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Hanscom Field Advisory Commission
Minutes November 16, 2010
Prepared by Massport Staff
1. Minutes:
The meeting was called to order by Jeanne Krieger. There were no comments on the
October Minutes.
2. HFAC Membership:
J. Krieger discussed the current effort to create a full slate of HFAC
members based on the legislation that created HFAC. She thanked the representatives from the
FAA and aviation businesses for attending the meeting.
3. Monthly Noise Report/ Hanscom Projects:
Sara Arnold presented the October noise report
and noted that:
The FAA is now holding flight strips for 45 days instead of 15 days. Because Massport
uses the FAA flight strips to produce aircraft operations and noise data, presentation of
the monthly noise report will be delayed. For example, the November report will not be
available until the January HFAC meeting.
Massport is considering a shift from using FAA flight strip operational data to using
operational data generated by the new noise monitoring system (NOMS) to create the
monthly noise report data. There are a number of details to be worked through, and
HFAC will be kept informed.
There was discussion about the two different sources of data and how Massport will
continue to track aircraft activity and noise. S. Arnold commented that the monthly noise
report was created to provide a representation of changes in airport activity and noise,
and based on an initial comparative review of data, the NOMS data can continue to
provide that information to HFAC. Massport is working with its noise consultant, Harris
Miller Miller and Hanson, on this project.
Dorothy Steele presented the capital projects report.
There are no new capital projects to report; some existing projects have been completed.
Massport has not had discussions with commercial or cargo operators.
4. Next Meeting:
HFAC will not meet in December. However, Massport will provide the Chair
with a copy of the November minutes and the Capital Programs report for distribution to
interested parties. As mentioned above, the November noise report will not be available until
January 2011.
The next HFAC meeting is scheduled for January 18, 2010.
Attendees
: Dorothy Steele, Cedric Daniel, Sara Arnold, Tom Hirsch, Jeanne Krieger, Frank
Diglio, Doug Booth, Andrew Applegate and David Needham.