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Boca Raton Airport

AAAE Airport Noise Mitigation Symposium

October 6, 2009

Boca Raton Airport History

• 1936 - City Airport• 1944 - WWII Army Airfield Radar Training

– B-17 & B-29 Bombers– 800 Buildings, 16,000 Officers– 1,200 Civilians Worked on Base

• 1947 - Hurricane Hits • 1950 - FAU 1,000 acres • 1950 - Airport 212 acres • 1983 - Airport Authority Established

B-17 Flying Fortress

Boca Raton Airport Authority

• 1983 – Quasi Governmental State Agency• Seven Member (Appointed) Board

– Palm Beach County & City of Boca Raton• Airport Manager – Ken Day & Staff of Four• Grant Assurances

– Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)– Florida Department of Transportation (FDOT)

BCT – 1986

Boca Raton Airport

• General Aviation Airport • Single Runway 5/23 (6,276’)• 297 Based Aircraft

– Single/Twin Engine Propeller Aircraft – Corporate Jets (Up to and including G-V/Global)

• Two Fixed Based Operators (FBO’s)– Boca Aviation & Avitat Boca

• Two Flight Schools– Lynn University & Boca Flight Training

Skyhawk

King Air

Global Express

Boca Airport Timeline

• 1970 1st FBO - Boca Aviation• 1984 Airport Development • 1996 Runway Extension• 2000 Part 150 Noise Study• 2000 Air Traffic Control Tower • 2003 Noise Abatement Program - Pilot Outreach• 2004 Voluntary Curfew Program • 2004 2nd FBO - Avitat Boca• 2008 Sound Insulation Program• 2009 NEM Update

Boca Air Traffic Control Tower

Part 150 Study Results

• Current Noise Exposure Map (NEM) – Effective Date December 31, 2001

• Noise Compatibility Program– Effective Date June 28, 2002

Voluntary Operational Procedures

• Runway 5 noise abatement run to 360’, to climb west of Interstate 95 to 1,500’

• Runway 23 noise abatement run to 255’, to climb over Town Center to 1,500’

• Recommend jets use NBAA noise abatement procedures

• Right-hand traffic pattern on Runway 23• Left-hand traffic pattern on Runway 5, with right-

hand arrivals from the east• North-flow preferential runway use

Voluntary Land Use Elements

• Zoning• Building Code Revision• Local Environmental Review• Comprehensive Review• Real Estate Disclosure• Easement Acquisition• Sound Insulation• Noise and Operations Monitoring System• Noise Abatement Advisory Committee• Program Publicity

Runway 05 Departure Map

Runway 23 Departure Map

Noise Monitoring System

Sound Insulation

NEM Update

BCT - 2009

B-17 Flying Fortress - 2009

Boca Raton Airport AuthorityKimberly Singer

Public Affairs Director

3700 Airport Road, Suite 304Boca Raton, Florida 33431

561-391-2202ksinger@bocaairport.com

www.bocaairport.com