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The Aspen-Pitkin County Airport is =rowded with private jets on New Year's Day. Use of older, noiser jets =as been on the decline at the airport, but a new law will force them =ut of operation by 2016.

## Janet Urquhart / The Aspen =imes

ASPEN — Legislation signed into =aw last week not only authorized funding for operation of the Federal =viation Administration but also enacted a provision to phase out older, =oisy private jets — something airport officials in Aspen and =lsewhere have long advocated.

The Modernization and Reform Act =f 2012 prohibits, starting in 2016, the use of jets that were exempted =rom a law Congress passed more than 20 years ago. They are jets that =eigh 75,000 pounds or less and do not comply with quieter Stage 3 noise =evels.

A coalition of airport managers around the country, =ncluding Aspen's, have championed an effort to eliminate the exemption =ince 2004. The airports include some of the nation's busiest for =orporate jet traffic.

## Janet Urquhart / The Aspen =imes (cont.)

Noisy, Stage 2 commercial jets have been =armed nationwide since 1990, but older-model jets that weigh 75,000 =ounds or less fly in and out of the local airport as part of its =eneral aviation traffic, according to Jim Elwood, aviation director at =he Aspen-Pitkin County Airport.

"Stage 2 are really the =ircraft that, if you're outdoors, they're the ones that make you pause =our conversation," he said.

They are typically the =ffenders in the local airport's Fly Quiet program, which tracks =ircraft noise and recognizes quiet operators while calling out the =oisy ones.

"They are the airplanes that are perennially on =he noisy list," Elwood said of the Stage 2 planes.

Those =ets, however, are seen — and heard — less and less =requently. They are more costly to maintain and less efficient than =ewer jets and are increasingly being phased out of use by their owners, =ccording to Elwood.

"The number of those aircraft =perations at the airport have been in decline for the past five or six =ears anyway," he said.

The push to prohibit them was =pearheaded by Bob Bogan, deputy executive director at Morristown =unicipal Airport, a founding member of Sound Initiative: A Coalition =or Quieter Skies. Morristown is among the New York metropolitan =egion's busiest corporate airports. Aspen is also a member of the =oalition.

Though use of Stage 2 private aircraft is declining, =he jets still account for a high percentage of noise complaints at some =irports, Bogan said in a prepared statement.

The new law gives =perators of what FAA registration records indicate are more than 850 =tage 2 aircraft until the end of 2015 to modify their aircraft to meet =ew standards or discontinue their use in U.S. airspace over the =ontiguous 48 states.

The new law will not, however, address a =ropeller-driven airplane that is seeing increased use in and out of =spen, and that has generated noise complaints.

A handful of =eighbors in the airport's flight path met with airport officials last =all to discuss the Piaggio P180 Avanti, an aircraft that has gained =avor for its fuel efficiency but has generated noise complaints. The =lane is actually quieter, in terms of decibels, than some jets, but =ome area residents say the pitch of its engine noise is =rritating.

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Jeffrey,

I'm =raveling to Boeing now, Nadia / Sean can you find backup info to =his?

Article regarding cease of ops for GIl stage II in =se jan. 2016,.

May make a =oint that GIV will increase in value in next few years when =loser to stage II ban.

Noisier jets to be phased out in Aspen, across =.S.

## Janet Urquhart / The Aspen =imes (cont.)

Janet Urquhart

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The Aspen-Pitkin County Airport is crowded with =rivate jets on New Year's Day. Use of older, noiser jets has been on =he decline at the airport, but a new law will force them out of =peration by 2016.

Janet Urquhart = The Aspen Times

ASPEN — =egislation signed into law last week not only authorized funding for =peration of the Federal Aviation Administration but also enacted a =rovision to phase out older, noisy private jets — something =irport officials in Aspen and elsewhere have long =dvocated.

The Modernization and Reform Act of 2012 prohibits, =tarting in 2016, the use of jets that were exempted from a law Congress =assed more than 20 years ago. They are jets that weigh 75,000 pounds or =ess and do not comply with quieter Stage 3 noise =evels.

A coalition of airport managers around the country, =ncluding Aspen's, have championed an effort to eliminate the exemption =ince 2004. The airports include some of the nation's busiest for =orporate jet traffic.

Noisy, =tage 2 commercial jets have been banned nationwide since 1990, but =lder-model jets that weigh 75,000 pounds or less fly in and out of the =ocal airport as part of its general aviation traffic, according to Jim =lwood, aviation director at the Aspen-Pitkin County =irport.

"Stage 2 are really the aircraft that, if =ou're outdoors, they're the ones that make you pause your =onversation," he said.

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## Janet Urquhart / The Aspen =imes (cont.)

They =re typically the offenders in the local airport's Fly Quiet program, =hich tracks aircraft noise and recognizes quiet operators while calling =ut the noisy ones.

"They are the airplanes that are perennially =n the noisy list," Elwood said of the Stage 2 =lanes.

Those jets, however, are seen — and heard =#8212; less and less frequently. They are more costly to maintain and =ess efficient than newer jets and are increasingly being phased out of =se by their owners, according to Elwood.

"The number of those aircraft operations at =he airport have been in decline for the past five or six years =nyway," he said.

The =ush to prohibit them was spearheaded by Bob Bogan, deputy executive =irector at Morristown Municipal Airport, a founding member of Sound =nitiative: A Coalition for Quieter Skies. Morristown is among the New =ork metropolitan region's busiest corporate airports. Aspen is also a =ember of the coalition.

Though =se of Stage 2 private aircraft is declining, the jets still account for = high percentage of noise complaints at some airports, Bogan said in a =repared statement.

The =ew law gives operators of what FAA registration records indicate are =ore than 850 Stage 2 aircraft until the end of 2015 to modify their =ircraft to meet new standards or discontinue their use in U.S. airspace =ver the contiguous 48 states.

The =ew law will not, however, address a propeller-driven airplane that is =eeing increased use in and out of Aspen, and that has generated noise =omplaints.

A =andful of neighbors in the airport's flight path met with airport =fficials last fall to discuss the Piaggio P180 Avanti, an aircraft that =as gained favor for its fuel efficiency but has generated noise =omplaints. The plane is actually quieter, in terms of decibels, than =ome jets, but some area residents say the pitch of its engine noise is =rritating.

Elwood =aid Monday that calls to his office about the Piaggio have dropped off =ince the meeting in September.

## Janet Urquhart / The Aspen =imes (cont.)

At =hat time, neighbors were told pilots of the aircraft would reduce the =ngine's power on approach during clear weather in an effort to address =he issue. In addition, a new propeller design that reduces the =ircraft's noise was in the testing stage, residents were =old.

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