Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2015 The Airport Noise Management Report is a publication of the Airport Noise Management Office. This report provides an annual summary of Lambert St. Louis International Airport s operations and noise complaints. Year 2015 N O I S E C O M P L A I N T S There were 79 noise complaints received from callers in 17 different communities for the Year 2015, an increase of 54.9% from the 51 complaints made in the Year 2014. In the Year 2015, one caller from the City of St. Louis made 19 complaints (24%) and one caller from University City made 6 complaints (8%). There were 10 complaints about night time operations (10:00 p.m. to 7:00 a.m.) and 69 complaints about day time operations ( 7:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m). Eighty-eight percent of the landings and take-offs (operations) were during the day time hours and twelve percent during the night time period. 25 20 15 10 5 0 Number of Complaints by Community 2015 Number of Complaints by Community 2015 22 6 6 6 6 4 4 5 5 4 2 1 2 2 2 1 1 Berkeley 6 Maryland Heights 4 St. Charles 6 Bridgeton 2 O'Fallon 1 St. John 6 Creve Coeur 2 Overland 2 St. Louis City 22 Ferguson 6 Pasadena Hills 4 University City 5 Florissant 2 Pasadena Park 5 Woodson Terrace 1 Hazelwood 1 St. Ann 4
Average DNL (Day-Night Level) 52.8 52.3 51.6 52.1 52.4 51.9 55.8 53.8 54.6 54.6 55.1 59.1 57.7 56.8 58.1 57.6 56.9 55.9 61.9 59.9 58.9 58.8 60.5 60.7 Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2015 Page 2 N O I S E M O N I T O R I N G D A T A The Average Annual DNL values for the years 2013 to 2015 for the eight permanent noise monitors are shown in the chart below. Two permanent noise monitors had an increase in DNL levels ranging from +.5 to +.8. Six permanent noise monitors had a decrease in DNL levels ranging from.5 to 1.0. An increase/decrease 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 2013-2015 Year 2013 70 Year 2014 Year 2015 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 2015 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 ). Site 3 Site 5 Site 1 Site 13 Site 8 Site 7 Site 11 Site 12
Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2015 Page 4 O P E R A T I O N S B Y R U N W A Y There were 183,806 operations recorded in the Year 2015 as compared to 181,856 operations in the Year 2014, an increase of 1.1%. The most utilized runway for arrivals was Runway 30R (37,389) with 20.5% all operations. The most utilized runway for departures was Runway 30L (33,027) with 18.1% of all operations. There were 181,947 (99%) in which the runway was identified and 1,859 operations (1%) where the runways were not identified. 6 ARR 24 DEP 6 DEP 11 DEP UNK ARR 29 ARR UNK DEP 24 ARR 30R DEP 11 ARR 30L ARR 12L ARR 29 DEP 12R DEP 12R ARR 12L DEP 30L DEP 30R ARR 81 240 248 250 353 755 1,506 2,067 3,380 7,027 7,617 10,647 11,031 15,396 Operations by Runway Annual 2015 181,947 Operations with runway identified 183,806 Total Operations 25,452 27,340 ARR = Arrivals DEP = Departures 33,027 37,389 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 2015 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 90.2% of all operations. The top three airlines were Southwest Airlines with 32.7% of all operations, followed by Cape Air (10.0%), and American (8.4%). The 11 regional commercial passenger jet airlines in the top twenty had 45,157 (24.6%) operations. There were 136 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. Compass (11) FedEx Air Canada Air Wisconsin (10) PSA Airlines (9) Pinnacle (8) Shuttle America(7) Envoy Air (6) Netjets Aviation Frontier Sky West (5) ExpressJet (4) Republic (3) Air Choice One GoJet (2) Delta Air Lines Trans States (1) American Airlines Cape Air Southwest 1,076 1,099 1,240 1,280 1,289 1,350 1,405 2,604 2,639 2,907 3,348 6,795 6,989 8,073 8,177 10,463 10,844 15,454 18,466 Operations By Airline Year 2015 Top Twenty Are Shown This represents 90.2% of all operations (183,806) 1. Operated as United and American connection. 2. Operated as Delta and United connection. 3. Operated as American connection. 4. Operated as United connection. 5. Operated as United, Delta, and Alaska Connection. 6 Operated as American connection. 7. Operated as United and Delta connection. 8. Operated as Delta connection. 9. Operated as American connection. 10. Operated as American connection. 11. Operated as Delta connection. 60,242 0 6,000 12,000 18,000 24,000 30,000 36,000 42,000 48,000 54,000 60,000 66,000
Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2015 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 B Y Y E A R Passenger wide body aircraft in 2015 (220) had an increase of 436% from 2014 (41). In 2015, there were 90,714 (49%) commercial passenger narrow body operations as compared to 92,273 (50.7%) in 2014, a decrease of 1.7%. General aviation business jets (11,114) had an increase in 2015 of 7.6% from the same operations in 2014 (10,351). General aviation propeller operations in 2015 were 2,998 as compared to 3,594 ) in 2014, a decrease of 19.9%. There was an increase in 2015 for passenger wide body operations as a result of American Airlines testing, training, and certifying the B 787-800 aircraft for its passenger flight debut in May. The chart below is color coded for each category by year.
Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2015 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 There were 183,806 operations in the Year 2015. There are five different Types of Service, Commercial Passenger, Commercial Cargo, General Aviation, Military, and Unknown. The Unknown category are those aircraft that were not identified by either the airline or aircraft equipment type, or both. As indicated, the number one category was Commercial Passengers with 89.5% of all operations. General Aviation was at 7.7%, Commercial Cargo had 1.9%, and the Unknown category represented.6% of the total operations. Military operations are filtered and not all military operations are reported in the data. Operations by Type of Service Year 2015 Commercial Cargo 3,343 Operations (1.9)% Commercial Passenger 164,570 Operations (89.5%) General Aviation 14,254 Operations (7.7%) Military 451 Operations (.2%) Unknown Operations 1188 (.6%)
Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2015 Page 8 O P E R A T I O N S B Y A I R C R A F T There were 183,806 operations recorded in the Year 2015. The most utilized aircraft during this period was the Boeing 737-700 series with 44,443 operations representing 24.2% of the fleet. Next was the Cessna 402 Utiliner operated primarily by Cape Air with 18,797 operations and 10.2% of the fleet. Third was the Embraer 145 aircraft with 17,215 operations or 9.3% of all operations. There were 230 different types of aircraft that utilized Lambert-St. Louis International Airport during this period. Boeing 717-200 Bombardier Challenger 600 McDonnell Douglas MD88 Boeing 757-200 Cessna Citation Excel Canadair RJ 200 Canadair RJ 900 Airbus 320 McDonnell Douglas MD82 McDonnell Douglas MD83 McDonnell Douglas MD90 Boeing 737-800 Airbus 319 Cessna 208 Caravan Boeing 737-300 Canadair RJ 700 Embraer 170 915 998 1,830 1,830 1,989 3,540 3,573 3,847 4,232 4,330 4,419 6,186 8,089 8,336 11,066 11,249 11,284 Operations By Aircraft Year 2015 Top 20 Are Show n This represents 91.0% of all operations (183,806) Embraer 145 Cessna 402 Utiliner 17,215 18,797 Boeing 737-700 44,443 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 2015 Page 9 D I S T R I B U T I O N OF T R A F F I C There were 183,806 operations recorded in the Year 2015 compared to 181,856 operations in the Year 2014, an increase of 1.1%. The chart below shows the total percentages of use for all runways for this period. The most utilized runway for departures was Runway 30L (18.1%). The most utilized runway for arrivals was Runway 30R (20.5%). The crosswind runway 6-24 was the least used runway for this period. The Distribution of Traffic (Eastbound vs. Westbound ) for the year 2015 was 47.5% eastbound and 52.5% westbound operations.
Airport Noise Management Annual Report 2015 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 F O R E A C H Q U A R T E R I N 2 0 1 5 Departures. Arrivals Overflights. Airport Noise Management Office Lambert-St. Louis International Airport Airport Planning & Development P.O. Box 10212 St. Louis, MO 63145 Noise Complaint Hot Line (314) 551-5070 noisehotline@flystl.com Fax: (314) 551-5013 Prepared by Lambert St. Louis International Airport