Noise Management Report 2nd Quarter 2018 PEAK DAY OPERATION 2ND QUARTER 2018 As reported from FAA Air Traffic Busiest Day of the 2nd Quarter 2018 622 Operations June 15, 2018 As reported by FAA Red - Departures Blue -Arrivals Airport Noise Management Office Airport Planning & Development St. Louis Lambert International Airport P.O. Box 10212 St. Louis, MO 63145 Noise Complaint Hot Line (314) 551-5070 noisehotline@flystl.com Fax: (314) 551-5013 Publication of St. Louis Lambert International Airport Noise Management Office 10