Session 1 Daniel Gard On

- 5+ years experience in Noise Abatement - 3+ with Charlotte Douglas International Airport - Contact: daniel.gardon@cltairport.com Introduction - Source of many noise complaints is shifting - Previously single loud events lead to complaints - ‘Frequency’ or number of flights within a time period is becoming dominant source of complaint Changing Noise Environment - One method of resolving complaints: Dispersion of flights A Heavy Lift: - Procedural Dispersion - Preferential runway usage - Offset approaches - At CLT, usage of Open SID procedures mimic pre-PBN procedures Methods of Creating Dispersion - 570,000+ flights in 2019, making CLT the 7th busiest Airport by operations count - 3 parallel runways (a 4th crosswind runway is rarely used) - Easternmost runway 18R/36L is used only for arrivals - Almost 300,000 departures on only two runways CLT Background - CLT has historically favored the concept of dispersion - Dispersed procedures are considered more equitable - Part 150 measures laid groundwork for procedures to implement dispersed patterns - In 2015 implementation of the Charlotte Metroplex allowed for FAA design dispersed departure procedures CLT Background -Definition: A PBN departure starting and ending with a defined path but containing a manual termination leg within the procedure CLT uses a similar procedure Specifically: aircraft fly runway heading for 2 miles, then are manually vectored to a fix some 20 miles away. Open SID Departure Flight Tracks (2014) Departure Flight Tracks (2019) - Unable to disperse arrival traffic - More Residents Affected (albeit affected by fewer overflights) - Technical…

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