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Thank you for your feedback on the Draft Proposed Noise Abatement Procedures for the Oshawa Executive Airport

The City of Oshawa hosted a series of virtual workshops with community members and airport users to obtain input on the Draft Proposed Noise Abatement Procedures for the Oshawa Executive Airport in November 2021. Thank you to all who participated in the workshops and provided their feedback. The draft procedures were developed in consultation with H.M. Aero Aviation Consulting, a professional team of individuals with significant airport-related experience including familiarity with the creation of noise abatement procedures.

The Draft Proposed Noise Abatement Procedures outlined in Report DS-21-190 and additional information including an Executive Summary are available on Connect Oshawa. View the entire H.M. Aero report: Proposed Noise Abatement Procedures for the Oshawa Executive Airport. This Report, dated September 27, 2021, contains fourteen (14) Draft Proposed Noise Abatement Procedures that were developed for public and stakeholder consultation.

Using the federal process prescribed by Transport Canada to develop a solution, the fourteen (14) Draft Proposed Noise Abatement Procedures were intended to address noise, safety and air quality concerns identified in the 2021-2022 Oshawa Executive Airport Action Plan and raised during the fall 2020 virtual workshops related to flight training aircraft traffic, circuit patterns, hours of operation and noise.

The opportunity to provide feedback on the fourteen (14) Draft Proposed Noise Abatement Procedures has now concluded. The input received through the consultation process has been used to refine the Draft Proposed Noise Abatement will be used to refine the Draft Proposed Noise Abatement Procedures where appropriate. As a result, H.M. Aero has prepared updated Proposed Noise Abatement Procedures for the Oshawa Executive Airport which was approved by the Development Services Committee on March 7th, 2022 and City Council on March 28th, 2022. The proposed procedures were submitted to Transport Canada on March 30th, 2022. View the entire H.M. Aero report: Proposed Noise Abatement Procedures Transport Canada Submission. This document, dated February 18, 2022, contains nine (9) updated Proposed Noise Abatement Procedures developed using the input received through the public and stakeholder consultation process.

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The Oshawa Executive Airport is open 7 days a week, 365 days of the year; however, flight restrictions are in place from 10:30 p.m. to 6:30 a.m. limiting flights to police, medical and industrial flights and Oshawa-based aircraft returning to the airport. A flight tracker is available for all to view at https://flightaware.com/live/airport/CYOO. It is important to note that the radar coverage for the flight tracker is limited due to our proximity to Toronto Pearson airspace. Typically, aircraft under 2,500ft are not captured on the flight tracker.

The Oshawa Executive Airport prides itself on our progressive "Good Community Neighbour" policy as we seek to find the balance between the essential service that the airport provides and the sensitivity to aircraft noise. A great example of this can be found in our Night Operational Limitations, which allows essential flights like police, medical and industrial emergencies while limiting non-essential flights.

The following voluntary procedures have been established in cooperation with our the airport users in order to minimize noise and traffic impacts:

Preferential Runway Use

Runway 30, with aircraft departing northwest over Thornton and Taunton Rds., will be used as the preferred runway when the winds are blowing from a heading of 210° to 030° at less than 5 knots.

Night Operational Limitations

Only police, medical and industrial emergency flights are permitted to land and take off from the airport between the hours of 10:30 p.m. and 6:30 a.m.

Airport tenants with an aircraft based at the airport are also permitted to land during this time, however they are not permitted to take off.

All flights during this time period require prior permission of the Airport Manager.

Departure Procedures

Aircraft departing from the airport will fly on the runway heading until they reach 1,000 ft. above sea level (540 ft. above ground level) before they make any turns.

Arrival Procedures

Aircraft flying into the airport will remain not less than 1,000 ft. above sea level (540 ft. above ground level) before making the turn for their final approach to land.

Flight Training Restrictions

The following flight training restrictions have been established on a voluntary basis with the tenants and training schools at the airport:

Only 12 training aircraft are permitted to do circuit training on Runway 05/23 at any time.
Flight training aircraft will not utilize a touch-and-go departure pattern on all runways after 4:00pm on any Saturday or Sunday.
Flight training aircraft are not permitted to undertake any circuit training on all runways on the Sunday or Monday of any long weekend.

Flight Simulator

Integrated Airline Transport Pilot Licence (I.A.T.P.L.) program:
Students are required to follow a stringent set of lesson plans where they meet skill and proficiency levels in the simulators before completing similar exercises in the aircraft.
This reduces the amount of time students spend in the aircraft and particularly in the circuit pattern practicing their landings. Additionally, Transport Canada provides greater credit for simulator time towards the licensing requirements for those enrolled in a I.A.T.P.L. program. The minimum aircraft time for an I.A.T.P.L. program graduate is 162.5 flight hours versus 200 hours for the modular Commercial Pilot Licence (C.P.L.) graduate. This is almost 20% less aircraft time to acquire the same licence.
A typical modular program candidate will create 900-1200 aircraft movements (take-offs & landings) throughout the course of their training. The same I.A.T.P.L. student will create approximately 350 movements. This reduction in movements is a direct result of the use of the simulators.

Noise Berms

Noise berms are a very effective method of reducing ground based noise. The airport has established 4 earthen noise berms on the airport in the following locations:

running in a north-south line and located immediately east of the large hangarminium complex in order to reduce the noise associated with aircraft operating in the area of the hangars,
running in a northeast-southwest line and located immediately southeast of the threshold for runway 05 in order to reduce the noise associated with aircraft exiting and entering the threshold of runway 05.
running in an east-west line and located immediately south of the threshold for runway 05 in order to reduce the noise associated with aircraft exiting and entering the threshold of runway 05.
running in an east-west line and located immediately south of the threshold for runway 30 and extending to the eastern limit of the airport in order to reduce the noise associated with aircraft exiting and entering the threshold of runway 30.

View the noise berm analysis found in the airport business plan.

View the locations of the noise berms at the Oshawa Executive Airport.

Photo Gallery: Oshawa Executive Airport Noise Berms will appear here on the public site.

Air Quality and Noise Study

R.W.D.I was retained by the Airport Manager to complete Phases 1 and 2 of an Air Quality and Noise Study for the Oshawa Executive Airport. Phase 1 included air quality monitoring that took place at four locations near the end of the runways between July 4 and September 22 of 2019. Similar to the air quality monitoring program, the noise monitoring took place at four locations near the end of the runways between July 4 and October 11 of 2019.

The results of the Phase 1 air quality monitoring are located in Report DS-21-44, specifically in Attachment 8. The results of the Phase 1 noise monitoring are located in Report DS-21-44, specifically in Attachment 9.

The purpose of Phase 2 of the Air Quality and Noise Study was to conduct air quality and noise monitoring in the residential areas surrounding the Airport. Phase 2 of the air quality monitoring took place between July 8 and September 10 of 2021 and Phase 2 of the noise monitoring took place between July 6 and September 13 of 2021. The results of Phase 2 of the Air Quality and Noise Study can be found at the links below:

If you have a noise concern or questions about the Noise and Traffic Management Policy, please complete the Airport feedback / noise complaint form.

If you have a general safety concern, please complete the Transport Canada Civil Aviation Communication Centre contact form found here.

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Thank you for your feedback on the Draft Proposed Noise Abatement Procedures for the Oshawa Executive Airport

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