Who Answers For What

Named contact on the published noise abatement procedures. Holds the operational answer to almost every question on this list — and is the one person no body currently requires to attend.

• 1 Excessive Southwest Over Northeast Departures
• 2 Repetitive Training Circuits Concentrated Over the Same Residential Streets
• 3 Operations Counting Understates What Residents Actually Hear
• 5 Runway 06 Line-of-Sight Restriction Is Cited but Not Demonstrated
• 6 Departures Are Not Meeting the Airport's Own Noise Abatement Threshold
• 8 No Airport Operations Representative Sits on the Advisory Committee
• 10 No Noise Complaint Data Has Ever Been Published
• 11 The Complaint Route Is Undiscoverable and the Published Contacts Conflict
• 12 Training Aircraft Appear to Pay No Landing Fee at All
• 14 Jet Hangar Developments Are Being Assessed Individually, Not Cumulatively
• 16 Aircraft Recorded as Low as 367 Feet Over Homes and Shops
• 17 Noise Abatement Procedures Are Entirely Voluntary and Partly Out of Date
• 19 Runway Incursion Reports Required by the Master Plan Have Not Been Published
• 20 The Oldest and Loudest Aircraft Account for Most of the Time Overhead
• 21 Night Operations and Ground Run-Ups Have No Published Record
• 24 Emergency Fuel Dumping and Drone Activity Are Unaddressed

The airport sits under Public Works. Named alongside the Airport Director on the procedures page. Note the title is Acting — which is itself relevant to Issue 4.

• 3 Operations Counting Understates What Residents Actually Hear
• 4 No Named County Officer Is Accountable for the Master Plan or for Airport Operations
• 5 Runway 06 Line-of-Sight Restriction Is Cited but Not Demonstrated
• 7 If the Obstruction Is Real, Who Approved Building It?
• 10 No Noise Complaint Data Has Ever Been Published
• 12 Training Aircraft Appear to Pay No Landing Fee at All
• 13 Landing Fees Are Flat, Below Comparable Airports, and Their Purpose Is Unstated
• 18 The Master Plan Surveyed Pilots and Businesses but Not Residents
• 19 Runway Incursion Reports Required by the Master Plan Have Not Been Published
• 22 Lease and Grant Terms Have Never Been Reviewed for What the County Can Actually Change

Where accountability for the Master Plan and for approvals since 2019 ultimately sits.

• 4 No Named County Officer Is Accountable for the Master Plan or for Airport Operations
• 7 If the Obstruction Is Real, Who Approved Building It?
• 11 The Complaint Route Is Undiscoverable and the Published Contacts Conflict
• 13 Landing Fees Are Flat, Below Comparable Airports, and Their Purpose Is Unstated
• 14 Jet Hangar Developments Are Being Assessed Individually, Not Cumulatively
• 15 Noise Impact Is Being Measured Against an Obsolete Federal Threshold

Appoints the Advisory Committee's voting members. The route to establishing oversight that does not currently exist.

• 4 No Named County Officer Is Accountable for the Master Plan or for Airport Operations
• 8 No Airport Operations Representative Sits on the Advisory Committee
• 9 Airport Operations Fall Outside Every Existing Body's Remit

Chairs the body that ruled airport operations outside its own remit in July 2026.

• 8 No Airport Operations Representative Sits on the Advisory Committee

DCC's flight school is the single largest generator of circuit traffic, flying leased 1970s Cessna 172s.

• 2 Repetitive Training Circuits Concentrated Over the Same Residential Streets
• 7 If the Obstruction Is Real, Who Approved Building It?
• 20 The Oldest and Loudest Aircraft Account for Most of the Time Overhead

Sits on the Committee as an airport user while employed by the largest operator — worth noting when the Committee is asked to review training volume.

• 20 The Oldest and Loudest Aircraft Account for Most of the Time Overhead

District 5 and District 14 together account for the 22,655 residents in the exposure model — the two districts absorbing the Runway 24 circuit.

• 1 Excessive Southwest Over Northeast Departures
• 9 Airport Operations Fall Outside Every Existing Body's Remit

The single most exposed county district in the model, with every modelled resident inside the KPOU boundary.

• 1 Excessive Southwest Over Northeast Departures
• 9 Airport Operations Fall Outside Every Existing Body's Remit

Third most exposed county district.

• 9 Airport Operations Fall Outside Every Existing Body's Remit

Neighbouring district, ex-officio participant in the Advisory Committee.

• 9 Airport Operations Fall Outside Every Existing Body's Remit

Neighbouring district, ex-officio participant in the Advisory Committee.

• 9 Airport Operations Fall Outside Every Existing Body's Remit

Every modelled resident in the district falls inside the KPOU boundary.

• 9 Airport Operations Fall Outside Every Existing Body's Remit

The most exposed municipality in the model by a wide margin.

• 9 Airport Operations Fall Outside Every Existing Body's Remit
• 11 The Complaint Route Is Undiscoverable and the Published Contacts Conflict
• 23 The Zoning Amendment the Master Plan Itself Recommends Has Not Been Opened

Second most exposed municipality; effectively the entire town sits inside the boundary.

• 9 Airport Operations Fall Outside Every Existing Body's Remit
• 11 The Complaint Route Is Undiscoverable and the Published Contacts Conflict
• 23 The Zoning Amendment the Master Plan Itself Recommends Has Not Been Opened

Third of the three towns the Master Plan zoning recommendation covers.

• 9 Airport Operations Fall Outside Every Existing Body's Remit
• 11 The Complaint Route Is Undiscoverable and the Published Contacts Conflict
• 23 The Zoning Amendment the Master Plan Itself Recommends Has Not Been Opened

Materially exposed but named in no ask on the current list.

Minimal exposure; ex-officio participant.

Minimal exposure; named in no ask.

Every modelled resident inside the boundary — and named in no ask on the current list.

Materially exposed but not part of the three-town Master Plan zoning recommendation.

Negligible modelled exposure.

Federal level — FAA grant assurances and Contract Tower funding.

The federal representative for the great majority of exposed residents.

State level; covers most of the exposed population.

Negligible exposure inside the boundary.

The most exposed Assembly district.

Nearly all modelled residents inside the boundary.

Negligible exposure inside the boundary.