Us Airports Map
We Airports MapThe new map of the U.S. Department of Transportation shows traffic on motorways, airports in Charlotte
The German authorities have issued a national traffic sound map for the first ever - an experiment to show how much traffic sound is emitted to traffic from airports and motorways. It is much noisier near Charlotte Douglas airport and some inhabitants experience a level of sound similar to that of a hoover (70 to 79 decibels).
Near the international airports, some local inhabitants are subject to a similar level to refuse collection (80 or more). With around 700 departures a day, Charlotte Douglas is the fifth largest international airfield in the country. Charlotte Douglas has purchased vast areas of countryside just off the airport's take-off and landing strips to the west and has demolished entire districts to reduce traffic noises.
Commenting on the decision, Brent Cagle, Air Traffic Controller at Charlotte Douglas, said the airfield concluded a process to update its noisemap last year, which will determine what features are suitable for the federal pollution reduction financing. Cagle said the new map doesn't alter anything. Çagle said that while some group being within a linear unit or two of the end of runway person plummeted in commerce their residence, different group awareness of large indefinite quantity far absent awareness ambitious and telephone Charlotte Douglas to mourning.
"We' ve got folks living 20 leagues away who say it's a significant effect when a airplane is flying over their house," Cagle said. It is not clear whether the new map exactly mirrors the experiences of many Charlotteans among the different routes of the planes taking off. For example, in Southern Charlotte, the map shows the neighbourhoods of Park Crossing and Cameron Wood as substantially noise-free.
However, when the airfield departs to the south, air travel to Europe and the northeastern regions often turns to the eastward direction and flies directly over the houses. With a new satellite-supported navigational system, the Federal Aviation Authority has the possibility of holding the airways more closely together on small "rails". "Holding aircraft on small tracks can be more effective and economical, but it also reduces aircraft noises.
Charlotte said to the FAA that if all things were the same, the town preferred to distribute arrival and departure noises so that the discomfort of the noises would not be noticed by a few folks. In recent years, aircraft have taken a different route to Charlotte Douglas.
"This has clearly led to an increase in the number of problems with exposure to background noises because it has altered the routes of flight," Cagle said. Charlotte Douglas' strongest increase came from the southern and western regions. The inhabitants of the Chapel Cove district in south-west Charlotte are particularly angry at what they call excessive aviation traffic levels. Charlotte changes were part of FAA's subway complex plans, which seek to reduce congestion in the country's busy airports.
Mr Cagle said the Aiport is preparing to launch a new EU commitment with a call to interested people in areas affected by the airport's operation, which is scheduled to expire in April.