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Part 150: Noise Compatibility StudyThe new runway at Piedmont Triad International Airport is under construction and the Piedmont Triad Airport Authority is conducting an Airport Noise Compatibility Study, also called a Part 150 Study. The Part 150 Study seeks to reduce the impacts of airport operations on neighborhoods surrounding the airport. This website will help address questions Triad residents have about airport noise, the Noise Compatibility Study and community involvement in the process. Here is the latest:PTI Part 150 Study wins FAA Approval Next step will be implementation of the airport’s noise studyThe Federal Aviation Administration has approved the 20 measures recommended in the Part 150 Study that had been submitted to the FAA by the Piedmont Triad Airport Authority. The FAA action was announced in a Record of Approval issued last week (see full document by clicking here). The measures approved by the FAA include a number of proposed flight procedures for noise reduction, purchase of homes within the 70 DNL contour, sound insulation for homes between the 65 and 70 DNL contours, and other noise mitigations strategies. The flight procedures were approved as voluntary measures, in accordance with the standard procedure of the FAA. Funding for programs such as sound insulation will require the airport to make a formal specific request to the FAA and will be considered as those requests are made. Two measures were approved subject to FAA review of specific applications. These measures involve possible noise barriers at future airport facilities and optional measures for homeowners located between 65 and 70 DNL who are not participating in the sound insulation program. “We are very pleased that the FAA has responded favorably to our noise study,” said Ted Johnson, executive director of the Piedmont Triad International Airport. “We are grateful to the many volunteers who spent long hours hammering out the details of this study for the good of the entire community.”The FAR Part 150 Study, also called an Airport Noise Compatibility Study, seeks to reduce the impacts of airport operations on neighborhoods surrounding the airport. It is called a FAR Part 150 Study because it is conducted under Federal Aviation Regulation Part 150 using a grant from the FAA. Piedmont Triad International Airport began its study in 2004 with the appointment of three committees to review the airport layout, flight procedures and land use around the airport. Committee members were selected with the help of elected officials from various jurisdictions around the airport. The committees, which included residents living near the airport, elected and appointed government officials and airport tenants, met regularly for more than two years to determine how best to reduce airport noise in the neighborhoods surrounding the airport. The study was led by Andy Harris, an airport noise consultant from Manchester, Massachusetts. With Harris’s guidance, the committees developed a total of 20 recommendations that were then presented at a public hearing. The two parts of the study – the Noise Exposure Maps and the 20 measures making up the Noise Compatibility Program – were adopted by the Piedmont Triad Airport Authority and submitted to the FAA for review. The FAA accepted the Noise Exposure Maps last June. The approval of the Noise Compatibility Program completes the FAA’s review of the airport’s Part 150 Study. “The next step in the process will be to begin implementation of the program,” Johnson said. “We look forward to getting underway.” |
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