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The
Aviation Industry Steps Forward
If
you're not part of the solution, you're part of the problem. That's
the thinking behind the Teterboro Airport Industry Working Group - a diverse
group of aviation industry professionals who have come together to support and
enhance operations at Teterboro Airport (TEB).
The
mission of the Teterboro Industry Working Group is to proactively and voluntarily
bridge the interests of the aviation community and airport neighbors and to offer
practical and workable local solutions that address the unique nature of Teterboro
Airport. Comprising experienced aviation experts representing TEB's fixed-base
operators, airport users and tenants, and national and local aviation industry
associations, the Working Group is the first all-industry group to step forward
voluntarily to work with its owner, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey,
and Congressman Steve Rothman to address community concerns.
"The
Working Group is a major step in our goal of bringing together airport stakeholders
to focus on Teterboro's operations," says Port Authority Chairman Anthony
R. Coscia, who has made safety at TEB a high priority for his administration and
who, along with Congressman Steve Rothman, was the impetus behind the Working
Group's formation. "We now have a team of aviation professionals who
are working directly with us on a voluntary basis and who are willing to bring
forth new ideas to create a safer airport for users and our neighbors.
"The
recommendations of the Working Group are major steps to building a safer Teterboro
Airport, while allowing TEB to continue its vital role as a reliever airport and
economic engine for the region. The recommendations include measures that voluntarily
restrict their own operations, and that's highly productive, as well as commendable."
"The best
way to work through issues of safety, security, and noise is to broaden the dialogue
to include those directly connected to airport operations - the pilots, operators,
and trade professionals," says former Congressman James K. Coyne, co-chair
of the Working Group and president of the National Air Transportation Association.
"Members of the Working Group have incredible experience and background and
understand how the industry can best deliver solutions that respond to this community's
concerns.
"Teterboro
Airport is a vital link in our nation's aviation system," adds Coyne.
"We want to work with the Port Authority and the community's elected
representatives to protect this national aviation resource for years to come."
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Building
a Proactive Partnership
Like
all airports, Teterboro Airport offers tremendous economic advantages to its host
and surrounding communities. Teterboro Airport is very unique. It is a major general
aviation airport providing access to New York and its financial centers. However,
close proximity of the airport to its neighbors presents unique and complex challenges.
Among these are airport safety, security, and noise.
"The
Working Group is demonstrating how small airports and communities can co-exist
beneficially for all," says Joseph G. Fazio, co-chair of the Working Group
and general manager of Atlantic Aviation. "The solution is not ‘us and
them' but ‘all of us together.' We are here to offer recommendations
that will make Teterboro a model of safety."
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Working
Group Pledges with Its Surrounding Community -
To Make Teterboro Airport
a Better, Safer and Quieter Neighbor
The
Teterboro Airport Industry Working Group's four subcommittees - Noise
& Emissions, Operations, Safety & Security, and Regional Advocacy -
have worked together for more than one year and have identified the following
five major recommendations that members of the Working Group pledge to implement.
And since members of the Working Group include all of TEB's five fixed-base
operators, airport users and tenants (including Net Jets, Dassault Falcon, and
AIG), and representatives of TEB, the results of their best efforts implementation
of these voluntary pledges will be all encompassing and far reaching. Unlike many
other groups of this nature that formed and dissipate over time, the TEB Working
Group will meet quarterly to monitor progress and modify objectives to address
concerns that may arise in order to fulfill its mission to ensure that Teterboro
Airport is the safest and most secure general aviation airport in the world.
Pledge
#1 - Stage II Aircraft
Working
Group operators immediately agree not to operate Stage II aircraft at the airport.
Pledge
#2 - Nighttime Curfew
Working
Group operators will adopt a night time curfew at TEB. This curfew will be in
effect at the airport between the hours of 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. The only exceptions
to the curfew will be essential night operations.
Pledge
#3 - Weight Limitation
Working
Group operators agree not to operate aircraft having an operating weight of more
than 100,000 pounds at Teterboro Airport at any time, now or in the future.
Pledge #4 - Safety
In
order to make TEB a model for the safest general aviation airport in the nation,
a safety culture that makes the maintenance of an ongoing Safety Management System
(SMS) the top priority of all users will be developed by members of the Working
Group. In partnership with the National Air Transportation Association (NATA)
Safety 1st Program, TEB will establish an airport-wide SMS (becoming the first
non-commercial airport in the nation to do so). All fixed-base operators have
agreed to participate in the NATA SMS for Ground Operations. All charter operators
will be strongly encouraged to participate in the NATA SMS for Air Operators.
Pledge
# 5 - Security
All
Working Group operators pledge to enhance and refine the security procedures already
in place at TEB and support the airport in its ultimate goal of becoming the industry's
security model for general aviation airports. TEB and its tenants will implement
a program of aviation/airport security best practices, including Airport Watch,
a partnership program of Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) and Transportation
Security Administration (TSA), which is designed to secure general aviation airports.
The members will support and encourage the Port Authority's effort to install
a state-of-the-art surveillance and perimeter intrusion alert system at a cost
of approximately $15 million. In addition, the members will provide expertise
and develop recommendations for TSA in an effort to continually upgrade security
procedures applicable to the general aviation industry and general aviation operators
utilizing Teterboro Airport including, but not limited to, security of aircraft,
passengers, cargo and crew.
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TEB:
Vital To the Community's Economic Prosperity
Owned
and operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and regulated by
the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Teterboro Airport (TEB) is a vital
component of its southern Bergen County community and a vital link in the nation's
aviation network. As a busy reliever airport, TEB does not accommodate commercial
flights but instead is the facility of choice for charter flights, private aircraft,
small package cargo shipments, humanitarian causes, and emergency medical flights.
As a thriving partner of its community, TEB generates more than 15,000 jobs, $670
million in wages, and $1.8 billion in annual economic activity in the New York-New
Jersey region.
- Jobs
and Wages: TEB itself is a major employer for the airport-services industry,
with at least 1,200 local men and women coming to work directly at the airport.
Among these 1,700, 94 percent are neighbors and live within 15 miles of the airport.
Secondary jobs that the airport helps to support in Bergen County include almost
3,000 employees at Quest Diagnostics, a leading national medical testing enterprise
in Teterboro; 300 employees of Dassault Falcon Jet Corp. in Little Ferry; and
600 neighborhood residents who work in major hotels in Bergen County that depend
on year-round business from the airport. Hotel occupancy taxes represent revenues
from out-of-state residents that directly benefit the local municipalities in
supplementary funding to support local police, fire, and other essential services.
- Local
Businesses: There are also many other local businesses that depend on TEB
for income, including local limousine services, dry cleaners, restaurants, delis,
and gas stations. Another important business partner is the New Jersey Air Service
Department Office, which identifies and matches the purchasing needs of the airport
with the expertise of local businesses within the TEB community. This has resulted
in the awarding of $56 million in contracts to local area vendors.
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Property Values: Because property values are closely related to gross economic
activity, estimates are that Bergen County property values would lower by $500
million without TEB.
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Spending by Visitors: Because
TEB serves a large number of business executives, celebrities, dignitaries, and
wealthy patrons who fly here charter or via private aircraft for business and
leisure in the New York-New Jersey metropolitan area, the airport generates a
considerable amount of spending from these individuals in local stores, restaurants,
cultural and sports activities, and at large meetings and conventions. Business
travelers spend nearly 400,000 hotel nights in the region each year. Nearly one-third
of these hotel nights are occupied by professional flight crews that stay almost
exclusively at Bergen County lodging establishments.
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Investment in the Airport:
Direct investment in the airport provides additional economic benefits to the
local community through construction jobs and the purchase of equipment and materials
from local suppliers.
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Playing
a Critical Role in the Nation's Aviation Network
As
a "general reliever" airport, Teterboro Airport does not accommodate
commercial operations but services chartered flights, private aircraft, small
package cargo shipments, and medical flights. Because it is a reliever airport
and hosts independent aircraft, TEB prevents flight congestion at the major New
York-New Jersey airports of John F. Kennedy International, LaGuardia, and Newark
Liberty International - where these flights would have to land if Teterboro
were not here. TEB's humanitarian services and emergency flights - such
as Angel Flights America and Earth Angels - bring patients and donated organs
to the region for expert medical care and transplantation at Hackensack University
Medical Center and New York City hospitals.
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Working
to Enhance Our Community's Quality of Life
Teterboro
Airport is a proud member of the south Bergen County community and contributes
to its neighbors' quality of life in a number of ways:
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Safety and Security: Comprehensive
reviews of security have been completed, and long-range plans put into place,
including investments in physical protections, new technologies, and new operational
procedures. Already completed are improved taxiway exits, new state-of-the-art
technology system for landings, and landscaping and beautification projects. Taxiway
relocations and construction of a taxiway extension are expected to reduce engine
run time and the number of aircraft crossing runways. Within the past several
years, TEB's tenant population has made substantial investments in the facility,
including Jet Aviation's new office/terminal building, storage hangar, and
paved infield; Signature Flight Support's new terminal building; and Atlantic
Aviation's hangar 2.
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Noise Reduction: TEB
imposes a ban on Stage 1 aircraft (the noisiest) and restricts aircraft in excess
of 100,000 pounds. Older aircraft are being replaced by newer, quieter, more fuel-
efficient aircraft. The Port Authority and the Teterboro Noise Abatement Advisory
Committee monitor noise 24/7 and provide stiff penalties for aircraft that violate
these stringent standards. If an aircraft receives three noise violations within
a two-year period, it is banned from using TEB. The airport is one of only a few
in the nation to impose this "three strikes" rule. Neighbors may use
a 24-hour hotline staffed by TEB to voice any noise complaints they may have.
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The New Jersey Aviation Hall of Fame & Museum at TEB: The
first state aviation hall of fame in the nation, the museum has served as a tourist
attraction, educational center, and cultural landmark for more than 30 years.
Approximately 30,000 adults and schoolchildren visit every year.
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Humanitarian Flights: Pilots, aircraft owners, and the airport operator
regularly volunteer their services to support Angel Flights America and Earth
Angels, which provide free flights for medical patients who need medical care
available elsewhere or those who come to this region for medical care. They also
mobilize pilots to provide community assistance in times of national emergencies,
such as in the aftermath of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. TEB also services emergency
medical flights that bring blood, organs, and patients from all over the country
to Hackensack University Medical Center's Trauma Center and Cancer Center
for testing, treatment, and organ transplantation.
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Soundproofing Schools:
TEB has spent in excess of $35 million to soundproof schools in the Bergen County
towns of Teterboro, Hackensack, South Hackensack, and Rutherford. The money comes
primarily from the Federal Aviation Administration Improvement Program and the
Port Authority, which in 23 years have given $356.3 million to 77 schools in New
York and New Jersey.
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Community Contributions: TEB supports local fundraising events, baseball
and softball leagues, Big Brother & Big Sister, the Boy Scouts and Girls Scouts
of America, and the Rutherford Community Band. TEB's annual 5K "Runway"
benefits the local United Way, and the airport's annual golf tournament provides
scholarships to local high school students.
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