Images used by SFO are Rights Managed Images and have specific usages defined. Please see photography usage guidelines document for more information and only use approved images on SFO Widen Media Collective. Fly Quiet Report Presented at the August, 6 Airport Community Roundtable Meeting Aircraft Noise Abatement Office Second Quarter 6
s is an Airport Community Roundtable initiative implemented by the Aircraft Noise Abatement Office. Its purpose is to encourage individual airlines to operate as quietly as possible at SFO. The program promotes a participatory approach in complying with noise abatement procedures and objectives by grading an airline s performance and by making the scores available to the public via newsletters, publications, and public meetings. Fly Quiet offers a dynamic venue for implementing new noise abatement initiatives by praising and publicizing active participation rather than a system that admonishes violations from essentially voluntary procedures. Program Goals The overall goal of the is to influence airlines to operate as quietly as possible in the San Francisco Bay Area. A successful can be expected to reduce both single event and total noise levels around the airport. Program Reports Fly Quiet reports communicate results in a clear, understandable format on a scale of -, zero being poor and ten being good. This allows for an easy comparison between airlines over time. Individual airline scores are computed and reports are generated each quarter. These quantitative scores allow airline management and flight personnel to measure exactly how they stand compared to other operators and how their proactive involvement can positively reduce noise in the Bay Area. Program Elements Currently the rates jets and regional jets on six elements : the overall noise quality of each airline s fleet operating at SFO, an evaluation of single overflight noise level exceedences, a measure of how well each airline complies with the preferred nighttime noise abatement runways, assessment of airline performance to the Gap and Shoreline Departures, and over the bay approaches to runways 8L and 8R.
SFO s Fly Quiet Ratings Fleet Noise Quality The Fleet Noise Quality Rating evaluates the noise contribution of each airline s fleet as it actually operates at SFO. s generally own a variety of aircraft types and schedule them according to both operational and marketing considerations. Fly Quiet assigns a higher rating or grade to airlines operating quieter, new generation aircraft, while airlines operating older, louder technology aircraft would rate lower. The goal of this measurement is to fairly compare airlines not just by the fleet they own, but by the frequency that they schedule and fly particular aircraft into SFO. Noise Exceedance Eliminating high-level noise events is a long-standing goal of the Airport and the Airport Community Roundtable. As a result the Airport has established single event maximum noise level limits at each noise-monitoring site. These thresholds were set to identify aircraft producing noise levels higher than are typical for the majority of the operations. Whenever an aircraft overflight produces a noise level higher than the maximum decibel value established for a particular monitoring site, the noise threshold is surpassed and a noise exceedance occurs. An exceedance may take place during approach, takeoff, or possibly during departure ground roll before lifting off. Noise exceedances are logged by the exact operation along with the aircraft type and airline name. Nighttime Preferential Runway Use SFO s Nighttime Preferential Runway Use program was developed in 988. Although the program cannot be used % of the time because of winds, weather, and other operational factors, the Airport, the Community Roundtable, the FAA, and the s have all worked together to maximize its use when conditions permit. The program is voluntary; compliance is at the discretion of the pilot in command. The main focus of this program is to maximize flights over water and minimize flights over land and populated areas between : a.m. and 6: a.m. Fortunately, because airport activity levels are lower late at night, it is feasible to use over-water departure procedures more frequently than would be possible during the day. Reducing nighttime noise especially sleep disturbance is a key goal of SFO s aircraft noise abatement program. Shoreline Departure Quality Aircraft departing SFO using Runways 8L and 8R are also considered by the Fly Quiet grading system whenever they use the Shoreline Departure Procedure. This predominately VFR (visual flight rules) departure steers aircraft to the northeast shortly after takeoff in an attempt to keep aircraft and aircraft noise away from the residential communities located to the northwest of SFO. By keeping aircraft east of Highway the majority of the overflights will be experienced by industrial and business parks instead of residential areas. In order to evaluate each airline s performance when flying a Shoreline Departure, a corridor was established using Interstate (green colored flight tracks) as a reference point. The corridor runs north along, beginning approximately one-mile north-northwest of the end of Runways 8L and 8R and continuing up into the City of Brisbane. Departures west of are scored marginal or poor depending on their location. Gap Departure Quality Aircraft departing SFO using Runways 8L and 8R frequently depart straight out using a procedure known as the Gap Departure. This procedure directs air traffic to fly a route that takes them over the area northwest of the airport over the cities of South San Francisco, San Bruno, Daly City, and Pacifica. In an attempt to mitigate noise in this specific area, the Gap Departure Quality Rating has been included as a category in the Fly Quiet Program. Since higher is quieter, aircraft altitudes are recorded along the departure route. s are assigned at specified points or gates set approximately one mile apart, with the higher aircraft receiving higher scores. Foster City Arrival Quality The Arrival Quality Rating is the latest addition to the. In an effort to further reduce nighttime noise in neighboring communities, this rating is designed to maximize over-bay approaches to Runways 8 between : p.m. and 6: a.m. s arriving to Runways 8 during these hours are assessed based on which approach flight path was used. Over-the-bay approaches are rated good (green colored flight tracks), versus over-the-communities which are rated poor. Revised date: 5/5/9
Fly Quiet Summary Report - nd Quarter 6 April to June, 6 Fleet Noise Quality Noise Nighttime Exceedance Runway Use Departures Shoreline Gap Arrivals Foster City Final Fly Quiet Rating CCA. 9.98 - - 7.8-9. CSN 9.5. - - 7.5-8.9 DLH 9.9 9.97-7.86 6.64-8.9 CPZ. 9.9-9.95 6.94 4.69 8. ANA 7.5. - - 6.65-7.9 WOW 4.. - 9. 7.75-7.77 SCX 5.8 9.97 -. 7.5 5. 7.66 SKW. 9.98.8 9.69 7.8 5.4 7.49 SWR 8.7 9.9 - - 4. - 7.44 FFT 5.49 9.9.65 9.6 6.8 8.56 7.5 XLF 4.5. - 7.5 7.9-7.8 DAL 6. 9.9 4. 8.5 6.84 7.4 7.7 SWA 5.7 9.86.4 9.9 6.7 7. 7. ACA 5. 9.9. 9. 6.7 8.5 7.6 WJA 5.8 9.5-9.7 5.6 5. 7. VRD 4.98 9.9 5.56 9.6 5. 6.8 6.9 ANZ 6.89 7.75 - - 5.9-6.86 AMX 5.8 9.68.. 7.4 5. 6.8 GTI 4.86 8.94. 8.86 8.6 5.78 6.7 CES 4.79 9.98 - - 5.7-6.7 TAI 5. 9.4.96. 7.5 5. 6.67 ASA 5.7 9.87. 9.7 6.6 4.89 6.6 AAL 5.8 9.85.74 8.8 4.48 7.44 6.5 JBU 4.79 9.85. 7.6 5.89 7.9 6.44 ETD 7.5 9.6-5. 5.4 5. 6.44 UAL 5.8 9.85.48 7.85 5.9 4.9 6. FDX.65 9. - 9..5 5.79 6.9 KLM 4.4 9.9-4.4 5.6-6.9 HAL 4.5 9.8 - - 5.94 5. 6.9 AFR 8.9 9.9. - 5.45-6.7 UAE.. -. 4. - 6. CAL 5.49 8.8.. 5.84 5. 5.89 SAS 8.7 9.85. - 5.5-5.84 NCA. 8.86. - 5. 5. 5.8 JAL 7.5 8.65.4-6.84-5.75 EIN 4.5. - -.9-5.66 BAW 7.94 9.98. - 4.56-5.6 VIR 8.75 9.99.. 6.49 5. 5.59 6.9 SFO AVERAGE Page
Fly Quiet Summary Report - nd Quarter 6 April to June, 6 Fleet Noise Quality Noise Nighttime Exceedance Runway Use Departures Shoreline Gap Arrivals Foster City Final Fly Quiet Rating KAL 9.8 7.7. - 5.49 5. 5.58 FJI 4.5 7.9 - - 4.69-5.55 CPA 7.5 8.45. - 7.7 5. 5.55 AIC 7.5 9.9..75 8. 5. 5.5 AAR 4.8 7.7.85-7.87 5. 5.5 SIA 7.5 9.6. - 4. - 5.6 THY 7.5 9.98 -..4-5.4 EVA 6.9 8.4.6-5.7 5. 5. BER 4.5. -.5.6-4.68 CMP 5.8 9.55..75 4.9-4.66 PAL 7.4 6.9. -.76-4.5 QFA.4.7. - 6. -.7 CKS.4..6..6 5..78 4 5 6 7 8 9 SFO Average 6.4 9.9.74 7. 5.79 5.65 6.9 Page
Fleet Noise Quality - nd Quarter 6 Nationwide Fleet Noise Quality Rating San Francisco Average Daily Jet Operations April to June, 6 Fleet Noise Quality Rating CCA.46 NCA.9 UAE 7.89 SKW. CPZ. KAL 4.5 CSN 5.64 DLH 6.9 AFR 5.49 VIR 5.84 SAS 4.96 SWR 5.7 BAW 4.4 PAL 5.9 AIC 4.77 ANA 5.4 CPA 4.8 ETD. JAL 4. SIA 5.9 THY 6.8 EVA 5.5 ANZ 4. DAL 4.9 CMP 6.46 SCX 5.8 WJA 5.8 AMX 5.54 UAL 5.8 SWA 5.7 CAL.6 FFT 6.4 ASA 5. ACA 6.75 AAL.94 9 9 7 44 7 8 46..... 9.8 9.5 9.9 8.9 8.75 8.7 8.7 7.94 7.4 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 7.5 6.9 6.89 6.4 6. 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.8 5.7 5.49 5.49 5.7 5. 5.8 Page
Nationwide Fleet Noise Quality Rating San Francisco Average Daily Jet Operations Fleet Noise Quality Rating TAI 5.8 5. VRD 5. 59 4.98 GTI.9 4.86 AAR.9 4.8 CES 4.6 4.79 JBU 6. 6 4.79 KLM 4.67 4.4 WOW. 4. BER 5.9 4.5 EIN 4.5 4.5 FJI. 4.5 XLF 4.5 4.5 HAL 6. 4.5 FDX.8.65 QFA.47.4 CKS.6.4 4 5 6 7 8 9 AVERAGE 4.8 6.4 Page 4
April to June, 6 Noise Exceedance Rating Report - nd Quarter 6 Noise Exceedances Noise Exceedances Quarterly Operations Exceedances per Operations Noise Exceedance Quality Rating ANA 8. BER 6. CSN 8. EIN 8. UAE 8. WOW. XLF 8. VIR 9.99 SKW 87 9,764 4 9.98 CES 84 5 9.98 CCA 8 6 9.98 THY 8 6 9.98 BAW 6 6 9.98 SCX 7 8 9.97 DLH 6 8 9.97 KLM 4 6 9 9.9 VRD,69 9 9.9 FFT 4,7 9.9 SWR 4 8 9.9 CPZ 54,44 9.9 DAL 6 7,85 9.9 ACA 46,86 5 9.9 AFR 7 56 7 9.9 ASA 5,6 5 9.87 SWA 7,9 8 9.86 JBU,875 9 9.85 SAS 7 78 9 9.85 AAL 7 8,8 9 9.85 UAL,57,4 4 9.85 AMX 4 5 86 9.68 ETD 9 8 5 9.6 CMP 8 9.55 WJA 4 8 9.5 TAI 4 56 6 9.4 HAL 6 64 65 9.8 FDX 55 66 7 9. AIC 9 78 44 9.9 9.9 Page 5
Noise Exceedance Rating Report - nd Quarter 6 April to June, 6 Noise Exceedances Noise Exceedances Quarterly Operations Exceedances per Operations Noise Exceedance Quality Rating SIA 9 6 5 9.6 GTI 74 6 8 8.94 NCA 47 54 5 8.86 CAL 6 6 8.8 JAL 65 8 6 8.65 CPA 78 49 45 8.45 EVA 6 85 4 8.4 FJI 5 9 556 7.9 ANZ 5 75 6 7.75 AAR 78 9 64 7.7 KAL 65 6 7 7.7 PAL 78 6 84 6.9 QFA 6 5 59.7 CKS 7 64 67. 4 5 6 7 8 9 TOTAL 4,99 5,95 SFO AVERAGE 4 9.9 Page 6
Nighttime Preferential Runway Use - nd Quarter 6 April to June, 6 Nighttime Departures ( : am to 6: am ) L/R 8L/R Shoreline L/R 8L/R Straight Nighttime Runway Use Rating VRD % 67% % % 5.56 DAL 9 % 6% 74% % 4. AAL 7 % 5% 8% 4%.74 FFT 5% % 95% %.65 UAL 86 % % 8% 6%.48 SWA 4 % % 94% %.4 ACA % % % %. AMX % % 8% %. ASA % % % %. GTI % 5% % 5%. VIR % 5% % 5%. JBU 6 % % 94% 6%. SKW % 8% 77% 5%.8 TAI 9 % % 8% 4%.96.74 AAR 47 9% % % 9%.85 JAL 88 % % 7% 9%.4 KAL 9 % % % 97%. CKS 6 % 4% % 96%.6 CAL 94 % % % 98%. EVA 9 % % % 98%.6 SIA 88 % % % 99%. AFR % % % %. AIC % % % %. BAW % % % %. CMP % % % %. CPA 8 % % % %. NCA % % % %. PAL % % % %. QFA % % % %. SAS % % % %. 4 5 6 7 8 9 TOTAL,9 SFO AVERAGE % 8% % 58%.74 Page 7
Shoreline Departure Rating - nd Quarter 6 April to June,6 Shoreline Departures Successful Marginal Poor Shoreline Departure Rating AMX CAL SCX TAI CPZ SWA ASA SKW FFT VRD WJA ACA FDX WOW GTI DAL AAL DLH UAL JBU XLF % % %. % % %. 47 % % %. % % %. 4 99% % % 9.95 8 98% % % 9.9 97 94% 6% % 9.7 84 95% 4% % 9.69 54 9% 7% % 9.6 44 9% 7% % 9.6 9% % 8% 9.7 8% 6% % 9. 8% 9% % 9. 5 8% % % 9. 77% % % 8.86 77 7% 5% % 8.5 4 7% 4% 4% 8.8 7 57% 4% % 7.86,475 66% 6% 9% 7.85 47 5% 46% % 7.6 5% 5% % 7.5 7. ETD % % % 5. KLM 7 4% 4% 5% 4.4 AIC 4 % 75% 5%.75 CMP 4 5% 5% 5%.75 BER % 5% 5%.5 CKS % % %. THY % % %. UAE % % %. VIR % % %. 4 5 6 7 8 9 TOTAL 4,46 SFO AVERAGE 6% % % 7. Page 8
Gap Departure Climb Rating - nd Quarter 6 April to June, 6 Gap Departures Gap Departure Quality Rating GTI 6 8.6 AIC 5 8. AAR 4 7.87 WOW 5 7.75 SCX 7.5 TAI 7.5 CCA 9 7.8 CSN 9 7.5 XLF 4 7.9 CPA 7.7 SKW 95 7.8 AMX 4 7.4 CPZ 96 6.94 JAL 8 6.84 DAL 86 6.84 FFT 6.8 ACA 6.7 SWA 568 6.7 ANA 9 6.65 DLH 7 6.64 ASA 6.6 VIR 4 6.49 QFA 76 6. HAL 6 5.94 ANZ 87 5.9 JBU 4 5.89 CAL 6 5.84 5.79 WJA 4 5.6 KLM 5 5.6 KAL 74 5.49 AFR 6 5.45 ETD 86 5.4 UAL 57 5.9 CES 9 5.7 Page 9
Gap Departure Climb Rating - nd Quarter 6 April to June, 6 Gap Departures Gap Departure Quality Rating SAS 9 5.5 VRD 696 5. NCA 75 5. EVA 9 5.7 FJI 4 4.69 BAW 66 4.56 AAL 465 4.48 SIA 77 4. SWR 9 4. CMP 85 4.9 UAE 88 4. PAL 7.76 THY 87.4 FDX 5.5 EIN 9.9 BER 6.6 CKS.6 4 5 6 7 8 9 TOTAL 6 SFO Average 5.79 Page
Foster City Arrival Rating - nd Quarter 6 April to June,6 Foster City Arrivals Successful Marginal Poor Foster City Arrival Rating FFT 94 7% 9% % 8.56 ACA 8 6% 7% % 8.5 AAL 6 5% 5% % 7.44 JBU 48% 5% % 7.9 DAL 97 47% 5% % 7.4 SWA 4 4% 55% % 7. VRD 85 % 75% % 6.8 FDX 6 9% 78% % 5.79 GTI 5 6% 84% % 5.78 5.65 SKW 7 % 84% 7% 5.4 TAI 9 % 96% % 5. AAR 49 % 96% % 5. AIC % % % 5. AMX 6 % % % 5. CAL % % % 5. CKS 5 % % % 5. CPA % % % 5. ETD % % % 5. EVA 9 % % % 5. HAL 4 % % % 5. KAL 9 % % % 5. NCA 4 % % % 5. SCX % % % 5. VIR % % % 5. WJA 6 % % % 5. UAL,5 % 7% % 4.9 ASA 4 % 95% 4% 4.89 CPZ % 94% 6% 4.69 4 5 6 7 8 9 TOTAL,955 SFO AVERAGE 5% 8% % 5.65 Page