EXECUTIVE AIRPORT NOISE ABATEMENT PROGRAM:
In 1991, the airport installed a Noise Monitoring System. The system
provides information on noise levels, aircraft types, altitudes
and flight tracks. The information collected is used to monitor
the status of noise abatement procedures and to develop new ones.
To help minimize noise in the community, several measures are currently
in place:
EXECUTIVE AIRPORT NOISE ABATEMENT PROGRAM:
In 1991, the airport installed a Noise Monitoring System. The
system provides information on noise levels, aircraft types, altitudes
and flight tracks. The information collected is used to monitor
the status of noise abatement procedures and to develop new ones.
To help minimize noise in the community, several measures are
currently in place:
1. Full-time Noise Abatement office staff
2. 24-Hour Noise Abatement Hotline (954) 828-6666
3. Six permanent noise monitors and an operations monitoring system
4. Pilot Education Program
5. Airfield noise abatement advisory signs
6. Noise abatement brochures for Pilots with Noise Abatement diagrams
7. Runway 8 jet departures are to turn left over I-95 for all
north and west bound jets 24 hours a day and for east and southbound
jets between 2300 and 0700 local.
8. Voluntary restriction of jet use on Runway 13/31
9. Nighttime preferential runways are Runway 26 for takeoffs and
Runway 8 for landings for all aircraft
10. Voluntary restriction of nighttime and weekend touch-and-goes
and practice approach operations
11. No turns until 1/2 mile west for Runway 26 takeoffs.
12. Prohibit maintenance run-ups between the hours of 1900 - 0700
local.
13. Voluntary use of turbojet noise abatement departure and arrival
profiles.
The Executive Airport is one of the busiest general aviation
airports in the United States. The facility is self-sustaining
and plays a vital role in the City of Fort Lauderdale's economic
development. The Airport City owned with more than 200 businesses,
over 700 aircraft, 200-acre Industrial Air park and over 1.5 million
square feet of office and warehouse space. The Airport maintains
a 24-hour noise abatement hotline that residents can call to report
excessive loud aircraft noise. The noise abatement hotline number
is (954) 828-6666. Please leave your name and address and advise
if you would like a call back.
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