| IATA/ICAO CODE: |
TUS/KTUS |
| CITY: |
Tucson |
| STATE: |
AZ |
| COUNTRY: |
USA |
AIRPORT CONTACT
No changes reported by the airport in 2007 Verify information below with the airport
Name: |
Jill Merrick |
Title: |
VP Planning and Developemnt |
| Airport: |
Tucson International Airport |
Address: |
Tucson Airport Authority
7005 South Plumer Ave
Tucson, AZ 85706 |
| Phone: |
+1 520 573 8100 |
| Fax: |
+1 520 573 8006 |
Email: |
info@tucsonairport.org (Airport Inquiries) |
| Airport Web Site:
www.tucsonairport.org |
ELEVATION: 2643 ft
|
RUNWAY INFORMATION
|
| Orientation |
Length (ft)
|
Displaced
Threshold (ft)
|
Glide Slope(deg)
|
Width (ft)
|
| 11L/29R |
10996
|
-
|
-
|
150
|
| 11R/29L |
8408
|
-
|
-
|
75
|
| 3/21 |
7000
|
-
|
-
|
150
|
Link to FAA
Airport Diagram Website
NOISE ABATEMENT PROCEDURES
| Aircraft departing runway 11R are required to attain at least
400 feet AGL prior to starting turn. (Procedure is in place, but
not for noise abatement). |
AIRPORT CURFEWS - NONE
PREFERENTIAL RUNWAYS
| Preferential use of runway 11 up to 10 knot tailwind. Nighttime
operations (10 p.m. to 7 a.m.) use runway 29 for arrivals and runway
11 for departures when wind, weather and traffic permit. |
OPERATING QUOTA - NONE
ENGINE RUN-UP RESTRICTIONS
| Maintenance engine runups are conducted at the south end of the
airfield. |
APU OPERATING RESTRICTIONS - NONE
NOISE BUDGET RESTRICTIONS - NONE
NOISE SURCHARGE - NONE
NOISE MITIGATION/LAND USE PLANNING PROGRAM INFORMATION
|
Type of Program
|
Date Implemented
|
Status
|
| Sound Insulation (Residences and Public
Buildings) |
1993
|
662 homes and one school completed.
50 homes (70-74 DNL),608 homes (65-69 DNL).
938 homes are yet to be completed and no sound insulation is provided
to residents in <65 DNL contours |
| Purchase Assurance for Homeowners Located
Within the Airport Noise Contours |
N/A
|
N/A |
| Avigation Easements |
1993
|
Participants must sign an avigation easement
prior to receiving sound insulation.
Avigation easements requested on rezoning and plan amendments within
the traffic pattern airspace. |
| Zoning Laws |
1985 PIMA CO.
1990 City of Tucson
|
Sound attenuation required in 65 DNL contour
on residential uses, places of public accommodation and professional
offices. Day care prohibited in 65 DNL and above. Educational use
prohibited in 70 DNL +. |
| Real Estate/Property Disclosure Laws |
1999
|
State law requires prospective purchasers
be notified if the property is inside the territory in the vicinity
of a public airport as defined by the statue. |
| Acquire Land for Noise Compatibility to
date |
1985-2005
|
2650 acres of vacant land purchased to
date |
| Population within each noise contour level
relative to aircraft operations |
1994
|
4770 (65-69 DNL)
500 (70-74 DNL)
0 (75> DNL)
|
| Airport Noise Contour Overlay Maps |
1994
|
Noise contour map |
| Total Cost of Noise Mitigation Programs
to Date |
1985-2005
|
$14 million from 1993 to 2005 for insulation
program.
$15 million from 1985 to 2005 for land acquisition. |
| Source of Noise Mitigation Program Funding
for Aircraft Noise |
-
|
Airport Improvement Program Grants (25.3
million)
Passenger Facility Charges (2.8 million) |
NOISE MONITORING SYSTEM - NONE
FLIGHT
TRACK MONITORING SYSTEM - NONE
NOISE LEVEL LIMITS - NONE
STAGE 2 RESTRICTIONS
| Stage 2 airplanes >75,000 lbs are prohibited from operating
at airports within the 48 contiguous states. |
STAGE 2 PHASEOUT
STAGE 3 RESTRICTIONS - NONE
|