Sea-Tac Stakeholder Advisory
Round Table Update – 1/22
• Lance Lyttle
• Marco Milanese
• Stan Shepherd
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Item No. 7B – Attachment 1
Meeting Date: January 22, 2019
StART’s Purpose
• StART was created to establish a forum to:
– Hear the concerns from the six neighboring
communities
– Begin to work together more cooperatively to
identify possible solutions
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StART’s Structure
• Cities appoints two community members
and one city employee to serve
• Airport’s Managing Director is the chair
• Alaska, Delta and Lynden also serve
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StART’s Structure
• FAA provides agency expertise
• An independent, neutral facilitator is
employed
• Reports up to the Highline Forum
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Aviation Noise Working Group
• Potential near-term actions to prevent &
reduce noise:
– Runway Use Plan Agreement
– Late Night Noise Limitation Program
– Glide Slope Analysis
– Airfield Noise Assessment
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Runway Use Plan Agreement
• Revise & update the current agreement
• New language:
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“During regular late night operations (12 AM to
5 AM) in normal weather patterns, the FAA
plans to reduce its use of the 3
rd
Runway”
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Late Night Noise Limitation Program
• Voluntary effort to reduce late night noise
by incentivizing air carriers to fly at less
sensitive hours or transition to quieter
aircraft
• Adds a new 4
th
category to the Fly Quiet
Program
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Glide Slope Analysis
• Raising Runway 34R’s glideslope to lessen
aircraft approach noise
• From 2.75 degrees to 3.0/3.1 degrees
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34R
Airfield Noise Assessment
• Investigate and determine airfield ground
noise sources to reduce impacts
– Reverse thrust
– Taxiing aircraft
– Other sources
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Questions?
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StART Update
