2015-06-24: Final EA & FONSI-ROD for KCLT OAPM (402p)
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2014-12-00: Draft EA for KCLT OAPM (118p)
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Charlotte/Douglas, NC – OEP:KCLT
IMPACT: NextGen-Noise 8-15-2015 KCLT CHARLOTTE/DOUGLAS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT (5,000 acres) Charlotte, NC Four Nearby Instrument Airports: [KAKH] 10 W ; [KUZA] 15 S ; [KJQF] 16 NE ; [KIPJ] 19 NW ;(ave. distance: 15 nm) Total Based Aircraft:92 (14 single-props, 19 … Continue reading
Are the SAMP Open Houses Really Just ‘Propaganda Events’?
I attended a ‘Sustainable Airport Master Plan (SAMP) scoping Open House last night, for one of the fastest-growing commercial airports in the U.S.: Sea-Tac, serving the Seattle and Puget Sound [KSEA]. There is a lot to report, but even more, … Continue reading
Hubbing Strategies Increase Impacts, But Do Not Create Sustainable Airline Profits
Airline stocks have been tanking lately, in no small part due to strategy shifts by United. In a nutshell, United is trying to design a broad restructuring of its three domestic-focused hubs in Chicago, Denver and Houston. Why? Because this … Continue reading
Who is to Blame – and Who Can Fix – the Impacts Around U.S. Hub Airports?
A recent news article out of Phoenix [KPHX] shows that both FAA and local officials are again ‘collaborating’ to screw over residents impacted by NextGen routes. Click here to view an archived copy with aiReform comments. What I find most … Continue reading
1990 vs 2005 vs 2016 Operations: Exposing FAA’s Inaccurate Forecasts
While doing some online research and archiving of older FAA documents, I ran into a copy of FAA’s 1993 Aviation System Capacity Plan. (click here for an archived copy of the 389-page document). Within this document, Table A-3 offered a … Continue reading
Thanksgiving, 2017: Three Graphics That Say a Lot
Here are three graphics: the first posted by airline lobbyist A4A, the second posted by FAA, and the last shared online at the Facebook site, Plane Sense 4 Long Island. Note the conflicting data from FAA and the lobby; note … Continue reading
People and Communities Would Benefit, if We Disincentivized Hubs
Interesting discussion about community impacts and port authority overdevelopment at Sea-Tac [KSEA], in this Quiet Skies Puget Sound Facebook Post. Here, one of the area residents being victimized by Sea-Tac overexpansion suggests what really is the easiest solution: spread the … Continue reading
NAS Annual Ops Have Declined for Decades Now, And NextGen Is Just Hype
One of the most frustrating and damnable aspects of today’s FAA is their manipulation of data, to steer public opinion toward more aviation expansion. This propagandistic phenomenon has worsened in the last decade. Sometimes, to get to the facts, you … Continue reading