Love Field Environmental Advisory Committee Meeting - Dallas Love Field 7555 Lemmon Ave

Love Field
Environmental
Advisory Committee
Meeting

July 15th, 2021

Dallas Love Field
7555 Lemmon Ave

Agenda

 Introductions
 Voluntary Noise Program
      Noise Reports
 2020 DNL Contour Report
 Southwest Airlines Update
 Runway 13R/31L Reconstruction Project Update
 Public Comment Period
 Adjourn

Dallas Love Field’s Voluntary Noise Program

 DAL’s Noise and Operations Monitoring System (NOMS) utilizes Casper Airport
   Solutions as its advanced system that enables the City of Dallas to monitor and better
   understand aircraft noise in the vicinity of the Airport. This system is comprised of 4
   fixed noise monitors in the community.
 To better respond to the concern of our neighbors, the City of Dallas’ Department of
   Aviation has developed a Voluntary Noise Control Program for the Airport.
 DOA serves as a liaison between the community and FAA while also disseminating
   noise information to stakeholders through outreach.
 The Federal Aviation Administration controls the National Airspace System in the
   United States.
 FAA’s Air Traffic Control directs commercial air traffic to and from DAL Airport.

Flight Tracker
As part of the Voluntary Noise Program, Dallas Love Field Airport invested in an online tracking system for the movement of flights and air
traffic patterns within the DFW Metroplex. Flight Tracker along with Casper NoiseLab allows concerned individuals to research data about
flights to and from Dallas Love Field Airport and Dallas Executive Airport as well as any transitional air traffic through the region. The system
also simplifies the process of filing a noise complaint by offering an easy, online option for residents to register noise concerns.

                                                https://flighttracker.casper.aero/dal/

Noise Lab
Https://dal.noiselab.casper.aero/

Operation Statistics

                      Air Carrier               General Aviation                          Other                 Total Operations
April                    8904                        7856                                  158                        16918
May                      9906                        7619                                  175                        17700
June                    10511                        7717                                  159                        18387

Definitions
Air Carrier – A commercial carrier utilizing aircraft as its means of transport; an airline, as for passengers or freight.
General Aviation – All civil aviation operations other than scheduled air services and non‐scheduled air transport operations for
compensation or hire.
Other – Medical and Military flights

                                                                                                            Source: Casper Airport Solutions Inc.

Noise Complaints                  April – June 2021

                   Disturbance Type # of Complaints % of Total # of Complaints
                   Loud                                 3563                         94.9%
                   Low & Loud                            136                          3.6%
                   Too Early                              30                          0.8%
                   General Aviation                       19                          0.5%
                   Other                                   4                          0.1%
                   Helicopter                              1                          0.0%

                                              Noise Complaint Source
                                      Web                              3753
                                      Email                              13
                                      Phone                               7
                                      Total                            3773

                        Time Complaint Received             April      May    June
                        Day Hours (6 a.m. - 9 p.m.)            534     1295    706
                        Night Hours (9 p.m. - 5:59 a.m.)       129      587    502
                        Total                                  663     1882   1208

                                                Source: Casper Airport Solutions Inc.

Radar Track
Density Map
(April – June 2021)
The following map takes all the flight
track data for the given time period
and creates a line density plot. Dark
red in the middle of the picture shows
the highest density of flight tracks over
the runways. The colors gradually
move out to blue as the least dense.

                                            Source: Casper Airport Solutions Inc.

Covid Impacts on Operations: 2019 & 2020 vs 2021

                                      Source: Casper Airport Solutions Inc.

2020 Day-Night
Average Sound Level
  Contour Report

2020 DNL Report
 HMMH prepared the 2020 noise exposure contours
   using FAA approved data.

 The contours have shrunk in all areas around the
   airport with Covid, reductions in departures at night
   and increase use of quieter aircraft.

 In 2020, the estimated number of people exposed to
   DNL exceeding the federal guideline of DNL 65 dB is
   2,356 people, a decrease of approximately 80%
   compared to 2019 (11,639 people living within the
   DNL 65 dB contour).

 The total area contained within the DNL 65 dB
   contours decreased 44%, from 3.95 square miles in
   2019 to 2.21 square miles in 2020.

Southwest Airlines
     Update

Southwest Airlines Update

    DAL Construction: April 27, 2021–April 24, 2022
    o Reduce simultaneous arrivals from 4 down to 3 for the duration of the construction
    o Add 5 minutes additional Taxi Out time in these windows
        Between 0600-0859
        Between 1130-1230
        Between 1430-1630

    DAL capacity
    o Currently operating a peak of 179 departures
    o September update will publish on July 23 and will increase to 180 departures
    o October update will publish on July 30 and will increase to 195 departures

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Proprietary & Confidential

Runway 13R/31L
 Reconstruction
    Update

Reconstruction Runway 13R/31L & Taxiway C Phase I
• Focused Environmental Assessment was approved in May 2019
• Re-evaluation to the Environmental Assessment occurred in November 2019

Open Discussion
 and Questions

Next LFEAC Meeting
Adjourn               on
          October 14, 2021, at 6 p.m.
                   For noise concerns visit
              https://dal.noiselab.casper.aero/
                  For noise inquires email
                AVINoise@dallascityhall.com