Airport Noise Management System (ANMS)
CURRENT REPORT
Summary
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Operations:
Most used departure runway is 28R with 54% utilization
Most used arrival runway is 28C with 32% utilization
Total operations -7% compared to December 2021 and -0.25% compared to November 2022
Total 2022 operations +4% compared to 2021
West Flow 75%, East Flow 25%
Nighttime operations accounted for 10% of overall operations -
Fleet Mix:
Regional Aircraft -0.7% for all hours and -0.2% for nighttime compared to November 2022
Narrow-Body Aircraft +0.8% for all hours and +0.2% for nighttime compared to November 2022
Wide-Body Aircraft +0.2% for all hours and +0.1% for nighttime compared to November 2022 -
Noise:
Site 21 missing data due to microphone failure
Site 30 missing data due to analyzer malfunction -
Complaints:
Complaints -7% compared to December 2021 and -8% compared to November 2022
Number of verifiable households -31% compared to December 2021 and -6% compared to November 2022
The Chicago Department of Aviation provides monthly reports to O’Hare Noise Compatibility Commission members based on the Airport Noise Management System (ANMS). The ANMS is a comprehensive system designed to provide actual measurement of the aircraft noise levels in Chicago neighborhoods and suburban communities near O’Hare Airport.
The ANMS integrated system includes many components including a network of 32 permanent noise monitors that measure the noise environment. The system directly connects to the FAA’s air traffic control radar that collects aircraft flight tracks. More than 5 million data points are recorded and stored by the system each day.
At the direction of the ONCC, the ANMS and report compilation methodology were independently verified by an aircraft noise expert.
Installed in 1996, the Airport Noise Management System (ANMS) records noise events that are summarized by month in four categories: Runway Use, Aircraft Noise, Aircraft Fleet Mix, and Noise Complaints.
Data from Permanent Noise Monitors and/or Long-term Portable Monitors does not determine eligibility for residential or school sound insulation.
The Chicago Department of Aviation and ONCC use ANMS data to facilitate development and management of noise mitigation programs at O’Hare.
