The purpose of the proposed action is to implement recurring C-17 and K-135 training at the Lawton/Fort Sill Regional Airport and the Henry Post AAF. Currently, the pattern congestion around Altus AFB is impacting the effectiveness of the training program at the base. This congestion will continue to increase as additional C-17 aircraft are added to the current inventory. Under the proposed action, C-17 students would accomplish one to three daylight missions per week. Each mission would consist of several maneuvers. The C-17 maneuvers at Lawton/Fort Sill Regional Airport would include four published instrument approaches and four Visual Flight Rules (VFR) patterns for a total of eight "touch-and-go" operations at minimum continuous power. The maneuvers at Henry Post AAF would include six "go-around" operations using maximum power and four full-stop operations using maximum reverse trust for a total of ten VFR approaches. Additionally, one mission per month at Fort Sill would incorporate cargo load ground training. There would be no construction or demolition activities associated with the proposed action. No viable alternatives to the proposed action, other than the no-action alternative, were identified or evaluated as part of this analysis. Under the no-action alternative there would be no change in the current flight operations at either the Lawton/Fort Sill Regional Airport or the Henry Post AAF. As a result there would be no change to the physical environments associated with either airfield. The subsequent Environmental Assessment for this effort will evaluate the potential environmental impacts that would be associated with the proposed action and no-action alternative. Resources that will be considered in the analysis are: noise, air quality biological resources, and socioeconomics/environmental justice. The Draft Environmental Assessment will be made available to the public for review and comment.
Environmental Assessment C-17 and KC-135 Recurring Training at Lawton, Oklahoma
2004
78 pages
Report
No indication
English
Aeronautics , Logistics, Military Facilities, & Supplies , Environmental Health & Safety , Air force facilities , Air force training , Environmental assessment , Air quality , Cargo aircraft , Noise , Alternatives , Biological resources , C-17 aircraft , Environmental justice , Fonsi(finding of no significant impact) , Kc-135 aircraft
Lawton Municipal Airport, Lawton, Oklahoma
NTIS | 1972
Engineering Index Backfile | 1955
|Measurement of Recurring Versus Non-Recurring Congestion
NTIS | 2003
|SOUND OFF - Jonathan Lawton on "parking tickets" at service areas.
Online Contents | 1999
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