Presented at the June 4, 2014 Airport Community Roundtable Meeting SFO Aircraft Noise Abatement Office First Quarter 2014
Fly Quiet Program San Francisco International Airport’s Fly Quiet Program is an Airport Community Roundtable initiative implemented by the Aircraft Noise Abatement Office. Its purpose is to encourage individual airlines to operate as quietly as possible at SFO. The program promotes a participatory approach in complying with noise abatement procedures and objectives by grading an airline’s performance and by making the scores available to the public via newsletters, publications, and public meetings. Fly Quiet offers a dynamic venue for implementing new noise abatement initiatives by praising and publicizing active participation rather than a system that admonishes violations from essentially voluntary procedures.
Program Goals The overall goal of the Fly Quiet Program is to influence airlines to operate as quietly as possible in the San Francisco Bay Area. A successful Fly Quiet Program can be expected to reduce both single event and total noise levels around the airport.
Program Reports Fly Quiet reports communicate results in a clear, understandable format on a scale of 0-10, zero being poor and ten being good. This allows for an easy comparison between airlines over time. Individual airline scores are computed and reports are generated each quarter. These quantitative scores allow airline management and flight personnel to measure exactly how they stand compared to other operators and how their proactive involvement can positively reduce noise in the Bay Area.
Program Elements Currently the Fly Quiet Program rates jets and regional jets on six elements : the overall noise quality of each airline’s fleet operating at SFO, an evaluation of single overflight noise level exceedences, a measure of how well each airline complies with the preferred nighttime noise abatement runways, assessment of airline performance to the Gap and Shoreline Departures, and over the bay approaches to runways 28L and 28R.
SFO’s Fly Quiet Ratings Fleet Noise Quality The Fly Quiet Program Fleet Noise Quality Rating evaluates the noise contribution of each airline’s fleet as it actually operates at SFO. Airlines generally own a variety of aircraft types and schedule them according to both operational and marketing considerations. Fly Quiet assigns a higher rating or grade to airlines operating quieter, new generation aircraft, while airlines operating older, louder technology aircraft would rate lower. The goal of this measurement is to fairly compare airlines—not just by the fleet they own, but by the frequency that they schedule and fly particular aircraft into SFO.
Noise Exceedance Eliminating high-level noise events is a long-standing goal of the Airport and the Airport Community Roundtable. As a result the Airport has established single event maximum noise level limits at each noise-monitoring site. These thresholds were set to identify aircraft producing noise levels higher than are typical for the majority of the operations. Whenever an aircraft overflight produces a noise level higher than the maximum decibel value established for a particular monitoring site, the noise threshold is surpassed and a noise exceedance occurs. An exceedance may take place during approach, takeoff, or possibly during departure ground roll before lifting off. Noise exceedances are logged by the exact operation along with the aircraft type and airline name.
Nighttime Preferential Runway Use SFO’s Nighttime Preferential Runway Use program was developed in 1988. Although the program cannot be used 100% of the time because of winds, weather, and other operational factors, the Airport, the Community Roundtable, the FAA, and the Airlines have all worked together to maximize its use when conditions permit. The program is voluntary; compliance is at the discretion of the pilot in command. The main focus of this program is to maximize flights over water and minimize flights over land and populated areas between 1:00 a.m. and 6:00 a.m. Fortunately, because airport activity levels are lower late at night, it is feasible to use over-water departure procedures more frequently than would be possible during the day. Reducing nighttime noise—especially sleep disturbance— is a key goal of SFO’s aircraft noise abatement program.
Shoreline Departure Quality Aircraft departing SFO using Runways 28L and 28R are also considered by the Fly Quiet grading system whenever they use the Shoreline Departure Procedure. This predominately VFR (visual flight rules) departure steers aircraft to the northeast shortly after takeoff in an attempt to keep aircraft and aircraft noise away from the residential communities located to the northwest of SFO. By keeping aircraft east of Highway 101 the majority of the overflights will be experienced by industrial and business parks instead of residential areas. In order to evaluate each airline’s performance when flying a Shoreline Departure, a corridor was established using Interstate 101 (green colored flight tracks) as a reference point. The corridor runs north along 101, beginning approximately one-mile north-northwest of the end of Runways 28L and 28R and continuing up into the City of Brisbane. Departures west of 101 are scored marginal or poor depending on their location.
Gap Departure Quality Aircraft departing SFO using Runways 28L and 28R frequently depart straight out using a procedure known as the Gap Departure. This procedure directs air traffic to fly a route that takes them over the area northwest of the airport over the cities of South San Francisco, San Bruno, Daly City, and Pacifica. In an attempt to mitigate noise in this specific area, the Gap Departure Quality Rating has been included as a category in the Fly Quiet Program. Since “higher is quieter”, aircraft altitudes are recorded along the departure route. Scores are assigned at specified points or gates set approximately one mile apart, with the higher aircraft receiving higher scores.
Foster City Arrival Quality The Arrival Quality Rating is the latest addition to the Fly Quiet Program. In an effort to further reduce nighttime noise in neighboring communities, this rating is designed to maximize over-bay approaches to Runways 28 between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. Airlines arriving to Runways 28 during these hours are assessed based on which approach flight path was used. Over-the-bay approaches are rated good (green colored flight tracks), versus over-the-communities which are rated poor. Revised date: 5/15/09
January 1 to March 31, 2014
Airline Fly Quiet Summary Report - 1st Quarter 2014 Departures Fleet Noise Noise Nighttime Arrivals Quality Exceedance Runway Use Shoreline Gap Foster City
Airline
Final Score
JAL
10.00
10.00
10.00
-
5.09
-
8.77
CPZ
10.00
9.96
-
9.48
6.58
7.60
8.72
ANA
7.15
10.00
-
-
7.97
-
8.37
ACA
7.13
9.83
10.00
9.53
4.11
8.21
8.13
AWE
4.78
9.91
8.89
9.22
7.12
8.78
8.12
CES
4.05
10.00
-
-
9.81
-
7.95
ABX
4.87
9.17
10.00
9.38
6.82
7.17
7.90
SKW
10.00
9.99
4.17
9.39
6.39
6.56
7.75
SAS
8.17
10.00
-
-
4.77
-
7.65
KLM
4.91
10.00
-
10.00
5.54
-
7.61
FFT
6.08
9.91
-
9.76
3.44
8.86
7.61
ASA
5.14
9.90
10.00
9.91
5.11
5.56
7.60
SCX
5.82
10.00
-
10.00
2.50
9.50
7.56
SWA
5.77
9.89
6.67
9.04
6.51
7.29
7.53
FDX
3.85
9.31
10.00
9.50
4.58
7.63
7.48
UAE
7.15
10.00
-
-
5.23
-
7.46
CCA
5.41
9.94
-
-
6.93
-
7.43
DAL
6.33
9.93
4.00
8.86
6.08
8.01
7.20
VRD
5.25
9.92
5.28
9.61
5.99
6.96
7.17
AAL
5.76
9.92
4.96
9.09
4.06
8.62
7.07
AMX
5.82
9.74
3.65
10.00
6.19
6.49
6.98
NCA
9.90
7.65
-
-
2.97
7.32
6.96
SWR
8.17
9.97
-
-
2.29
-
6.81
JBU
4.85
9.88
3.89
8.33
5.33
8.47
6.79
TRS
5.82
9.61
4.87
5.00
6.56
8.71
6.76
TAI
5.18
9.58
3.86
10.00
5.00
6.81
6.74
UAL
5.93
9.77
4.56
8.93
3.39
7.74
6.72 6.71
AFR
5.74
9.93
-
-
4.24
-
6.64
KAL
7.66
7.42
5.36
-
5.83
5.13
6.28
EVA
6.65
7.65
1.35
-
5.67
10.00
6.26
DLH
5.83
9.79
-
3.33
5.15
-
6.03
HAL
4.05
9.87
-
-
2.50
7.50
5.98
VIR
3.43
9.90
-
-
4.58
-
5.97
LPE
3.84
10.00
-
-
4.00
-
5.95
CPA
5.35
7.72
2.50
-
5.71
5.00
5.26
AAR
4.62
5.52
5.07
5.00
5.54
5.51
5.21
SIA
7.15
7.16
0.00
-
5.86
-
5.04
ANZ
3.79
9.53
0.00
-
4.79
-
4.53
San Francisco International Airport Fly Quiet Program
Airline Fly Quiet Rating
SFO AVERAGE
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Airline Fly Quiet Summary Report - 1st Quarter 2014 Departures Fleet Noise Noise Nighttime Arrivals Quality Exceedance Runway Use Shoreline Gap Foster City
Airline
Final Score
BAW
3.43
9.66
0.00
-
1.69
5.00
3.95
PAL
3.69
0.92
-
-
3.19
-
2.60
CAL
3.43
0.00
0.00
-
4.47
5.00
2.58
5.90
9.00
4.96
8.73
5.11
Airline Fly Quiet Rating
0
SFO Average
San Francisco International Airport Fly Quiet Program
7.29
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
6.71
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Fleet Noise Quality - 1st Quarter 2014 Nationwide
Airline
Fleet Noise Quality Rating
San Francisco Average Daily Jet Score Operations
JAL
4.20
1
10.00
CPZ
10.00
14
10.00
SKW
10.00
80
10.00
NCA
3.90
1
9.90
SAS
4.96
1
8.17
SWR
5.17
1
8.17
KAL
4.05
2
7.66
ANA
5.43
1
7.15
SIA
5.93
2
7.15
UAE
7.89
1
7.15
ACA
6.75
7
7.13
EVA
5.05
2
6.65
DAL
4.92
21
6.33
FFT
6.41
4
6.08
UAL
5.83
146
5.93
Fleet Noise Quality Rating
5.90
San Francisco International Airport Fly Quiet Program
DLH
6.09
2
5.83
AMX
5.54
3
5.82
SCX
5.82
1
5.82
TRS
6.97
1
5.82
SWA
5.70
36
5.77
AAL
3.94
27
5.76
AFR
5.49
1
5.74
CCA
3.46
1
5.41
CPA
4.18
2
5.35
VRD
5.31
46
5.25
TAI
5.18
1
5.18
ASA
5.10
13
5.14
KLM
4.67
1
4.91
ABX
1.52
1
4.87
JBU
6.13
11
4.85
AWE
5.67
13
4.78
AAR
3.93
2
4.62
CES
4.63
1
4.05
HAL
6.21
1
4.05
FDX
2.80
1
3.85
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Nationwide
Airline
Fleet Noise Quality Rating
San Francisco Average Daily Jet Score Operations
LPE
4.38
0
3.84
ANZ
4.00
1
3.79
PAL
5.09
1
3.69
BAW
4.34
2
3.43
CAL
3.62
2
3.43
VIR
5.84
1
3.43
Fleet Noise Quality Rating
0
AVERAGE
San Francisco International Airport Fly Quiet Program
5.27
11
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
5.90
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8Noise Exceedance Rating Report - 1st 0 Quarter 2014
January 1 to March 31, 2014
Noise Exceedances Airline
Total Noise Exceedances
Total Quarterly Operations
Exceedances per 1000 Operations
Noise Exceedance Quality Rating Score
ANA
0
179
0
10.00
CES
0
180
0
10.00
JAL
0
177
0
10.00
KLM
0
137
0
10.00
LPE
0
71
0
10.00
SAS
0
124
0
10.00
SCX
0
161
0
10.00
UAE
0
178
0
10.00
SKW
29
14,354
2
9.99
SWR
1
181
6
9.97
CPZ
20
2,587
8
9.96
CCA
2
178
11
9.94
DAL
44
3,727
12
9.93
AFR
2
167
12
9.93 9.92
AAL
68
4,934
14
VRD
123
8,210
15
9.92
FFT
10
644
16
9.91
AWE
39
2,428
16
9.91
VIR
3
171
18
9.90
ASA
43
2,354
18
9.90
SWA
129
6,490
20
9.89
JBU
43
1,955
22
9.88
HAL
4
180
22
9.87
ACA
38
1,280
30
9.83
DLH
12
330
36
9.79
UAL
1,086
26,335
41
9.77
AMX
22
478
46
9.74
BAW
22
361
61
9.66
TRS
12
175
69
9.61
TAI
19
255
75
9.58
ANZ
15
181
83
9.53
FDX
23
188
122
9.31
ABX
36
246
146
9.17 9.00
CPA
147
365
403
EVA
148
357
415
7.65
NCA
54
130
415
7.65
KAL
160
351
456
7.42
San Francisco International Airport Fly Quiet Program
7.72
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Noise Exceedance Rating Report - 1st Quarter 2014 Noise Exceedances Airline
Total Noise Exceedances
Total Quarterly Operations
Exceedances per 1000 Operations
Noise Exceedance Quality Rating Score
SIA
180
359
501
7.16
AAR
262
331
792
5.52
PAL
292
182
1604
0.92
CAL
532
301
1767
0.00 0
TOTAL SFO AVERAGE
San Francisco International Airport Fly Quiet Program
3,620
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
81,972 177
9.00
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Nighttime Preferential Runway Use - 1st Quarter 2014 Nighttime Departures ( 1:00 am to 6:00 am )
Nighttime Runway Use Rating
Airline Total
10L/R
28L/R Shoreline 01L/R
28L/R Straight
Score
ABX
1
100%
0%
0%
0%
10.00
ACA
1
100%
0%
0%
0%
10.00
ASA
1
100%
0%
0%
0%
10.00
FDX
1
100%
0%
0%
0%
10.00
JAL
1
100%
0%
0%
0%
10.00
AWE
3
67%
33%
0%
0%
8.89
SWA
4
50%
0%
50%
0%
6.67
KAL
84
54%
0%
0%
46%
5.36
VRD
12
42%
0%
33%
25%
5.28
AAR
71
51%
0%
0%
49%
5.07 4.96
AAL
41
24%
7%
61%
7%
4.96
TRS
13
23%
8%
62%
8%
4.87
UAL
122
18%
5%
73%
4%
4.56
SKW
4
25%
0%
50%
25%
4.17
DAL
10
20%
0%
60%
20%
4.00
JBU
12
8%
8%
75%
8%
3.89
TAI
38
8%
5%
82%
5%
3.86
AMX
83
8%
2%
80%
10%
3.65
CPA
4
25%
0%
0%
75%
2.50
EVA
37
14%
0%
0%
86%
1.35
ANZ
2
0%
0%
0%
100%
0.00
BAW
1
0%
0%
0%
100%
0.00
CAL
23
0%
0%
0%
100%
0.00
SIA
23
0%
0%
0%
100%
0.00 0
TOTAL SFO AVERAGE
San Francisco International Airport Fly Quiet Program
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
592 39%
3%
26%
32%
4.96
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Shoreline Departure Rating - 1st Quarter 2014 Shoreline Departures
Airline Total
Successful
Marginal
Shoreline Departure Rating
Poor
Score
AMX
2
100%
0%
0%
10.00
KLM
1
100%
0%
0%
10.00
SCX
6
100%
0%
0%
10.00
TAI
2
100%
0%
0%
10.00
ASA
58
98%
2%
0%
9.91
FFT
21
95%
5%
0%
9.76
VRD
103
93%
6%
1%
9.61
ACA
32
91%
9%
0%
9.53
FDX
10
90%
10%
0%
9.50
CPZ
29
93%
3%
3%
9.48
SKW
271
89%
10%
1%
9.39
ABX
8
88%
13%
0%
9.38
AWE
32
84%
16%
0%
9.22
AAL
82
85%
11%
4%
9.09
SWA
26
81%
19%
0%
9.04
UAL
452
80%
18%
2%
8.93
DAL
83
82%
13%
5%
8.86 8.73
JBU
27
67%
33%
0%
8.33
AAR
1
0%
100%
0%
5.00
TRS
5
40%
20%
40%
5.00
DLH
6
0%
67%
33%
3.33 0
TOTAL SFO AVERAGE
San Francisco International Airport Fly Quiet Program
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1,257 79%
17%
4%
8.73
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Gap Departure Climb Rating - 1st Quarter 2014 Gap Departures
Airline
Total
January 1 to March 31, 2014 Gap Departure Quality Rating
Score
CES
81
9.81
ANA
79
7.97
AWE
56
7.12
CCA
81
6.93
ABX
11
6.82
CPZ
99
6.58
TRS
4
6.56
SWA
226
6.51
SKW
286
6.39
AMX
20
6.19
DAL
109
6.08
VRD
206
5.99
SIA
165
5.86
KAL
118
5.83
CPA
165
5.71
EVA
161
5.67
AAR
119
5.54
KLM
14
5.54
JBU
50
5.33
UAE
81
5.23
DLH
146
5.15 5.11
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ASA
47
5.11
JAL
40
5.09
TAI
5
5.00
ANZ
84
4.79
SAS
55
4.77
FDX
3
4.58
VIR
56
4.58
CAL
138
4.47
AFR
51
4.24
ACA
14
4.11
AAL
90
4.06
LPE
30
4.00
FFT
4
3.44
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Gap Departure Climb Rating - 1st Quarter 2014 Gap Departures
Airline
Total
Gap Departure Quality Rating
Score
UAL
2026
3.39
PAL
85
3.19
NCA
58
2.97
HAL
1
2.50
SCX
2
2.50
SWR
78
2.29
BAW
148
1.69 0
TOTAL SFO Average
San Francisco International Airport Fly Quiet Program
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
5292 5.11
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Foster City Arrival Rating - 1st Quarter 2014 Foster City Arrivals
Airline Total
Successful Marginal
Foster City Arrival Rating
Poor
Score
EVA
3
100%
0%
0%
10.00
SCX
10
90%
10%
0%
9.50
FFT
22
77%
23%
0%
8.86
AWE
131
76%
24%
0%
8.78
TRS
62
74%
26%
0%
8.71
AAL
188
72%
28%
0%
8.62
JBU
150
69%
31%
0%
8.47
ACA
67
64%
36%
0%
8.21
DAL
78
60%
40%
0%
8.01
UAL
909
55%
44%
0%
7.74
FDX
40
53%
48%
0%
7.63
CPZ
25
52%
48%
0%
7.60
HAL
2
50%
50%
0%
7.50
NCA
41
46%
54%
0%
7.32
SWA
166
46%
54%
0%
7.29 7.29
ABX
60
43%
57%
0%
7.17
VRD
92
39%
61%
0%
6.96
TAI
72
38%
61%
1%
6.81
SKW
64
34%
63%
3%
6.56
AMX
77
30%
70%
0%
6.49
ASA
71
14%
83%
3%
5.56
AAR
68
10%
90%
0%
5.51
KAL
77
3%
97%
0%
5.13
BAW
1
0%
100%
0%
5.00
CAL
1
0%
100%
0%
5.00
CPA
3
0%
100%
0%
5.00 0 1
TOTAL SFO AVERAGE
San Francisco International Airport Fly Quiet Program
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
2,480 46%
54%
0%
7.29
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