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Perth Airport has adopted the International Civil Aviation Organisation’s (ICAO) recommended ‘balanced approach’ to aircraft noise management for managing noise in the vicinity of the airport. The balanced approach consists of identifying the noise issue at an airport and then analysing the various measures available to reduce noise. The four principal elements of the ICAO balanced approach are:
reduction of noise at source,
land use planning and management,
noise abatement operational procedures, and
operating restrictions.
In collaboration with Airservices Australia, airlines, and other key stakeholders Perth Airport is developing a new comprehensive Aircraft Noise Management Strategy (ANMS) and action plan. The new ANMS builds on the ICAO balanced approach to aircraft noise management. In addition to a clear objective, the new plan is based on six key themes:
identifying opportunities for improvement,
community engagement,
working with industry to achieve better outcomes,
land use planning,
continuous improvement, and
new runway planning.
The themes establish the framework for the action plan which will outline individual actions and priorities for managing, and where possible, reducing aircraft noise as well as methods for monitoring and communicating performance.
Airservices has released their Commitment to Aircraft Noise Management document that outlines how Airservices intends to collaboratively address the impact of aircraft noise.
Perth Airport believes a key component of effective aircraft noise management is communication and community engagement.
Currently, there are several forums that provide the opportunity for community representatives to engage with Perth Airport.
We actively participate in the Perth Airports’ Municipalities Group (PAMG) which includes all Local Government authorities whose communities have an interest in the Airport. The PAMG has proven to be an important means of engagement with local communities for over 30 years.
The Perth Airport Community Forum (PACF, formerly Community Aviation Consultation Group) works collaboratively to recognise and enhance:
the long-term sustainability and growth of Perth Airport,
our reputation as a responsible corporate citizen within the local and broader community, and
our role as a major economic contributor for Western Australia.
The Planning Coordination Forum (PCF) is a mechanism to foster high-level strategic discussions between the airport, the Commonwealth, State and Local Government representatives to promote better planning outcomes in relation to development of the airport in the context of the broader urban setting.
The Perth Aircraft Technical Noise & Environment Working Group (PANTWG), formerly the Perth Airport Aircraft Noise Management Consultative Committee, contributes to the successful management of the impact of aircraft noise.
The Airport Consultative Environment & Sustainability Group (ACES) brings together the major tenants on the Perth Airport estate and Government and environmental groups to inform and discuss relevant updates on development projects.
In addition to Perth Airport’s regular and ongoing engagement with communities through their elected representatives and other forums, Perth Airport reviews their Master Plan every five years which includes consultation with communities. For further information click here.
For land use planning purposes in Australia, aircraft noise exposure is illustrated using the Australian Noise Exposure Forecast (ANEF) system. Under the Airports Act 1996, Perth Airport is required to produce an ANEF as part of the Master Plan process every five years.
Background
In 1980 a major survey was carried out in communities surrounding a number of Australian airports. The ANEF system incorporates a weighting for the period 7pm to 7am, as the survey showed that this gave the best correlation between noise dose and community reaction.
The ANEF system is made up of the following three noise exposure indicators that, although use the same ANEF noise metric for calculation, are based on different inputs and vary in purpose.
Australian Noise Exposure Forecast (ANEF)
ANEF noise contours show the anticipated noise contours for the most likely or preferred development and forecasts for an airport. Only one ANEF can be endorsed for any particular airport at one time.
Australian Noise Exposure Concept (ANEC)
ANEC noise contours are a planning tool used to test changes to noise exposure resulting from proposed changes to airport operations. Several ANECs may be produced based on a range of scenarios.
Australian Noise Exposure Index (ANEI)
ANEI noise contours are based on historical aircraft movement data and show actual noise exposure for an average day over a time period, generally a year. The ANEI is mostly developed to compare with ANEF and ANECs to highlight differences in anticipated noise exposure.
It is important to note that the ANEF system noise indicators represent an average day and not a typical day. On a typical day, residents may actually experience more noise exposure than the ANEF system noise indicators suggest. This is because the traffic at Perth Airport varies significantly from weekdays to weekends.
The noise exposure indicators that make up the ANEF system are generated using special software developed by the US Federal Aviation Administration.
Application to land use planning
The ANEF is a central component of the Australian Standard 2021 – 2000 Acoustics – Aircraft Noise Intrusion – Building Siting and Construction (AS2021). AS2021 along with the relevant ANEF contours for a given airport, acts as a land use planning and building treatment guide.
The Standard provides best practice guidance to development control authorities (such as State and Local Government) on whether the extent of aircraft noise intrusion (specifically take-off and landing noise) makes a given land area, within ANEF contours, acceptable for a proposed land use or development.
The acceptability criteria varies depending on the type of land use, and the Standards specify that land within an aircraft noise exposure level of less than 20 ANEF is acceptable for the building of new residential dwellings. The 20 ANEF contour corresponds to the 10 per cent ‘seriously affected’ and 30 per cent ‘moderately affected’ level in the dose/response relationship that was established by the 1980 socio-acoustic survey.
Further to its role as a guidance document for determining land use and development, AS2021 also provides detail regarding construction methods and materials to minimise noise intrusion to developments within ANEF contours. A copy of AS2021 can be purchased from SAI Global.
Perth Airport reviews all rezoning applications and will continue to object to new or increased density residential development close to the airport, and in particular those areas located within an aircraft noise exposure level of greater than 20 ANEF. Such developments increase the extent to which people will be exposed to aircraft noise and correlate to a 10 per cent seriously affected level.
Further information regarding the ANEF system can be found on the Commonwealth Government Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development website at infrastructure.gov.au.
The Airports Act 1996 requires Perth Airport to review the Australian Noise Exposure Forecast (ANEF) in association with the Master Plan review every 5 years. ANEF noise contours can change between Master Plans as inputs to the modelling process, such as the aircraft mix and the distribution of aircraft movements by runway, flight path and time of day, are updated to reflect new information.
Since the 1984 Master Plan, ANEF noise contours have been produced for Perth Airport which include provision for the development of a new runway.
The interactive display below illustrates the evolution of the Perth Airport ANEF since the 1984 Master Plan. In addition, you can also learn how the current composite ANEF was developed from two Australian Noise Exposure Concepts (ANECs).
For background information on ANEF or ANEC noise contours click here.
Perth Airport has adopted a ‘composite’ Australian Noise Exposure Forecast (ANEF) which reflects a combination of two Australian Noise Exposure Concepts (ANEC) that are based on potential future operating modes.
The ‘composite’ ANEF is created by taking the worst case (outer contour lines) of the two ANECs.
ANEC 1
The first ANEC reflects the existing runway system,
considers future extensions of the main (03/21) and cross
runway’s (06/24) and looks at when this operating mode would
reach capacity. This ANEC provides a capacity of approximately
190,000 aircraft movements per annum which is the maximum
movements on this system.
ANEC 2
The second ANEC (ANEC 2) is based on the long-term airfield
layout including the construction of the proposed new runway
(03R/21L) parallel to the existing main runway (03L/21R), which
is subject to approval. This scenario can accommodate
approximately 362,000 annual aircraft movements and is
consistent with the anticipated level of activity once the airport is
again starting to reach capacity during the peak periods.
For background information on ANEF or ANEC noise contours click here.
