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14 CFR Part 150 Update August 2009<br />

<strong>San</strong> <strong>Diego</strong> <strong>International</strong> <strong>Airport</strong> Page 49<br />

Sample model tracks for Runway 9 and Runway 27 are provided in Figure 6 and Figure 7,<br />

respectively. The Runway 9 flight tracks were recorded on November 30, 2007 and the Runway 27<br />

tracks on August 10, 2007. Due to the incompleteness of the helicopter flight tracks in the radar<br />

data, HMMH produced modeled flight tracks in the conventional INM method by using a sample of<br />

radar data from helicopters to determine predominant flight paths. The resulting modeled flight<br />

tracks for helicopters are shown in Figure 8. A total of 215,099 individual flight tracks were<br />

modeled for the 2009 and 2014 NEMs and 999 of these model tracks are presented in Figure 6 and<br />

Figure 7. No changes to the airfield or airspace are expected within the 5-year time frame for this<br />

project and therefore, no changes to the flight tracks resulted from the 2009 base year to the 2014<br />

forecast year.<br />

The SAN approach angle for Runway 27 is 3.5 degrees. The standard INM7.0a aircraft approach<br />

profiles assume a 3.0-degree approach angle. To compensate for this difference, the FAA approved<br />

the use of an approach grid that applies a noise level correction for the difference in altitude based on<br />

the greater approach angle (Appendices C, D, and E). The approach grid was applied to the<br />

INM7.0a modeled contours to derive both NEMs.<br />

SAN DIEGO COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT AUTHORITY

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