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W. Floyd Best, Assistant Airport Manager Mrslellan-Palanar Airport,
2198 Palomar Airport Road,
Carlsbad, CA. 92008
4620 WlCkinghaIn Lane
Carlsbad, CA. 92008-6401
July 12, 1994
RE: Aircraft Noise Abatement
Dear Mr. Best:
This letter is an addenchmnto my letter to you of June 24,1994, relative to referenced subject, with 808ne additional questions that have been generated by an
article in the Carlsbad Sun of July 7, 1994 (Attachment A).
Of specific interest in this article is your st.atemgllt tbt 327 noise complaints for 1993 is "an amount that is 'not an awful lot.*t1 I do not know how these 327 complaints are recorded and tabulated: however, it would seem possible - though not probable - that one complainant could actually file all the 327 complaints.
At the other end of the spectrum would be one complaint per camplainant. If the
latter is more factual, then two major factors become pertinent, to wit:
1. How many infractions (excessive noise violations) per day does a person have to endure to qualify for filing a "complaint?11 Or can there be a canplaint for sach infraction? If this is the case, I personally could file the 327
complaints in a very short time. For instance, Sunday, July 10th was a real
ttIxunner.tl At least 50 real tthumnerstt could have been reported in the afternoon
01lJ"y.
2. There are &y individuals kho simply -dedine to undertake the involvement in initiating a complaht for several re9sons even though they may be definitely affected in a negative manner by excessive noise. Nonetheless, the noise violation is still there.
I At this point, it is still undetermined what take-off and approach patterns are being promulgated or if there is any attempt at enforcement. If there is an effort in regard to these, it is ineffective as there are many W.olationsft or
instances of non-conformance. An ever increasing number of aircraft are going in
all directions at varying almtides. For eX?u.nple, in t%e past wek, there were
at least six instances in which twin-engine aircraft were flown directly over my residence on the downwind approach leg - gear down - and under 1000 feet. I question if this is in compliance with published procedures.
While non-adherence to designated departure and approach procedures is a major consideration in the excessive noise problem, more serious is the actual aircraft design and/or configuration. The "HUE1MERSt of which I previously Wrote are now
and are going to be violators regardless of the tracks or patterns flown. Can we anticipate any corrective action or peace and quiet in the forthcoming $400,000
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Sincerely ,
Attachment: A
*->c: Chairperson, Carlsbad Planning Comaission
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Airport hopes to -quiet complaints
By Stephen McDonald “Noise is as much a concern
Staff Writer to me as it is to other people,”
Palomar Airport officials will says airport Manager Robert
install a new noise monitoring Olislagers. “We perceive that to
system in September to help be an intrusion on someone’s
address citizen complaints about privacy.” noise from overflying planes. I In 1993, the airport received
The new system will trace the 327 noise complaints - an exact routes of airplanes landing amount that is “not an awful lot”
or taking off from the airport according to Noise Abatement
and measure their noise. Officer Floyd Best. One resident c.oncerned with
planes flying overhead is
Barclay Sauers in the Terramar
community along Carlsbad
Boulevard, west of the airport.
Sauers says some airplanes
taking off are deviating from
:wormal flight patterns to take a
“shortcut” over Terramar.
“There’s a lot of planes going
over the neighborhood, and
these pilots must know their
planes make noise,” Sauers
says. qtYs disruptive to conver-
sations and sleep patterns early
in the morning.” Sauers also
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Floyd Best, noise officer at Paloniar
Airport, ShOH’S a microPllo1le to be
iised in a new riiortiloririg s$Ttem.
says he would feel safer if planes
didn’t fly over Terramar.
Olislagers says pilots are
given suggested routes to avoid
flying over . neighborhoods.
However, weather conditions
can alter them, and the Federal
Aviation Administration may
order pilots to take certain
courses once they’re in the air to
avoid potential collisions with
other planes in the area, szys
Olislagers.
Olislagers says the new mon-
itoring system will allow him to
check whether pilots are deviat-
ing from flight patterns. ’‘It’s
almost like ‘Big Brother’ being
here,” Olislagers says.
The $400,000 system consists
of six specialized microphones
linked to computers. Four micro-
phones will be installed at per-
manent sites around the airport.
The others are mobile and can
be placed near homes to check
noise from overflying planes. .(.