Brown Field Municipal Airport Land Use Compatibility Plan

CHAPTER 4BACKGROUND DATA: BROWN FIELD MUNICIPAL AIRPORT AND ENVIRONSbetween the existing conditions noise contours and future noise contours can be attributed to anticipatedchanges in the type of business jets operating at the Airport. With the anticipated increase in business jetactivity at the Airport, it is assumed that the older and noisier business jets that operated in 2006 willgradually be replaced with quieter turbojet aircraft in the future. The noise contours reflect the operatingand noise abatement departure procedures described in Table IV-1.4.2 AIRPORT ENVIRONSThe Airport lies within the rapidly growing community of Otay Mesa in the City of San Diego. East ofthe Airport and beyond Highway 125 is primarily unincorporated San Diego County. The City of ChulaVista is located north of the Airport. Over the last decade, the rural character of the area surrounding theAirport has been transformed - various residential developments have been constructed to the west of theAirport while areas to the south and east have been developed with commercial and industrial land uses.Additional information regarding Airport land uses and established compatibility measures if provided inTable IV-3.Exhibit IV-6 and Exhibit IV-7 depict existing and planned land uses in areas surrounding the Airportbased on information obtained from SANDAG. Exhibit IV-8 presents information regarding communityplans within the AIA. Exhibits IV-9 and IV-10 present planned land use information for the East OtayMesa (County of San Diego) and Otay Mesa (City of San Diego) Community Planning areas,respectively.4.3 COMPATIBILITY FACTORS/LAYERSThe compatibility policy maps included in Chapter 3 were developed in accordance with guidanceprovided in the Handbook and in consideration of local factors specific to the Airport. Additionalinformation regarding the assessment of the four compatibility factors/layers (noise, safety, airspaceprotection, and overflight) is provided below.4.3.1 Compatibility Data: NoiseExhibit IV-11 depicts compatibility data associated with noise resulting from Airport operations. Themapped noise contours represent the forecast of 240,000 annual aircraft operations. The flight tracks usedto generate the noise contours are also shown on the map to indicate the approximate areas commonlyoverflown by fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft arriving at and departing from the Airport.4–14Brown Field Municipal Airport Land Use Compatibility PlanJanuary 25, 2010