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Committee advances Sky Harbor proposal for east-side hangars at PDK after consultants model noise and emissions benefits
Summary
Consultants told the DeKalb County operations committee that a Sky Harbor hangar campus for repositioning aircraft could reduce modeled reposition flights by roughly 921 events, yielding about a 3 dB DNL noise reduction and a modeled 50% cut in associated emissions; the committee advanced the RFP to the full Board of Commissioners with a Nov. 18 hearing and asked administration for draft contract terms and community-benefit language.
The DeKalb County operations committee moved RFP 22500625—the Eastside aviation development proposal for DeKalb Peachtree Airport (PDK), recommended for award to Sky Harbor LLC—out of committee for final consideration by the full Board of Commissioners on Nov. 18.
Consultant Jason Stoddard of HMMH (Harris Miller Miller & Hanson) presented a narrowed summary of a repositioning analysis using PDK flight-track data from the NAM monitoring system. He said the study defined a reposition flight as a four-leg sequence (an inbound leg from a local airport to PDK, a round trip outside the local area, then a return leg) and that HMMH conservatively…
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