Airport considers noise abatement

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Tuesday, March 2. 2010
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The Barrow County Airport Authority is considering implementing noise abatement procedures even in the absence of noise complaints.

The VFR (Visual Flight Rules) noise abatement procedures tend to be guidelines that are followed on a voluntary basis, however some airports do enforce the rules and ticket pilots not in accordance. The authority is not interested in making the guidelines mandatory, simply looking to keep pilots out of congested areas where noise could be an issue.

Authority member Quinn Born has been researching how other airports in the area handle noise issues. Born was not present at last week’s meeting, but authority member Scott Miller has been assisting in the research process and briefed the other members on their progress.

Born is looking to hold a meeting with local pilots to get their opinion on noise abatement rules. At last month’s meeting, members said that no procedures would be implemented without first holding a public hearing. The meeting would also be a chance to see if the procedures would be feasible.

Some authority members wonder if they would even be necessary, since the authority has no active noise complaints.

No action was necessary.

Other Business:

In other business at the Airport Authority meeting:

•status on the roof repair project was discussed and the project has been unable to be completed due to inclement weather, however it is still ongoing.

•officers that were elected to a one year term on the authority were: Frank Nocera, chairman; Miller, vice chairman; and Jimmy Moore, treasurer/secretary.

•carpet options were discussed for the second floor of the terminal building. The authority will continue exploring options and further discuss carpeting at its next meeting.

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#1 airport user on 03/02/10 at 06:35 PM [Reply]
Why worry about something that doesn't exist. Sounds like Yearwood needs to find something for his little toadie (Frank Nocera) to do!! The only instrument approach runway is about to have to be repaved....and Nocera is picking out carpet, installing keypad entry at the gates (that only he and his cronies can use...minor little TSA violation there Frank), and pondering a non-warranted noise abatement procedure. We have a nice new instrument approach system and a runway that is expected to fail the next D.O.T inspection. Wake up Frank and tend to the legitimate needs of the aviation community. You are not an airport manager...and it shows!! Scott Miller is an utter dissappointment too.....just a Nocera puppet!! This is the worst authority we have had in ages!!
#2 Anonymous on 03/02/10 at 11:17 PM [Reply]
I beg to differ. Why allow airplanes to fly through the City of Winder when they can alter their route by 1 or 2 miles? Property values will increase in the City of Winder and quality of life is improved. BTW, Chairman Yearwood is not referenced in this article nor is Nocera. The Airport Authority member working this project is an educated & decorated retired air force pilot. He knows aviation.
#2.1 John Galt on 03/03/10 at 09:47 AM [Reply]
Gee, I musta missed those planes that "..fly throught the City of Winder". Do you really believe property values are depressed because airplanes fly over the city? And improve the quality of life? What in the world IS this magic elixer?

I'm not against the abatement rules, but your argument for the rules doesn't hold water.
#3 Anonymous on 03/03/10 at 12:47 PM [Reply]
Mr. Gait- I read the article about noise abatement and did some research. Other airports that have a noise abatement program have factual evidence of property value increases. There are not many planes that fly presently. Before the economic downturn, yes, there were a lot of planes that would fly overhead. I live in the city limits so I know.

I do agree that the economy has been the major reason for property value decline.
#4 Anonymous on 03/03/10 at 02:44 PM [Reply]
We should EXTEND the runways, and put Barrow county in the drivers seat for the secondary Atlanta Airport. Then, we can use the revenue to pay off all of Yearwood's idiotic wasteful spending (which he promised to end during his campaign, by the way). Yearwood and Nocera are both idiots and this is just the latest example of how we are spending more and more for less and less.

If we had commercial jet service into/out of KWDR, then we may need noise abatement, otherwise, why are we wasting time and money studying a non-existant problem. My parents live on the approach to rwy 13 and noise has never been a problem for them. Commercial traffic into KWDR would create jobs, add revenue, and bring people to Winder which would help our economy.

Just as an example, Hartsfield-Jackson charges almost $1.08 per 1000 lbs just as a landing fee for contracted airlines. A typical regional jet could weigh as much as 100,000 lbs and that means just for touching down, we get $108.00 in additional revenue right off the top. Not to mention what the 75-150 passengers will spend as they travel through Barrow county. In addition, Hartsfield charges over $20.00 per/hr for the use of ticket counters, almost $3.00 per/passenger per/bag for baggage handling and almost $2.00 per/passenger each way. This doesn't even include apron fees and other gate/parking fees which could nearly double these amounts by themselves. It would mean a HUGE increase in revenue for a county that is being bled to death by incompetent, self centered, and arrogant fools.

If we just had (5) 737 or MD-80 type aircraft daily we could increase revenue to the county by almost $10,000.00 per diem. If we had (14) flights daily (1 per hour starting at 8am and ending at 9pm) revenues would increase to almost $30,000.00 per diem. That is almost
$1 million a month, folks.

Time to look towards the future and be creative in how we deal with issues in this county.
#4.1 Anonymous on 03/03/10 at 04:51 PM [Reply]
If I wanted to live in Atlanta I would move there!!
#4.1.1 Dagby Taggert on 03/04/10 at 08:06 AM [Reply]
It's not about Y-O-U! It's about J-O-B-S!!!!!
#5 Me nombre es anónimo on 03/03/10 at 03:39 PM [Reply]
I do often hear planes going in and out of the airport, but it's always one or two engine prop planes that are more soothing than annoying.
#6 Chupacabras on 03/04/10 at 09:07 AM [Reply]
Anonymous #3.....you are completely wrong. The flight patterns for the aircraft do not carry them over the city of winder (city limits perhaps, but not over the township area). Departure patterns send the aircraft to a northwest or southwest bearing around town. I fly out of winder often and I know this to be basic fact. Do your research first, then bark! Besides, the train makes way more noise and you actually have to stop to let the train get through town....have you ever had to stop for an airplane x-ing? Find a new scapegoat! Furthermore, a well provisioned airport is one of the key ingredients to a stable and prosperous community............reasearch that one too!
#7 Anonymous #3 on 03/04/10 at 09:10 PM [Reply]
Re-read the post. It did state city limits not the City of Winder. I think the issue of noise abatement needs to be thoroughly researched by the ENTIRE Airport Authority before a decision is made.
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