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����}} x2 <br />�(4,lhacom.:- <br />rarnnoENCTMe.�ecsor NExr�uv <br />Executive Summary <br />�r <br />GEN <br />This report provides a summary of the key findings and conclusions of the baseline assessment <br />conducted to by ABCx2 in an effort to identify solutions to address the increasing overflights <br />and noise impacts affecting communities surrounding the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport <br />(RMMA). <br />The baseline assessment was one of the first tasks in a work plan developed by the consulting <br />team. The assessment was conducted to help understand the existing conditions at the airport <br />and impacted communities. The operational analyses included a look at annual operations and <br />trends, types of operations (i.e. itinerant versus local), operator types, aircraft types, airspace, <br />flight patterns and procedures, and a focused look at the sources of aircraft activity directly <br />impacting the Town of Superior and the City of Louisville. The analysis also included a review <br />of land -uses and zoning around the airport. <br />Results of the baseline assessment indicate that operations at RMMA have been steadily trending <br />upward, and both airport and Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) forecasts suggest this <br />growth will continue. The long-term plans for the airport include both aeronautical and non - <br />aeronautical development, which will facilitate additional flight activity and potentially increased <br />overflights and noise impacts for close -in communities. <br />A historical analysis of land -use and zoning around the airport revealed efforts by the Airport <br />and Jefferson County to encourage zoning and development around the airport that would be <br />compatible with the anticipated overflight activity and subsequent aircraft noise exposure. In <br />many cases, residential development close to the airport and within critical zones (where the <br />final approach and initial climb phases of flight occur), was discouraged. An Airport Influence <br />Area (AIA) was established and published by Jefferson County to further encourage <br />transparency and to discourage non -compatible development in areas that would be exposed to <br />the greatest impacts. <br />www.abcx2.com Page 1 info@abcx2.com <br />