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Home My WebLink AboutOB 1 J.W. AIRPORT RPT 01-16-89TO: FROM: SUBJECT: WILLIAH A. HUSTON, CITY HANAGER COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT STATUS REPORT: JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT NOISE MONITORING PROGRAM (,]WA), COALITION FOR A RESPONSIBLE AIRPORT SOLUTION (CRAS), AIRPORT SITE COALITION (ASC) AND HELICOPTER OVERFLIGHTS TASK ~'ORCF (HOTF) RECOMMENDATION Receive and file. DISCUSSION JWA - There ts no new information regarding the noise monitoring program. The Lrj-~y recetved a copy of the first staff report for the Phase 2 Access Plan on January 9, 1989. In the accompanying transmittal letter (dated 1-4-89) the County notes that all comments and input will be recetved through the close of buslness on Friday, February 3, 1989. All such input will be revtewed and delivered to the Airport Commission prtor to their meetlng on February 15, 1989. The Airport Commission agenda for February 15th will include a review and discussion of the ftrst report from Atrport staff and any wrltten comments recelved through February 3rd. Airport staff will also solicit, at that time, any spectfic direction the Airport Commission may wish to offer regarding further development of the Issues Identified in the report by Airport staff and the written comments. A second report from Airport staff will then be prepared and circulated. Airport staff presently anticipates that their second staff report will be available for review by March 15, 1989, and that the second report will contain specific staff recommendations regarding a proposed Phase 2 Access Plan. This schedule gives the City 18 working days to review and comment on the first staff report. The City has prepared a letter to the County requesting that the February 3rd deadline be pushed back at least a week until February loth, to provide adequate review time (particularly since the report was received almost a week later than the date on the transmittal letter). Also attached to this report is a 'copy of the letter to the FAA stating the City of Tustin's opposition to Congressman Badham's proposal regarding approach patterns for commercial flights to JWA {Attachment I). CRAS -There is no new information regarding this organization at this time. ASC - There is no new information regarding this organization at this time. The ne~t meeting is scheduled for late this month. Ctty Council Report JWA Noise Monitoring Program January 16, 1989 Page two HOTF - Attached to this report (Attachment II) is a copy of information disc---'-ussed by Col. Wagner at the December 28, 1988 meeting regarding the flight corridors into and out of MCAS Tustin. There is no new information on this Task Force at this time. The next meeting will be late this month; a copy of the agenda for that meeting as well as the minutes from the December 28th meeting will be provided to the Council as soon as they are available, Ste~e ' Rubi n Senior Planner ?C~ri stl ne A. Shi ngleton/~ Director of Community ~velopment SR:CAS'ts Attachments' Attachments I, and II L Community Development Departrnem City of Tustin aRS(JLA F_ KEINI~IEDY, hlayor RICHARD B. EDGAR, h~ayor Pro Tern ROINALD B. HOESTEREY, CouncB Member JOHP! KELLY. Council Member EARL J. PRESCO'I'r, Council Member WILLIA~ A. HUSTON, City Manager January 10, 1989 Federal Aviation Administration Airspace & Procedures, Western Pacific Region AWP-530 P.O. Box 92007 World Way Postal Center . Los Angeles, CA 90009-2007 SUBJECT: AIRSPACE CONTROL, JOHN WAYNE AI RPORT (dq4A)/CONGRES~AN BADHAM' S PROPOSAL REGARDING VISUAL APPROACHES To Whom* tt May Concern.' I understand that the FAA will *be publishing a report on the proposed alteration of jWA Airspace Control ip the Federal Register either late this month or in early February. I furthe~ understand that there w'ill be a 45 day period for public comment following publication. While the City of Tustin reserves the right to comment during that 45 day review period, I would like to go on record at this time, on behalf of the City of Tustin, strongly opposing Congressman Robert Badham's proposal l~o require all commercial operations to utilize the Instrument Landing System (ILS) approach pattern to OWA. Our concern lies in the fact that it is not clear whether the Congressman's proposal would also include the. Localtzer Directional Antenna (LDA) approach (about 13' to the west of the ILS). If it only involved the straight-in ILS approach pattern, a high concentration of jet engine aircraft flyovers of the central portion of the City would occur. This would significantly increase the number of high level single event noise exposures at noise-sensitive locations in the vicinity of the ILS approach pattern. As you may be aware, the LDA approach pattern was recently opened on December 17, 1988 (the V0R approach was shut down in January of 1987). For the past two years, the City of Tustin has experienced significant noise impacts in the vicinity of the ILS approach pattern; consequently, we strongly object to any possibility of losing the LDA approach pattern for commercial flights. -I sincerely hope that the soon to be published report takes this factor into consi derati on. ATTACHMENT I Airspace Control, ~IWA Page I look forward to revtewjng your report in the Federal Register, and if appropriate, wtll reiterate my above noted concerns at that time; however, I felt tt is important to lnform you at this ttme about the City of Tusttn's position on this matter. Thank you for your asslstance and consideration. St ncere ly, Ursula E. Kennedy Mayor UEK: SR: ts cc: City Council Wi 111 am Huston City Attorney Christine Shingleton Congressman Cox, 40th District WELCOME TO R'E. CE~VED 1989 COmMUNItY O~VELO,%IEN'T MARINE CORPS AIR STATION TUSTIN, CALIFORNIA MCAS AN INFORMATIONAL PACKAGE REGARDING MARINE CORPS AIR STATION TUSTIN AND HELICOPTER TRAFFIC CONTROL ROUTES PREPARED BY THE COMMUNITY PLANS AND LIAISON. OFFICE, MARINE CORPS AIR BASES, WESTERN AREA, FOR THE CITY OF Il{VINE HELICOPTER OVERFLIGHT TASK FORCE. 30 November 1988 ATTACHMENT II EXHIBIT 2 A HISIO~ OF ~ TUSTIN Located about seven miles not, st of MCAS F.I Toro, Marine Corps Air Station. Tustin has, off and on throughout its history, 'cateced to · _the special needs of naval aviation. "The station"was first co~issi~ Septet 1 1942 as a U, S. Naval Lighter-than-Air ' anti-submarine patrols ~b~a~e~ .~f_or. heliu~-filled airships conducting served as a blim~ base ~.~..u~.~outh~_rn California coast. The site um:l& ~t was 0eo~mm~issi~ on June 6, 1949. With the passing of the lighter-than-air Navy, the base r~ained idle until the Korean ~ar. O~ May 1, 1951~ the site was reccmmission~4 as a Marine Corps Air Facility and bec~m~ the country's first activity devoted purely to helicopters. helicopter pilots. ~---~= ~- ex~,&ent ~raznzng environment for .... ' ' ' ...... :"~ ..... ~'~:~'~ ~' ~"r . ~ , 29 ~li~~ ~_~mtZV~ ~~_of ~ ~ly'~$~liSM air facility, : .. ._~Cit~-:-°f Tustin annexed the air station on 23 April 1976. On 1 u%~:~m~er 1978, the ~ officially became MCAS(H) Tustin. On 1 June 1985, the title was further administratively redesignated as Marine Corps Air Station Tustin. Kee~ing pac~ with growing requirements for helicopter fli h ~th.e Station has bec~mme the major trainin~ s{~o ~- ..-_:_ _ g t c~.ews, helicopter a~rcrews destined for ~ t, ~ =._~ .... ansport MCAS Tustin is u~der the military cz~ma~d of the C~~r, Marine Corps Air Bases, Western Area., located at MTAS E1 Toro. Its mission in peacetime, as in war, _r .e~al.ns_.- "to maintain and operate facilities ar~-provide services and mater/al to sup~o~ ~perations of a Marine Aircraft Wing, or units thereof, a~d other activities and units desig- nated by the Cc~m~mndant of the Marine Corps in coordination with the (]~ief of Naval Operation~." HANG~RS--under constructi~ in 1942 giant hangar~ of the 1,561-acre air station are consi~ered to be the ~rld's largest unsupporte~ structures. Built in 1942 at a cost of t~o and one-half. million dollars each, they ~re' ~esignate~ official National Historical Landmarks at a ~dication ceremony on 22 August 1978. ~he airship hangars, v£sible for miles around, are t~ of a set[es of hangars built in 10 different loca- tions throughout the Ehited States. All' locations used the saue plans and began construction during the early Fears of World ~lar II. ~he hangars s~d as high ~-- an 18-story skyscraper and longer than three fogtball fields. They are 1,088 feet long, 178 feet high, and 297 feet wide, covering a total ground-area of-298,000 square feet. ~he hangars are constructed in three main sections. TWo of the sections are identical supporting structures of concrete loca~ at each end of the hangar.. Each structure consists of tad pillars, six hu]e doors, and a brace co.nnecting the tm pillars at the top. The pillars are used as "pockets" to house the hangar doors (three in each pillar) when open. The brace is also used as a guide for opening and closing the doors. ~e third section of the hangar is the wood frame, 484,932-square foot arched roof. The roof is supported by .51 individual w~oden braces. The hangars are in thexr original appearance, and location;-however, they were reroofed in late 1957. : --.-,; .......: - .~e airship hangars are anong the largest ~ood- supported, structures in the .world, rivaled only by the - other hangars built from the same plans. The hangars mark a significant period of ~merican history, when the airships-were-an':important part' of the United. States ,.. anti-s .u~arine defense...:,Each hangar is capable.of · -she~]~er. lng.six.airships-_-., a'n entire squadron. O~a~ionally tone steps backward 30 y~ars, and the - mammoth hangars once again house one of the huge air- ships. During these brief periods, Orange County's National Landn~rks serve as maintenance and repair facilities for anothe~ ~merican Landmark--the COIX1HBIA--better known as the Goodyear blimp. Today the hangars are used to house the helicopter squadrons.aboard the Station .... · . · . A BZ..Wl'DI~ C~ 14AI~NE AZ~ (:~q~OP 16 Marine Aircraft C~'oup 16 uas orLg£nally activated tx3 Ma~ch 1, 1952, at what ~as then called Marine Corps Air Facility, Santa AnS. ~e group re~ained there until July 1953 when it moved to BonShu, Japan to becoue part of the First Marine Aircraft Wing. Eight months later, MAG-16 moved to Naval Air Facility,. (~, JaPan. During the fall of.1959, ~hile operating from Oppa~a, M;~-16 earned ~ gra~t~ of after ~~n Vera, ~i~ ~s~t~ ~ch of ~ area. ~16 rel~t~ d~i~ ~ril 1960 to ~ ~ri~ ~ ~r ~cili~, ~e~, ~i~. . . In .April 1962, el~n~ of ~16 depl~ ~1~. ~16's ~ili~' to res~ to ~encies for~fully in 1965. ~rly ~ ~r in V[~~ ~.dr~ti~ly inte~ifi~ wi~ ~e ~re~ of ~ri~ for~ ~ere. ~ ~r~ 15, 1965, el~n~ of ~ gr~9 left t~ ~r's e~, Vietn~ in ~t o~ratio~. ~-~ ~is t~ ~6 ~ ~e la,est · . ~r~ai'r~t ..grip. in ~ histo~ ~. ~ Co~. .= . . --. . . . . ·. s~ht ~t a~ ¢e~. ~re, ~ 11,000 per~s in ~e fa~ of inte~e en~ fi're;..~i~ str~k ':!5 aircraft. . . . .... -~.. .~.. . . . . g?oud eturnJ trak~i~ ~igh~ to ~in~in '~t r~i~s of ~sign~ airc~, s~r~ t~ gr~d uni~ at ~ Pendlet~, and ~sis~ ~rve aviation ~i~ duri~ ~ir.. us~] [n varies roles, s~h as civic a~ion pro~, ~dical eva~tions, ~ s+-ar:~h a~ r~e missfoms. ~ ~ntinui~ mission of ~e gro~ is to p~'ovi~ su~rt for ~li~ter-bor~ ~rati~ in s~~ of ~t ~ine ~rc~, ~ s~ o~r air ~ratio~ ~ ~y ~ dir~~. ~16 Co~is~ of ~ su~rt s~rons ~d ele~n ~li~pter ~dro~ t~ of ~ich are ~~tly ~plo~. ~rcr~t fl~ ~ ~e sg~drons are ~ ~e C~53E '~r ~)lion.' - _ . . VFR .. ROUTES VFR/SVFR - COMCABWEST HELICOPTER ROUTES EL.TORO MCAS/TUSTIN MCAS Santa Ana, California - FOR LOCAL USE ONLY CONmOt ~ TOW~ VFR ~ ';J.I LINE 259 EL~V EL~ MAG-13/46 Fi~ · - ' . STArK:)N ..:. ,~ ~'~ ]7 .DECEMI~ER 1'986' Published by DEFENSE MAPPING AGENCY AEROSPACE CENTER 3200 SOUTH SECOND STREET ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI 53]]8-3399 FR HELICOPT ROUT ELEV '~ .: 304 ' *30 Jan 1987 changes annotated (D C~ 0 E~ 0 c~ o 2[', iv ._ .i .,s U, ILl s s s : ..7 Z I I LLJ ii t I I I I I I I I I I TACAN 277 HCAS TUSTIN . COPTER TACAN 277 ,,'.,~ ",, · TACAN 277 is an instrument approach which departs MC/US E1 Toro on a magnetic heading of 277 degrees directly to MCAS Tus=tn. Decent altitudes: 2000' MSL at MCAS E1 Toro [500L MSL aC @ Jeffery 900' MSL at @ Culver 700' MSL at @ Harvard pilot's instrument approach place i A'I~A \ · /! a.c.^, co,~.?o,~ .%. ! · :G.C.A. --. ~ Browning 8, G.C.A. Corridors · AVERAGE MONTHLY HELICOPTER ~ROUTE ~ UTILIZATION -- l~988(thru Aug) BROWNING 999 .- · o GCA 147 REEF 430 . . IRVINE 124 - . WINDow 74 RACEWAY 7 29 FREEWAY 25 EL TORO 2 PALISADES 36 135 DEPARTURES 51 TACAN 277 31 MILE SQUARE 25 TUSTIN 7 ' MONTHLY AVERAGE' 1,980 Monthly average number o~ helicopters and the flight corridors utilized to depart or return to Marine Corps. Air Station Tustin. : 0225a