AIRPORT NOISE MANAGEMENT REPORT 1 ST QUARTER 2018
The Airport Noise Management Report provides the 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. 1 ST QUAR T ER Y E AR 2018 N O I S E C O M P L A I N T S There were 6 noise complaints received in the as compared to the 22 noise complaints in the 1st Quarter of 2017. The six complaints were from three communities. Three complaints were about loud aircraft noise early in the morning. One complainant registered two complaints about the same aircraft flying over his location multiple times in a short span. Upon investigation, it was determined that the aircraft were actually several Southwest and Cape Air departing STL within a short span of time. One complainant called about excessive noise from F18 aircraft. The aircraft were returning from deployment and stopping in STL. There were two complaints was about night time operations (10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.) and four 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 86.8% of the operations while 13.2% of the operations occurred during the night time period. Chart below shows number of complaints by zip code. 1st Quarter Zip Code # of Calls Zip Code # of Calls 63141 1 63112 2 63031 3 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 45,677 operations recorded in the 1st Quarter of 2018 as compared to 45,809 operations in the 1st Quarter of 2017, a decrease of 0.3%. The decrease was the result of several major east coast snowstorms which impacted the airlines and closed airports along the east coast. The most utilized runway for known arrivals was Runway 30R (11,025) with 24.3% all operations. The most utilized runway for known departures was Runway 30L (9,344) with 20.5% of all operations. There were 45,368 (99.3%) operations in which the runway was identified and 309 operations (0.7%) where the runways were not identified. 6 DEP 6 ARR 11 DEP 24 DEP UNK ARR UNK DEP 29 ARR 24 ARR 30R DEP 30L ARR 12L DEP 12R ARR 11 ARR 29 DEP 12L ARR 12R DEP 30L DEP 30R ARR 13 18 26 41 82 227 269 558 633 957 1,091 1,453 1,591 2,713 6,808 Operations by Runway 45,368 Operations with runway identified 45,677 Total Operations 8,828 ARR = Arrivals DEP = Departures 9,344 11,025 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 one airlines accounted for 91.9% of all operations. The top three airlines were Southwest Airlines with 38.9% of all operations, followed by Cape Air (7.6%), and American (7.6%). Eleven regional commercial passenger jet airlines that serve St. Louis Lambert International Airport were in the top twenty one airlines and accounted for 21.1% of the 1st Quarter operations. Breaking into the top 21 airlines were two cargo airlines-southern Air and UPS. There were 69 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 UPS Southern Air Gamma Charters Commutair (11) Air Georgian (10) Envoy (9) Netjets Mesa Airlines (8) PSA Airlines (7) Endeavor (6) Frontier ExpressJet (5) Sky West (4) Republic (3) Air Choice One Trans States (2) Delta GoJet (1) 254 254 362 379 468 570 659 668 672 806 866 980 1,400 1,429 1,689 1,748 1,977 2,047 Operations By Airline Top Twenty One Airlines Are Shown This represents 91.9% of all operations (45,677) 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 United connection. 6. Operated as Delta connection. 7. Operated as American connection. 8. Operated as United and American connection. 9. Operated as American connection. 10. Operated as Air Canada Express connection. 11. Operated as United connection. American Cape Air 3,471 3,485 Southwest 17,804 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 1st Quarter of 2018, commercial passenger narrow body operations decreased -0.5% from the same period in 2017. Commercial passenger regional jets increased +13.6% from the same period in 2017. Commercial passenger propeller operations decreased 23.9%. Cargo wide body operations increased +33.7%. General aviation business jets were up +0.8% from 2017. Military operations are filtered so most operations are not reported. Overall, operations from the were down 0.3%. from the 1st Quarter in 2017 due to significant weather events. 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 90.2%. General Aviation was at 7.0%, 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 Commercial Cargo 869 Operations (1.9%) Commercial Passenger 41,180 Operations (90.2%) General Aviation 3,212 Operations (7.0%) Unknown 224 Operations (0.5%) Military 192 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. The Boeing 737-700 had the most operations at 12,679 (27.8%), followed by the Boeing 737-800 with 6,087 operations (13.3%) and the Cessna 402 Utiliner with 3,498 operations (7.7%). Five of the top ten aircraft at the Airport are operated by regional carriers. There were 140 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. Boeing 737-400 Boeing 737-900 McDonnell Douglas MD88 Embraer 170 Cessna Citation Excel Airbus 321 Embraer 45X Embraer 75S McDonnell Douglas MD90 McDonnell Douglas MD83 Canadair RJ 200 Airbus 319 Cessna 208 Caravan Embraer 75L Canadair RJ 900 Canadair RJ 700 Embraer 145 319 350 393 427 520 556 736 738 811 954 1,028 1,597 1,865 1,866 1,949 2,044 2,438 Operations By Aircraft Top 20 Are Show n This represents 89.4% of all operations (45,677) Cessna 402 Utiliner 3,498 Boeing 737-800 6,087 Boeing 737-700 12,679 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 8
D I S T R I B U T I O N OF T R A F F I C There were 45,677 operations recorded in the 1st Quarter of 2018 compared to 45,809 operations in the 1st Quarter of 2017, a decrease of -0.3%. Operations were affected by significant weather conditions in the east and in Chicago. Also, FAA ATCT changed runway operations in the Fall of 2017 from arriving RWY 12R and departing RWY 12L to arriving RWY 12L and departing RWY 12R. This change is the result of recommendations from FAA Runway Safety Committee and the Airlines. The chart below shows the total percentages of use for known runways for this period. The most utilized runway for departures was Runway 30L (20.5%). The most utilized runway for arrivals was Runway 30R (24.1%). The crosswind runway 6-24 was the least used runway for this period. The Distribution of Traffic (Eastbound vs. Westbound ) for the was 43.9% eastbound and 56.1% westbound operations. Distribution of Traffic Percentage Based On All Operations & Runways St. Louis Lambert International Airport 9
PEAK DAY OPERATION 1st QUARTER 2018 OCTOBER 4, 2017 NOVEMBER 21, 2017 Busiest Day of the 610 Operations March 8, 2018 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