Moorabbin movements.
About 2,100 on the 16th. 23,000 1st to 16th. Probably 40,000 plus for the month- which would be an all time record. 34,000 in March by the way. Both circuits in operation every day. By comparison Moorabbin does every three days what Essendon does every month. Different market though.
Check out the Airservices Australia website for the ‘official” data but don’t put too much store by it. Last year we kept on getting 100 plus monthly movements of aircraft over 7 tonnes, which I think I would have noticed somehow. Turned out that the RVAC Sportstars were registered with ex-Ansett B737 rego’s and Airservices did not notice.
The vast majority of movements are commercial flying training, both fixed wing and rotary. A large proportion is commercial airline sponsored training but there is an increasing percentage, especially rotary, of Australian self-starters.
The level of noise complaints has risen but not by that much. We field around 5-8 a week and Airservices a similar number. Considering you all fly over a population of 400,000 plus in the immediate area that’s not a bad ratio. In the past week complaints have risen largely because 13 has been in constant use due to crane construction work infringing the 17 OLS outside of the airport. That’s over by Tuesday.
And if any of you are at Moorabbin Sunday morning 10am-12 noon come over to the RVAC and see 30 plus youngsters being introduced to aviation- happens every month and the Young Eagles programme is a great initiative for our local population. Show them your aircraft and have a chat with them - your enthusiasm for aviation will for sure rub off on them.
Phil (fulmar)