This EA has been prepared in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). Potentially affected environmental resources were identified. Airspace management and air traffic control includes changes in the fighter approach pattern to Hickam AFB to reduce the potential for noise effects. These changes would not significantly affect either the airspace or air traffic control. Military aircraft average daily operations represent approximately 5 to 6 percent of the total 880 daily flights to the joint use Honolulu International Airport/Hickam AFB. Military average daily operations would increase from 53 with the F-15 to 65 with the F-22A. Training in offshore airspace would have no effect on airspace management or air traffic control. Comparable take-off noise would occur. During landing, the proposed F-22A approach pattern would result in no discernible change to off-installation noise. In the overwater airspace, F-22A operations would produce more sonic booms than the F-15. The air-to-water interface attenuates sonic booms and rapidly reduces their intensity in the underwater environment. The F-22A would meet the Hawaii Air Defense requirements and operational training using live air-to-air munitions comparable to those used by the F-15. No F-22A air-to-ground munitions comparable to those used by the F-15. No F-22A air-to-ground munitions would be used in the Hawaiian Islands. The F-22A would use an estimated 2,318 fewer bundles of chaff and 784 fewer flares than are currently used by the F-15s. The Honolulu area is in air quality attainment and no air quality impacts are projected. Natural resources findings demonstrate that no practicable alternative exists for construction of some HIANG facilities within the 100- year floodplain. F-22A chaff produces more pieces of residual plastic or mylar than F-15 chaff. F-22A training would increase residual materials from the current 0.25 - 5.8 pieces to 0.6 - 13 pieces per square mile per year.


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    Titel :

    Replacement of F-15 Aircraft with F-22A Aircraft Hickam Air Force Base, Hawaii Environmental Assessment


    Beteiligte:
    C. Anthony (Autor:in) / I. Beltran (Autor:in) / D. Callison (Autor:in) / C. Crabtree (Autor:in) / D. M. Dischner (Autor:in) / B. Doering (Autor:in) / C. Faurot (Autor:in) / J. Geeslin (Autor:in) / J. D. Godwin (Autor:in) / J. Gorman (Autor:in)

    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2007


    Format / Umfang :

    263 pages


    Medientyp :

    Report


    Format :

    Keine Angabe


    Sprache :

    Englisch