Boca Raton Airport - Airport Noise Mitigation Symposium

Boca Raton Airport - Airport Noise Mitigation Symposium

Boca Raton Airport
AAAE Airport Noise
Mitigation Symposium
October 6, 2009
Boca Raton Airport History
• 1936 - City Airport
• 1944 - WWII Army Airfield Radar Training
– B-17 & B-29 Bombers
– 800 Buildings, 16,000 Officers
– 1,200 Civilians Worked on Base
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1947 - Hurricane Hits
1950 - FAU 1,000 acres
1950 - Airport 212 acres
1983 - Airport Authority Established
B-17 Flying Fortress
Boca Raton Airport Authority
• 1983 – Quasi Governmental State Agency
• Seven Member (Appointed) Board
– Palm Beach County & City of Boca Raton
• Airport Manager – Ken Day & Staff of Four
• Grant Assurances
– Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
– Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)
BCT – 1986
Boca Raton
Airport
• General Aviation Airport
• Single Runway 5/23 (6,276’)
• 297 Based Aircraft
– Single/Twin Engine Propeller Aircraft
– Corporate Jets (Up to and including G-V/Global)
• Two Fixed Based Operators (FBO’s)
– Boca Aviation & Avitat Boca
• Two Flight Schools
– Lynn University & Boca Flight Training
Skyhawk
Global Express
King Air
Boca Airport
Timeline
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1970 1st FBO - Boca Aviation
1984 Airport Development
1996 Runway Extension
2000 Part 150 Noise Study
2000 Air Traffic Control Tower
2003 Noise Abatement Program - Pilot Outreach
2004 Voluntary Curfew Program
2004 2nd FBO - Avitat Boca
2008 Sound Insulation Program
2009 NEM Update
Boca Air Traffic Control Tower
Part 150 Study
Results
• Current Noise Exposure Map (NEM)
– Effective Date December 31, 2001
• Noise Compatibility Program
– Effective Date June 28, 2002
Voluntary Operational Procedures
• Runway 5 noise abatement run to 360’, to climb
west of Interstate 95 to 1,500’
• Runway 23 noise abatement run to 255’, to
climb over Town Center to 1,500’
• Recommend jets use NBAA noise abatement
procedures
• Right-hand traffic pattern on Runway 23
• Left-hand traffic pattern on Runway 5, with righthand arrivals from the east
• North-flow preferential runway use
Voluntary
Land Use Elements
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Zoning
Building Code Revision
Local Environmental Review
Comprehensive Review
Real Estate Disclosure
Easement Acquisition
Sound Insulation
Noise and Operations Monitoring System
Noise Abatement Advisory Committee
Program Publicity
Runway 05
Departure Map
Runway 23
Departure Map
Noise Monitoring System
Sound Insulation
NEM Update
BCT - 2009
B-17 Flying Fortress - 2009
Boca Raton Airport Authority
Kimberly Singer
Public Affairs Director
3700 Airport Road, Suite 304
Boca Raton, Florida 33431
561-391-2202
ksinger@bocaairport.com
www.bocaairport.com