The Tomoka Oaks Homeowners Association

OMN Noise Abatement

(OMN is the FAA identifier for our Ormond Beach Airport)

Guidelines & Procedures

• As a courtesy to the residents of local neighborhoods, please refrain from flight activities between the hours of 10 pm and 8 am.
• Early morning flight operations are discouraged. Engine run-ups in the morning and in the latter hours of the evening should be conducted for operational necessity only.
• Pilots are requested to operate their aircraft at the most reduced power settings while in or while entering the airport traffic pattern, consistent with safety and the aircraft POH (Pilot's Operating Handbook).
• Runway 17/35 is the designated calm wind runway, and preferred noise abatement runway.
• When departing Runway 8, fly the extended runway centerline and climb expediently (minimum of Vy) to traffic pattern altitude before turning to the crosswind leg or proceeding on course. Use crab angles as needed to stay on the extended centerline. Use the Tomoka River as a visual cue; by keeping the river in sight off the right wing until above the US-1 bridge, over-flight of noise-sensitive areas will be avoided.
• Fly standard traffic patterns on all other runways, turning to the crosswind leg as soon as altitude and airspeed permit.
• Please fly high and tight patterns. Extended patterns greatly impact noise sensitive areas. Aircraft in the pattern at OMN must at all times remain west of the Tomoka River.
• Left hand traffic pattern on Runway 35 and Runway 8.
• Right hand traffic pattern on Runway 26 and Runway 17.
• Climb as high as possible before leaving the airport boundaries, taking care not to penetrate the Daytona Beach Class “C” Airspace overlying the field at 1200 feet MSL. Fly no lower than 1000 feet above any area of Ormond Beach, including the rural residential areas west of Interstate 95 and the communities south of the Tomoka River. Aircraft transiting Ormond Beach airspace on approach to Daytona Beach International Airport may be required to descend below 1000 feet AGL in order to comply with published FAA approach procedures.
• Helicopter pilots should utilize designated arrival and departure corridors to minimize noise impacts.
• ATC may periodically modify established traffic patterns to afford safe separation of aircraft.
• Pilots are requested to review and use the AOPA "Noise Awareness Steps" when practicable. Compliance with recommended noise abatement procedures is at the discretion of the PIC (Pilot in Command). Safety Always Comes First

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Last updated: 01 May 2009