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Welcome to PHL-CAW.org
Mission Summary The Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) is the busiest airport in the Philadelphia /New York metropolitan area. Currently, there are over 1,400 operations daily and more than 500,000 landing and take off (LTO) cycles annually. By 2011, operations are expected to increase to almost 1700 LTO's daily if this expansion is allowed to continue. The main focus of this Citizens Aviation Watch is to report on current operations, changes in procedure, economic value and the proposed expansion plans at PHL. This website will also discuss the environmental impacts from PHL on the surrounding communities in New Castle County Delaware, Southeastern Pennsylvania, and Southern New Jersey. Residents living in these areas are being subjected to an increasing number of overflights, aviation related pollution and airport noise, thus lowering the standard of living and the quality of life many miles from PHL. Environmental Streamlining, Stewardship and Capacity Enhancement Did you know the Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) is now planning to expand? What will happen to our neighborhoods then? Did you know that Philadelphia's current Capacity Enhancement Program (CEP), 17-35 Runway Extension Project and the NY/NJ/PHL Airspace Redesign will also increase the operational capacity and land jets over Lower Merion, Havertown, Upper Darby, West Deptford, Mantua and areas of Delaware County and Southern New Jersey that have never experienced high volume air traffic? As a result of the environmental streamlining provisions in HR-2115 expansion for PHL will be approved quickly. Get the latest information With all of the attention that has been focused on the recent release of GAO audit of the NY/NJ/PHL Airspace Redesign it seems the media has overlooked the fact the FAA plans to hold another round of public meetings to outline the release of a DIES for the Philadelphia Airport Capacity Enhancement Program (PHL-CEP.) The meetings, which will be held four of five nights next week will discuss the DEIS and public hearings for official public comment are scheduled for October. In fact, Tuesday's scheduled meeting for Delaware are to be held on primary election night. Which most likely will keep many of Delaware's public officials away and unable to attend. For Whom the Decibel Tolls? CEO Council supports NY/NJ/PHL Airspace Redesign The CEO' council endorsing the NY/NJ/PHL airspace redesign must have not read some of the most recent audits released by the OIG regarding FAA's management of government funds or large airspace and technology projects. Also reported by the News Journal this week a plan that will require states along Amtrak's Northeast Corridor to pay more to use rails for commuter trains and to keep the service running. Northeastern states will be required to pay an additional $59 million to subsidize the rail service. Master of Puppets -- Did The FAA Ignore Another OIG Audit? In October 2003, the agency implemented the Dual Modena (MXE) procedure for Philadelphia Airport westbound departures, which we believe is a component of the NY/NJ/PHL Airspace Redesign project and not part of the FAA's Choke Point initiatives which ended in 2002. As a result, we believe that the agency completely ignored the 2003 OIG recommendations. Grave Danger for Expectant Moms Near Airports The Mothers Against Airport Pollution (MAAP) are issuing a dire warning to expectant and new mothers. It has now been confirmed with certainty that pregnant women who live near high industrial sources of pollution should protect themselves from breathing the contaminated toxic air in order to protect their unborn children. Evidence was also found that children born outside of and moved into the hotspot zones in infancy also had elevated rates of cancers. The Power of Prayer Dear Friends, Last night Saturday October 2 between 6:30 and 9:30 I was having a "Sukkot" dinner and prayer time with friends in celebration of the Biblical Feast Day of Sukkot. 25 of us trying to pray outdoors in a tent. There were planes coming in overhead every 30 seconds. This website will also have up to date and accurate information regarding the current PHL expansion plans. Come back and visit often. An informed, involved public will make a difference. Be informed. Become involved. Express your opinion. Your opinion does count. Let your elected officials hear from you; remember, they should represent you and your interests. We hope you find the included links both helpful and informative. FAA funding... Where does it come from? The FAA is reauthorized (funded) by Congress every 4 years. The 2007 FAA reathorization will include funding for airport expansion and National Airspace Redesign. The FAA points runways and planes at people because federal law says it can. The best time for policy change is when the money is handed out. How will your Senator or House member vote? If the technology is so good, why can't they hold 3000 feet and route over areas most conducive to high volume jet traffic? FAA has recently upgraded the towers at PHL with STARS --the next generation Air Traffic control system. STARS has been operating officially at PHL since November, 2002 and was commissioned June, 2003. Fact : The Nation's air traffic delay problems are concentrated at 31 large hub airports where the average delay per aircraft operation was 6.14 minutes in 2000. Delays occur primarily during instrument weather conditions when runway capacity is reduced below that needed to accommodate airline schedules. Fact : The General Accounting Office estimates the cost of the push to modernize its information systems that the FAA started in 1981 will top $45 billion by 2005. Yet the FAA still uses 40 plus year old ILS technology to bring in aircraft during instrument weather conditions? The use of the Instrument Landing System (ILS) is the main reason FAA must use straight line approaches over residential communities and has capacity problems in low visibility/poor weather. The prolonged use of ILS by the FAA increases the demand for runways because currently less aircraft are able to land in poor weather due to ILS wave distortion. Fact : The aircraft on approach (stacked) over the Brandywine Valley, Chaddsford, Bethel, Brandywine Hundred, Greenville and Christiana Hundred should not fly below 3000 feet, as determined by the FAA. However, an approximate average of 18% of all 19,500 operations passing through the Brandywine Intercept (BWINE) between the months of January to June, 2003 came in below the mandated 3000 feet. In this case, the FAA/PHL Tracon consistently ignored their own regulations to accommodate the airline schedules. This must stop. Our premise is that right-of-way is a simple right of physical passage, not a right to destroy the human landscape through or over which vehicles pass. PHL-CAW.org -- wants the following
Facts About Airport Air Pollution -- from the Coalition for Clean Air website.
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