No, the runway is as wide today as it was when it was built in 1942 – 150 feet. In 1942, the Boca Raton Airport’s current single runway was originally constructed as one of four runways at the airfield and was 5,000 feet long by 150 feet wide. In 1972, the runway was lengthened to [...]
The Boca Raton Airport Authority has always worked with homeowner associations to mitigate noise issues, but flight patterns are the jurisdiction of the Federal Aviation Administration and cannot be changed by the Airport Authority Landing patterns are based on the orientation of the runway and wind direction, with planes landing and taking off into the [...]
The landing patterns have not changed. However, the FAA recently updated arrival and departure routes to most airports in South Florida through a process called the Metroplex, despite the Airport Authority’s objections and requests for additional review and public outreach. The routes that were redesigned due to the Metroplex are generally further away from the [...]
The airport utilizes Harris Corporation’s flight tracking and noise monitoring system. The system is comprised of 7 community noise monitors and a flight tracker that monitors local radar. Other various components process, store and calculate statistical data for end users. The system allows the Airport to get a detailed picture of what is occurring, monitor [...]
Noise contours highlight existing or potential areas of significant aircraft noise exposure (as identified by the FAA) and are a series of lines superimposed on a map of the airport’s environs. These lines represent various levels of average exposure (typically 65, 70, and 75 dBA). Noise contours are used to assess the relative aircraft noise [...]
Aircraft altitude is established by Federal law. Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations Section 91.119 which governs flight states: “Except when necessary for takeoff of landing, no person may operate an aircraft below the following altitude: Over any congested area of a city, town or settlement, or over any open-air assembly of persons, an altitude [...]
The Airport uses information from noise complaints to follow up with pilots and Air Traffic Control on specific issues and to recommend new procedures for the FAA to consider as it manages the local airspace. However, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has the sole authority in determining where aircraft will fly and how the airport [...]
Federal requirements for involuntary noise mitigation programs passed by Congress in 1990 have made it very difficult for airports to impose mandatory restrictions. Airports with mandatory restrictions imposed those programs before the law went into effect. Under current standards, in order for our noise abatement program to be a formal program, the Airport would have [...]
No. Noise abatement procedures are voluntary measures that supplement the required measures pilots must adhere to for safe operation of their aircraft.
The Boca Raton Airport is a public airport, and therefore is required to be open for operations 24 hours a day for use by the flying public. The Air Traffic Control Tower is open between the hours of 7:00 AM and 11:00 PM. In an effort to reduce nighttime noise, Boca Raton Airport encourages pilots [...]
