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StART enhances cooperation between the Port of Seattle and the neighboring communities of Sea-Tac Airport October 23, 2019 Recap The Sea-Tac Stakeholder Advisory Round Table (StART) meeting took place on October 23, 2019 with a focus on discussing the results of the Aviation Noise Working Group’s recent efforts, recapping the Federal Policy Working Group’s latest meeting, introducing the new FAA Community Engagement Officer, and providing input to the scope of the ground noise analysis. This voluntary, advisory roundtable, convened by Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Managing Director Lance Lyttle, is a venue for the Port of Seattle to engage with the communities of SeaTac, Burien, Des Moines, Normandy Park, Tukwila and Federal Way. Representatives from Delta Air Lines, Alaska Airlines, and Lynden Transport are also members. The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) participates as a non-member. The cities of Burien, Des Moines, and Federal Way have temporarily suspended their involvement in StART. The Airport Managing Director, Lance Lyttle, provided an update on the effort to re-engage the suspended cities. Letters have been sent to each city requesting meetings to discuss community concerns, with the hope that the suspended cities return to StART. Lyttle also shared that the Runway Use Agreement was enacted on September 4, 2019 and that results are encouraging. Since enactment, there is significantly less use of the third runway during the late-night hours (12 a.m. – 5 a.m.). He also stated that the Port has sent a second letter to air carriers regarding the A320 whistle noise fix and has…

Signed by FAA and Port effective September 4 South Flow Runway Use Program: (2) Late night usage. During regular late night operations between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. in normal weather patterns, departures and/or arrivals take place on 16L, and 16C, and use of 16R only when required for safety or efficiency reasons. North Flow Runway Use Program: (2) Late night usage. During regular late night operations between the hours of 12:00 a.m. and 5:00 a.m. in normal weather patterns, departures and/or arrivals take place on 34R, and/or 34C, and use of 34L only when required for safety or efficiency reasons. 3rd Runway Late Night Usage Prior to Updated Agreement • Average of more than 10 landings per night • Approximately 36% of late night landings occurred on 3rd runway • Frequent nights with 20 to 30 landings Late Night 3rd Runway Usage After Updated Agreement • Average of 2 to 3 landings per late night • Approximately 14% of landings occurred on 3rd runway • Frequent late nights with 0 landings 3rd Runway Late Night Landings from 9/4 thru 10/21 nights with no landings 4-Sep 6-Sep 8-Sep 10-Sep12-Sep14-Sep16-Sep18-Sep20-Sep22-Sep24-Sep26-Sep28-Sep30-Sep 2-Oct 4-Oct 6-Oct 8-Oct 10-Oct12-Oct14-Oct16-Oct18-Oct20-Oct 3rd Runway Landings Incidental 3rd Runway Use Maintenance activities on other runways including: • Rubber removal • Runway lighting • ILS equipment Inclement weather conditions including: • Low visibility • Snow removal • High winds Efficiency / Demand Monitoring Runway Usage • Daily reviews of usage by Noise Office staff • Communicate with…

• Focus on operations between the hours of 12am to 5am • Noise thresholds established at 4 noise monitor locations for departures and arrivals • SEL (single-event level) noise metric used • Annual Fly Quiet Award scoring effected Departures 91 dB Arrivals 88 dBArrivals 82 dB Departures 91 dB Arrivals 88 dB Arrivals 89 dB SEL Noise Thresholds Third Quarter Results Airlines That Exceeded Noise Thresholds Airline Total Ops Exceedances % of Ops EVA Air 120 85 71% FedEx 85 57 67% China Airlines Cargo 35 31 89% Cargolux 20 14 70% Korean Air Cargo 30 12 40% Asiana Cargo 12 9 75% Air Transport Intl 294 7 2% American 310 5 2% Air China Cargo 4 4 100% Atlas Air 5 4 80% Volga-Dnepr Airlines 3 3 100% Kalitta Air 5 3 60% Western Global Airlines 5 3 60% Alaska Airlines 976 2 less than 1% Each airline with exceedances will be contacted Airlines that Operated During Late Night Hours with No Exceedances Each airline that operated will be contacted Airline Total Ops Delta Airlines 554 United Airlines 416 Spirit Airlines 253 Southwest 195 JetBlue 137 Cathay Pacific 88 Frontier Airlines 86 Sun Country Airlines 73 Horizon Airlines 69 Compass Airlines 39 Air Canada 13 ABX Air 13 Hawaiian Airlines 10 Omni Air International 10 SkyWest Airlines 3 Xiamen Air 1 Additional Data • 3874 Total Operations during late night hours • 239 Total Operations exceeded thresholds – 6% • 62% of exceedances were cargo operations Data will be…

StART enhances cooperation between the Port of Seattle and the neighboring communities of Sea-Tac Airport StART FACILITATOR’S MEETING SUMMARY Wednesday, October 23, 2019 6:00-8:00 pm, Sea-Tac Airport Conference Center Participant Interest Represented Participant Interest Represented Eric Zimmerman Normandy Park X Tony Gonchar Delta Airlines - Earnest Thompson Normandy Park - Scott Ingham (Alt) Delta Airlines X Mark Hoppen Normandy Park - Scott Kennedy Alaska Airlines X Jennifer-Ferrer-Santa Ines (Alt) Normandy Park - Matt Shelby (Alt) Alaska Airlines - Kyle Moore SeaTac X Joelle Briggs FAA X Robert Akhtar SeaTac X Chris Schaffer FAA X Carl Cole SeaTac - Jason Richie FAA - Steve Pilcher (Alt) SeaTac - Tom Fagerstrom Port of Seattle X Katrina (Trina) Cook Tukwila X Lance Lyttle Port of Seattle X David Cline Tukwila - Marco Milanese Port of Seattle X Brandon Miles Tukwila - Arlyn Purcell Port of Seattle X Laura Sanders Lynden (air cargo) X Eric Schinfeld Port of Seattle - Stan Shepherd Port of Seattle - Additional Participants: Brad Nicholas, HMMH; Justin Biassou, FAA; David Suomi, FAA Facilitator: Phyllis Shulman, Civic Alchemy Note Taker: Megan King, Floyd Snider Meeting Objectives: To recap the Aviation Noise Working Group and Federal Policy Working Group meetings. To discuss the Late Night Noise Limitation Program 3rd quarter results. To provide input to the consultant on the Ground Noise Analysis scope. Welcome Lance Lyttle, Port of Seattle Lyttle provided an update on the effort to re-engage the suspended cities. Letters have been sent to each city requesting meetings to…

 Aircraft Noise Effects on Human Activity  Sound Propagation  Ground Noise Study Scope  Ground Noise Sources Input  Noise Monitoring Discusssion Acoustical Terminology  Maximum A-weighted Sound Level (Lmax)  Sound Exposure Level (SEL)  Equivalent Sound Level (Leq) Aircraft Noise Effects on Human Activity  Speech interference may occur • Outdoors with sound levels of 60 – 65 dBA outdoors or higher • Indoors with windows open at sound levels of 70 – 75 dBA outdoors or higher (outdoor to indoor level reduction is approximately 15 dB with open windows) • Indoors with windows closed at sound levels of 75 – 80 dBA outdoors or higher (outdoor to indoor level reduction is approximately 25 dB with closed windows)  Sleep interference may occur for ~ 2 % of people • With windows open and exterior sound levels of 70 to 75 dBA, Lmax • With windows closed and exterior sound levels of 80 to 85 dBA, Lmax Sound Propagation  Spherical Spreading • Sound level decreases by 6 dB per doubling of distance • Additional losses due to atmospheric absorption  Ground Effect • Sound levels are lower when reflected off of soft ground vs. hard ground Sound Propagation  Refraction due to Temperature • Gradients in temperature cause the bending of sound paths • Sound bends upward during a temperature lapse (cool air over warm) • Sound bends downward during a temperature inversion (warm air over cool) Sound Propagation  Refraction due to Wind •…

StART enhances cooperation between the Port of Seattle and the neighboring communities of Sea-Tac Airport StART FACILITATOR’S MEETING SUMMARY Monday October 14, 2019 5:30 – 7:30, Conference Center SeaTac Airport Attendee Interest Represented Eric Zimmerman Normandy Park Mark Hoppen (phone) Normandy Park Tom Fagerstrom Port of Seattle Marco Milanese Port of Seattle Lance Lyttle Port of Seattle Steve Osterdahl Alaska Airlines Vince Mestre L&B Steve Alverson (phone) ESA Facilitator: Phyllis Shulman, Civic Alchemy Note Taker: Megan King, Floyd Snider Meeting Objectives To provide updates on actions in the Rolling Work Plan. To discuss preliminary outcomes of the finalized Runway Use Plan and 3rd quarter results from the Late Night Noise Limitation Program. To provide an update and discuss elements of the Noise Abatement Departure Profile Analysis. Meeting Summary Updates on Implementation on Draft Rolling Work Plan Marco Milanese, Port of Seattle • Ground noise analysis: The consultant is on-board, and will be at the October 23 StART meeting to review the scope of the analysis and solicit feedback and input from StART’s membership. • A320 whistle noise: The Port has sent out a 2nd round of letters to airlines requesting information about their plan to retrofit aircraft to minimize the noise. Recently, Air Canada responded with their plan for retrofitting and Alaska Airlines has responded that they will provide their plan shortly. • The newly appointed FAA community liaison will be at the October 23 StART meeting to introduce himself. Runway Use Plan Finalization & Preliminary Outcomes Tom Fagerstrom, Port…

StART enhances cooperation between the Port of Seattle and the neighboring communities of Sea-Tac Airport AVIATION NOISE WORKING GROUP StART FACILITATOR’S MEETING SUMMARY November 18, 2019; 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm Seattle-Tacoma International Conference Center, Room 4A Conference Room 17801 International Blvd. (Directions) Attendee Interest Represented Eric Zimmerman Normandy Park Robert Akhtar SeaTac Mark Hoppen (phone) Normandy Park Jennifer Kester SeaTac Scott Ingham (Alt.) Delta Air Lines Tom Fagerstrom Port of Seattle Marco Milanese Port of Seattle Stan Shepherd Port of Seattle Jason Ritchie FAA Vince Mestre L&B Additional Participants: Lynae Craig, Alaska Airlines (phone), Lance Lyttle, Port of Seattle Facilitator: Phyllis Shulman, Civic Alchemy Note Taker: Emily Jackson, Floyd Snider Meeting Objectives: To discuss and get input on the Noise Abatement Departure Profiles Study’s next steps. To provide an update on the Late Night Noise Limitation Program outreach. To recap and share insights on the recent AAAE/ACI-NA Noise Conference. To review and discuss input received on the Ground Noise Study Scope. Meeting Summary Noise Abatement Departure Profile Study: Next Steps Vince Mestre Mestre provided a review of the Noise Abatement Departure Profiles Study and described the implementation steps, if action is taken. He stated that based on the study, NADP 2 (ICAO B for international carriers), known also as the distant procedure, is the preferred departure profile that offers the greatest potential noise reduction benefit for local communities. Next steps include the Port making a formal request through a letter to each airline asking them to utilize the NADP…

StART enhances cooperation between the Port of Seattle and the neighboring communities of Sea-Tac Airport StART FACILITATOR’S FEDERAL POLICY WORKING GROUP MEETING SUMMARY Monday, November 4, 2019 5:30-6:30 pm, Seattle Tacoma International Airport Conference Center Member Interest Represented Present Jennifer Ferrer-Santa Ines Normandy Park Finance Director X Kyle Moore SeaTac Government Relations and Communication Manager X Robert Akhtar SeaTac X Flannary Fox Office of Sen. Patty Murray X Yasmine Mehdi Office of Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (phone) X Jessica Mulligan Office of Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal (phone) X Resources Title Eric Schinfeld Port of Seattle, Sr. Manager, Federal & International Government Relations X Consultants Phyllis Shulman Facilitator, Civic Alchemy X Emily Jackson Note taker, Floyd|Snider X Additional Participants: Rihanna, City of Normandy Park Fellow Meeting Objectives: To receive updates and discuss the Senate Appropriations noise policies, joint Port- Cities letters to Congress and FAA, and Representative Adam Smith’s legislative efforts. Meeting Summary: Update on Senate Appropriations Noise Policies Flannery Fox, Legislative Outreach Aide, Senator Patty Murray Fox provided an update on language in the Senate’s FY2020 transportation appropriations bill relating to the FAA. She stated that there is increasing attention on aviation noise issues from the Senate, particularly around intensifying interest from senators for FAA to meet its deadlines on releasing reports identified in the FAA Reauthorization Bill. The specific language is as follows: • “Noise and Community Outreach.—The Committee directs the FAA to improve the development of flight procedures in ways that will give fair consideration to public comment and reduce…

5:00 pm – 7:00 pm. Video Conference Participant Interest Represented Participant Interest Represented Eric Zimmerman Normandy Park X Scott Ingham (Alt) Delta Air Lines X Tim Sorensen Normandy Park - Scott Kennedy Alaska Airlines - Mark Hoppen Normandy Park X Matt Shelby (Alt) Alaska Airlines - Jennifer-Ferrer-Santa Ines (Alt) Normandy Park - Shan Hoel Air Cargo X Tejvir Basra SeaTac X Justin Biassou FAA X Robert Akhtar SeaTac - Lance Lyttle Port of Seattle X Carl Cole SeaTac X Arlyn Purcell Port of Seattle X Kyle Moore (Alt) SeaTac - Marco Milanese Port of Seattle X Erica Post Tukwila X Eric Schinfeld Port of Seattle - Brandon Miles Tukwila X Tom Fagerstrom Port of Seattle X Tod Bookless Tukwila X Stan Shepherd Port of Seattle X Tony Gonchar Delta Air Lines - Additional Participants: Lyndall Bervar, Office of Representative Adam Smith; Randy Fiertz, Alaska Airlines, Dave McFadden, Port of Seattle; Bookda Gheisar, Port of Seattle; Clare Gallagher, Port of Seattle; Andy Gregory, Port of Seattle Facilitator: Phyllis Shulman, Civic Alchemy Note Taker: Amanda Murphy, Amanda Gray Consulting Meeting Objectives To provide an update on the StART Federal Policy Working Group and recap the Aviation Noise Working Group. To discuss and provide initial input to the Port of Seattle’s Economic Recovery Framework. Welcome Lance Lyttle, Airport Managing Director, Port of Seattle Lyttle, welcomed participants and gave a brief update on airport operations. He stated that the airport is beginning to see some signs of positive change including a slight increase in…

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