Canberra
Airport
Canberra International
Airport Draft Master Plan 2009
for Canberra Airport, has been re-release after the Federal
Minister refused to approve the 2008
version.
The JRA supports an 11pm–6am
curfew of Canberra Airport and is opposed to a 24 hour airport
freight hub. The JRA is a
member of Curfew 4
Canberra.
This has become an issue
since December 1995 when, at the request of the ACT Government, the
flight path was changed and planes were funnelled down the western
side of Jerrabomberra. The Instrument Landing System (ILS), or the
flight path centre line, goes from Church Creek along the western
parts of Jerrabomberra to the end of the runway. With a number of
residences currently falling outside the current noise abatement
zone, aircraft noise is a concern to some residents as Canberra
Airport currently does not have a night-time curfew.
The JRA believes the Canberra Airport is a regional inner city
airport servicing the community, and as such, should operate within
this framework. The airport's desire to operate as a 24-hour
freight hub should be curbed with a legislated curfew or noise
abatement, between the hours of 11.00pm and 6.00am. We believe this
is the best way to protect the interests of the Canberra-Queanbeyan
communities without the intrusion of aircraft noise.
Canberra International
Airport Draft Master Plan 2008
for Canberra Airport
The Canberra Airport released their 2008
Preliminary draft Canberra International Airport Master Plan (PDMP)
the week after the 2007 Federal election. Submissions closed on
27th February 2008. There wasn’t any good news in the preliminary
draft for Jerrabomberra residents’ other than flights 24 hours a
day, 7 days a week as the airport becomes a regional/international
freight hub with air traffic equivalent to what Gatwick Airport has
today. On an annual basis, there will be 122,086 night time
movements (every 2 minutes from midnight to 5am), representing 334
planes every night, including nine 747 jumbo’s, nine 777 jumbo’s,
ten Airbus A330’s, 55 Boeing 737-800’s, 29 Airbus A320’s and 35
Boeing 757 freights. Night-time noise impact on areas such as
apartments at Kingston Foreshore, only four kilometres from the
runway, will be unbearable.
It is
our view that Canberra Airport will never achieve their 2050
aspirations and should amend their Practical
Ultimate Capacity (PUC) ANEF to reflect reality.
Canberra
Airport, Preliminary Draft Master Plan 2009 - February
2009
Preliminary Draft
Master Plan 2009 [now
reduced to 25 MB .pdf] Link to Airports website
Canberra Airport Master Plan Slide Show. [1 MB
.pdf]
JRA submission to the 2009 Preliminary Draft Canberra Airport
Master Plan
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Canberra Airport,
Preliminary Draft Master Plan 2008 [5.2 MB .pdf] - January 2008
JRA
submission to the 2008
Preliminary Draft Canberra Airport Master Plan
Federal Minister refuses to
approve Canberra Airport Master Plan Ministers Press Release - November 2008
Goulburn Airport Plan and $1billion Southern Distribution Freight Hub
proposal - January 2009
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Additional
information:
Airservices Australia 3rd Quarter 2008 Noise and
Flight Path Monitoring System Report - February 2009
Curfew 4
Canberra,
formed in response to the dramatic changes proposed in Canberra
Airport’s draft 2008 Master Plan, in particular the unrelenting
night time aircraft movements and the impact this will have on the
quality of life for all residents of the Canberra region. Its
membership draws on the residents associations of Pialligo,
Hackett, Watson, North Canberra, Gungahlin and Jerrabomberra. One
of their key platforms is the introduction of a night time curfew
at Canberra Airport.
Canberra Airport
Practical Ultimate Capacity ANEF
The Canberra International Airport (CIA) released their
draft Practical
Ultimate Capacity ANEF (Australian Noise Exposure Forecast)
for Canberra airport for 2050. - link removed from the airports
website.
- Letter to JRA Members Letter to JRA members re ANEF.pdf - July
2007
-
JRA Submission to Minister:
JRA ANEF Submission .pdf
- July 2007