Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2016 The Airport Noise Management Annual Report is a publication of the Airport Noise Management Office. This report provides an annual summary of Lambert- Louis International Airport s operations and noise complaints for 2016. Harris, Inc. provides the data for the Noise Management System. Y E AR 2016 N O I S E C O M P L A I N T S There were 150 noise complaints received in 2016 as compared to the 78 noise complaints in 2015, an increase of +92.3%. The 150 complaints were from 17 communities. The complainants stated that the aircraft were too low, too loud, too frequent and woke them or prevented them from sleeping. There were several complaints about military aircraft being too loud and low. There was one complaint of a sonic boom in the Franklin County area. There were 77 (51.3%) complaints from eleven residents about night time operations (10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m) and 73 (48.7%) complaints from 22 residents 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 87.2% of the operations while 12.8% of the operations occurred during the night time period. Chart below shows number of complaints by zip code by quarter. Noise Complaints by Zip Code Pasadena Park Pasadena Hills 1st Quarter 2nd Quarter 3rd Quarter 4th Quarter 63303 (2) 63114 (2) 63074 (2) 63130 (3) 63131 (1) 63033 (1) 63121 (1) 63044 (1) 63121 (51) 63114 (2) 63108 (6) 63121 (22) 63135 (1) 63042 (2) 63134 (2) 63121 (25) 63042 (2) 63108 (3) 63143 (2) 63376 (1) 63114 (1) 63303 (4) 63108 (2) 63135 (3) 63074 (1) 63130 (1) 63043 (2) 63108 (1) 63133 (1) 63135 (2)
Average DNL (Day-Night Level) 52.3 51.6 54.2 52.4 51.9 52.1 57.7 56.8 54.7 53.8 54.6 54.5 54.6 55.1 55.2 59.9 58.9 58.6 58.1 57.6 57.2 56.9 55.9 55.3 Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2016 Page 2 N O I S E M O N I T O R I N G D A T A The Average DNL values for the Years 2014 to 2016 for the eight permanent noise monitors are shown in the chart below. Three permanent noise monitors had increases in DNL levels ranging from +0.1 to +2.6. Five monitors had decreases ranging from 0.1 to 2.1. An increase of 3+ DNL represents a doubling/halving of the noise energy. The DNL (Day-Night Level) metric represents noise exposure events over a 24 hour period. The DNL metric approximates the response characteristics of sound to the human ear. The higher the number on the scale, the louder the sound. To account for human sensitivity to noise between the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., noise events occurring during these hours receive a penalty when the DNL is calculated. Each night time event is measured as if ten daytime events occurred. 75 Noise Monitoring Data Average DNL Years 2014-2016 Year 2014 70 Year 2015 Year 2016 65 60 55 50 45 40 35 Site 1 Site 3 Site 5 Site 7 Site 8 Site 11 Site 12 Site 13
Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2016 Page 3 NOISE MONITORING LOCATIONS AND RUNWAY IDENTIFICATION The Permanent Noise Monitoring Sites (NMS) are : Site 1- Benedetta, City of Bridgeton; Site 3- Ferguson Lane, Bridgeton Athletic Complex; Site 5-Villa Rosa & Auriesville, City of Hazelwood; Site 7-Belfore & Loganberry, City of Bel-Ridge; Site 8- Emerling, City of Cool Valley; Site 11-North Hills & Country Club, Village of Pasadena Park; Site 12-Belwood & Kirkland, City of Normandy; and, Site 13-North Hills & Brotherton, City of Ferguson. The runways at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport are: 12R/30L (11,019 x200 ), 12L/30R (9,003 x150 ), 11/29 (9,001 x150 ), and 6/24 (7,607 x150 ). 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 Site 13 Site 7 Site 8 Site 11 Site 12
Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2016 Page 4 O P E R A T I O N S B Y R U N W A Y There were 189,144 operations recorded in the Year 2016 as compared to 183,806 operations in 2015, an increase of +2.9%. The most utilized runway for known arrivals was Runway 30R (39,442) with 42.1%. The most utilized runways for known departures were Runway 12L (37,130) with 39.7% and Runway 30L (37,122) with 39.7%. There were 187,321 (99.0%) operations in which the runway was identified and 1,823 operations (1.0%) where the runways were not identified. 6 DEP 6 ARR 11 DEP 24 DEP UNK ARR 29 ARR UNK DEP 24 ARR 30R DEP 12L ARR 12R DEP 11 ARR 30L ARR 29 DEP 12R ARR 30L DEP 12L DEP 30R ARR 104 124 225 324 402 807 1,421 2,512 2,736 4,183 5,807 6,286 7,291 10,116 Operations by Runway Year 2016 187,321 Operations with runways identified 189,144 Total Operations ARR = Arrivals DEP = Departures 33,112 37,122 37,130 39,442 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 50,000
Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2016 Page 5 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 90.4 % of all operations. The top three airlines were Southwest Airlines with 35.8% of all operations, followed by Cape Air (9.7%), and American (8.7%). Nine of the eleven regional commercial passenger jet airlines that serve Lambert Airport were in the top twenty airlines and accounted for 19.7% of the 2016 operations. There were 100 Part 121 and Part 135 airlines that utilized Lambert-St. Louis International Airport during this period. Part 121 airlines are commercial scheduled airlines and Part 135 airlines are charter and air taxi. Mesa Airlines (9) UPS Alaska Airlines Gamma Charter Air Wisconsin (8) United Airlines Envoy (7) PSA Airlines (6) Netjets Frontier Sky West (5) Republic (4) ExpressJet (3) Trans States (2) GoJet (1) Air Choice One Delta 1,118 1,123 1,160 1,272 1,280 1,409 1,695 1,897 2,543 3,580 4,551 4,663 6,250 7,831 7,966 9,336 10,596 Operations By Airline Year 2016 Top Twenty Airlines Are Shown This represents 90.3% of all operations (189,144) 1. Operated as Delta and United connection. 2. Operated as United and American connection. 3. Operated as United connection. 4. Operated as American and United connection. 5. Operated as Alaska, Delta, and United connection. 6. Operated as American connection. 7. Operated as American connection. 8. Operated as Amercan connection. 9. Operated as United and American connection. American Cape Air 16,426 18,431 Southwest 67,637 0 10,000 20,000 30,000 40,000 50,000 60,000 70,000 80,000
Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2016 Page 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 In the Year 2016, operations increased +2.9% from 2015. The increase in commercial narrow body operations (+11.6%) and commercial passenger propeller operations (+3.6%) made up for the decrease in commercial passenger regional jets (-14.4%). In 2015, there was an increase passenger wide body operations as a result of American Airlines testing, training and certifying the Boeing 787-800 for passenger flight. In 2016, the wide body operations were significantly down. Cargo operations were up +2.5% in 2016. Commercial cargo propeller operations were up +8.8% and cargo narrow body operations were up +6.2%.
Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2016 Page 7 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 89.7%. General Aviation was at 7.5%, 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 Year 2016 Commercial Cargo 3,533 Operations (1.9%) Commercial Passenger 169,682 Operations (89.7%) General Aviation 14,172 Operations (7.5%) Unknown 941 Operations (.5%) Military 816 Operations (.4%)
Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2016 Page 8 O P E R A T I O N S B Y A I R C R A F T The top three aircraft operating at Lambert in 2016 were the Boeing 737-700 model with 48,924 operations (25.9%), the Cessna 402 Utiliner with 18,608 operations (9.8%), and the Embraer 145 aircraft with 11,761 operations (6.2%). The top ten aircraft from 2015 to 2016 remained the same. In 2016, the Boeing 712 and the Bombardier Challenger 600 were replaced by the Embraer 175 and the Airbus 321 in the top twenty aircraft. There were 245 different types of aircraft that landed at Lambert-St. Louis International Airport during this period according to NAS data. McDonnell Douglas MD88 Boeing 737-900 Cessna Citation Excel Embraer E175 (E75L) Airbus 321 Airbus 320 McDonnell Douglas MD82 McDonnell Douglas MD90 Canadair RJ 200 McDonnell Douglas MD83 Canadair RJ 900 Embraer 170 Airbus 319 Cessna 208 Caravan Canadair RJ 700 Boeing 737-800 Boeing 737-300 Embraer 145 1,739 1,854 2,109 2,294 2,415 2,746 3,056 3,377 3,631 4,851 5,124 5,820 7,499 9,324 9,760 11,359 11,761 13,379 Operations By Aircraft Year 2016 Top 20 Are Show n This represents 89.7% of all operations (189,144) Cessna 402 Utiliner 18,608 Boeing 737-700 48,924 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 40,000 45,000 50,000 55,000
Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2016 Page 9 D I S T R I B U T I O N OF T R A F F I C There were 189,144 operations 2016 compared to 183,806 operations in 2015, an increase of 2.9%. The chart below shows the total percentages of use for known runways for this period. The most utilized runways for known departures were Runway 12L (19.8%) and 30L (19.8%). The most utilized runway for known arrivals was Runway 30R (21.1%). The crosswind runway 6-24 was the least used runway for this period. The Distribution of Traffic (Westbound vs. Eastbound) for the 2016 was 53.7% westbound and 46.3% for eastbound operations. DISTRIBUTION OF TRAFFIC 2016 adjustable.jpg
Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2016 Page 10 H I G H ES T D A I L Y N U M B E R O F O P E R A T I O N S Y E A R 2 0 1 6 Busiest Day of 2016 December 7, 2016 STL Traffic Only 612 Operations Departure: Arrival: Airport Noise Management Office Airport Planning & Development Lambert-St. Louis International Airport P.O. Box 10212 Noise Complaint Hot Line (314) 551-5070 noisehotline@flystl.com Fax: (314) 551-5013 Prepared by Lambert St. Louis International Airport