Welcome to Gatwick’s
Airspace and NMB Public Meeting
5th December 2018
PUBLIC MEETING PROGRAMME
Session 1
15.00: Registration
15.15: Introduction and welcome
15.30: NMB update - Bo Redeborn, Independent Chairman
NMB
16.00: Gatwick Airport update - Andy Sinclair, Head of Airspace
16.30: Interactive aviation tutorials
• Air Traffic Control
• Airline pilots
• Airspace change
• Flight performance monitoring
• Sustainable Aviation
• Rolls Royce
• Reduced night noise trial and NMB
18.00: Panel discussion
18.45: Ends
Session 2
16.15: Registration
16.30: Interactive aviation tutorials (as per session 1)
18.00: Panel discussion (as per session 1)
18.45: NMB update - Bo Redeborn, Independent Chairman
NMB
19.15: Gatwick Airport update - Andy Sinclair, Head of
Airspace
20.00: Ends
NMB Update – Bo Redeborn
5th December 2018
NOISE MANAGEMENT BOARD MEMBERSHIP
Institutional Membership
Gatwick Airport Ltd
Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)
Department for Transport (DfT)
National Air Traffic Services (NATS)
Air Navigation Solutions (ANS)
Airline Operators Committee (AOC)
Graham Lake
NMB
Secretariat
Bo Redeborn
NMB Chairman
NOISE MANAGEMENT BOARD MEMBERSHIP
Community Membership
Chair of GATCOM
East Sussex and West Sussex County Councils
Surrey and Kent County Councils
Community Noise Group (CNG) Pairs
The High Weald Councils Aviation Action Group (HWCAAG) & Association
Parish Councils Aviation Group (APCAG)
Communities Against Gatwick Noise Emissions (CAGNE) & Plane Wrong
East Sussex Communities for Control of Aircraft Noise (ESCCAN) & Tunbridge
Wells Anti Aircraft Noise Group (TWAANG)
Gatwick Obviously Not (GON) & People Against Gatwick Noise Emissions
(PAGNE)
PROGRESS
Significant community engagement through the NMB and Workshops
NMB/9 - January 2018
NMB RNN Workshop - March 2018
NMB/10 – April 2018
NMB Departures Workshop –
May 2018
NMB/11 - June 2018
NMB/Ad-hoc (RNN) - July 2018
NMB Workplan Workshop - August 2018
NMB/12 - September 2018
NMB/Ad-hoc (NMB Review) - November
2018
Airspace seminar & NMB Public Meeting
- December 2018
PROGRESS
1. A320 modification
97% flights by aircraft that have been modified
2. Improved engagement with airlines
Review of noise abatement information and implementation of an Operator
Briefing Pack
Airline Noise League Table
3. Continuous Descent Operation
Low Noise Approach supplementary definition
4. University of Sussex research into aircraft height perception
5. Ongoing planning for the Reduced Night Noise (RNN) Trial
6. Growth & Noise including Policy Review, Metrics and Ambient Noise Study
MORE WORK NEEDED
1. FED analysis and investigation of FED initiatives
2. Departures
3. Meeting efficiency
4. NMB Governance
NEXT YEAR’S ACTIVITIES
1. Reduced Night Noise (RNN) Trial
2. Validate the Low Noise Arrival (LNA) Metric
3. Improve departure continuous climb
4. Define FED in an RNAV environment
5. Land Use Planning (LUP)
6. Balance growth and noise
7. Facilitate NMB engagement with Future Airspace Strategy (FAS)
8. Strengthen community engagement
Note: These activities are subject to NMB approval
NMB Review
BACKGROUND
1. Constitutional Review of the NMB
Commenced at NMB/11 April 2018
Posed 5 Constitutional questions (June 2018)
2. Letter of no confidence from CNGs
9th July 2018
2. Establishment of a Review Sub-Committee
5 NMB Members
Identify key recommendations from NMB Members’ feedback
PROCESS
1. Review Committee roles and
responsibilities
Consider the purpose, objectives,
governance, structure, membership,
balance, legitimacy, outcomes, leadership
and administration of the NMB2. Feedback through:
5 constitutional questions (NMB/11)
10 review committee questions (Oct 18)
3. Review report
Ipsos MORI independent Summary
Published 28th November
10 Recommendations
KEY RECOMMENDATIONS
Vision
Structure (wider community
participation)
Governance (Terms of
Reference and Code of
Conduct)
Review committee further
work
NEXT STEPS
NMB/13 9th January 2019
Develop recommendations
Terms of Reference for proposed
structures
Code of Conduct & Membership
proposals
Set up Working Groups
Develop a Vision
Resource and Budget
Gatwick Update
Andy SinclairHEAD AIRSPACE STRATEGY & ENGAGEMENT 16
Wednesday 5 December 2018
Governance
Law & National Policy
Policy & Regulation
ATC services around
Gatwick, London area
and across UK
ATC Services
immediate
vicinity
Policy/Regulation Changes 2018/2019
Additional
Requirements
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Noise Management Organisation
Statutory forum for engagement on any matter
concerning the management of the airport which affects:
users, local authorities and other local stakeholders
Develop, agree, oversee and maintain a coordinated
noise management vision and strategy on behalf of
stakeholder organisations
Noise and Track Keeping
Monitoring Advisory
Group (NATMAG)
Discusses a wide range of noise and track-keeping
issues; monitors airspace, complaint handling, noise
and track-keeping performance and ground noise
complaints.
Drives and monitors the NMB actions and NMB
Workplan activities coordinating activity across
various stakeholders and fora.
Gatwick Consultative
Committee
(GATCOM)
Noise Management
Board (NMB)
NMB Workplan Implementation
Steering Group
Gatwick’s Mitigations
Statutory noise controls include
• Departure noise limits and noise preferential routes
• Restrictions on number of night movements and their noise footprint
• Minimum heights to be achieved; the monitoring and reporting of
compliance using the noise and track keeping system
Mitigations beyond NMB Workplan
• Actions proposed in the Noise Action Plan 2019-2024
• Gatwick’s noise insulation scheme extends to the 60 dBA Leq
contour and thereafter up to 15km from the runway
How We’re Delivering Change
Noise Action Plan
• Proposed plan with DEFRA (and DfT) for approval
• Plan covers the period 2019-2024
• We will regularly monitor and report on progress against activities
• In the next year anticipate:
• Review of the Noise Insulation Scheme
• Introduction of enhanced Noise and Track Keeping System
• Review of Departure Noise Limits and Fines
• Review options to ban noisiest aircraft at night
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Enhanced Noise & Track Keeping
System
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• Implement an enhanced system summer 2019
• Will use multiple data feeds and sources to add resilience
• Replacement of all noise monitors and expand the fleet
• Additional means for submission of complaints
• Enhanced public flight tracker
and website re-design
24 Hours on Westerly Operations
24 Hours on Easterly Operations
Holistic View of Airspace Operation
Noise Exposure Contours 2017• Actual modal split 54dBA contour decreased by 5% from 88.1km2 to
83.8km2 and the 57dBA contour decreased by 3% from 44.2km2 to
42.7 km2
• Day standard modal split 54 dBA contour decreased by 4% from
86.5km2 to 82.7 km2 and the 57dBA contour also decreased by 3%
from 43.8 km2 to 42.6 km2
• Population count within the actual 54dBA contour decreased by 3%
from 11,600 to 11,300
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• Population count within the
standard 54dBA contour
decreased by 1% from 11,100 to
10,950
Route 4 - Update
• We are working to revert the Route 4 conventional standard
instrument departures (SIDs) to their position on 6 April 2017
• A safety review was completed and the SIDs submitted to CAA for
approval in May 2018
• We published an explanation of the historic changes to the route
based on the review of Route 4 conducted by the CAA
• We have appointed ANS/Osprey to develop the Route 4 Airspace
Change proposal
• The rigorous ACP development process does however mean that a
final outcome is likely to take up to two years to achieve
Departure Route Review
• Assessment of the impacts of Heathrow routes on Gatwick’s Route 3
SIDs to enable an increase to the first altitude restriction
• Studies of aircraft performance on departure to identify restrictions
and develop options to allow Gatwick departures to climb in a more
consistent and low noise configuration
• Review of lateral and vertical departure route performance:
• Routes 1, 7, 8 and 9 - January 2019
• Routes 5 and 6 - February 2019
• Route 2 - March 2019
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Growth & Noise
• Government policy
• Compliance requirements
• Gatwick performance
Policy Review
• Frequency of traffic
• Intensity of noise impact
• Ambient noise
Noise Metrics • Standard metrics
• Additional metrics
• Forecasts to 2032
Noise Forecasts
• Noise Action Plan
• Quantify benefits of noise initiatives
• Are noise initiatives having desired effect
Process
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Case for Airspace Modernisation• Traffic is increasing, airspace
inefficiencies are creating environmental issues and delays are increasing
• Airlines are introducing next generation aircraft but legacy airspace means we aren’t fully exploiting this benefit
• Airspace re-design potentially unlocks innate capability, reducing noise by up to 5dB and emissions by up to 14%
Future Airspace Strategy
• Opportunity to deliver for communities and aviation
• But, local communities suspicious of aviation intentions
• Needs Government and industry leadership to achieve change
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Airspace Modernisation Process
• NERL will redesign London airspace (LTMA) and coordinate airport inter-dependencies
• Engagement and transparency are key requirements of the CAA’s new process
• A statutory consultation will take place (estimate 2021)
Stage 1
Statement of Need
& Design Principles
Stage 2 Stage 3 Stage 4 CAA Stage 6
Options Development
& Assessment
Consultation Preparation
& Consultation ProposalReview Implementation
En-Route Airspace& LTMA
Free Route AirspaceFL305
7000’7000’
DeparturesArrivals
NERL LTMA Redesign
GatwickSIDs & STARs
Gatwick’s responsibility for airspace modernisation involves the redesign of departure and arrival routes up to 7,000 feet
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Interactive Aviation Tutorials
INDUSTRY ATTENDEES
Rolls Royce
Sustainable Aviation
CAA
EasyJet
NATS
ANS
FASI(S)
Flight Performance Team
NMB
Helios
FLOOR PLAN
Stage
Flight Performance
Airspace modernisation
PANEL MEMBERS
NMB Chairman
Bo Redeborn
Sustainable Aviation
Andy Jefferson
DfT
Tim May
Gatwick Airport
Andy Sinclair
NATS
Ian Jopson
EasyJet
Douglas Moule
NMB Review Committee
Markus Biedermann
Helen Clack
Atholl Forbes
Liz Kitchen
To70
Ruud Ummels
Thank you for attending!