2003
Mather Field noise studies:
Noise
complaints
The bottom
line: Do we have a noise problem, a complaint problem, neither,
or both?
In this page:
In December the Sacramento County
Airport system reported on results of its 120-day study of use
of the alternative VOR/DME approach, in addition to the standard ILS
approach. A report on 250 approaches showed 54% of arrivals using the VOR/DME approach,
46% using the ILS approach.
The total number of approaches during
2003 would have been higher --
normal
freighter traffic during 2003 produced about 6 arrivals per day.
Summary of complaints
4,019 noise complaints during the test
period. 1,987 related to nighttime operations. El Dorado Hills
accounted for 939 complaints from 140 callers. Of these, 496 complaints
from 83 callers were for nighttime operations.
Correlation of nighttime complaints with
approach paths
Correlation of nighttime complaints with
approach paths
Information on this page is based
on these public documents, from the Sacramento County Airport System:
Most of the graphics in this set of web pages are extracted from these
documents, with permission from and thanks to SCAS. In many cases
portions of them have been highlighted to emphasize portions relating
directly to El Dorado Hills.
