Nearly 53,000 low flying jet arrivals flew over Milton in 2015

Milton air traffic statistics for 2015

• Almost 53,000 low flying jet arrivals flew over Milton in 2015.  About another 7,000 prop planes flew over Milton in 2015.  This is about 1 plane every 9 minutes of every hour of every day and night in 2015 (on average).  This does not include departures that fly over Milton.
• For more than one-half the hours in September 2015 we had arrivals flying over Milton (7, 128 jets)
• In June, Milton received over 52% of all jet arrivals (7,521 arrivals at about 2,000 feet).  This was 1 arrival every 6 minutes of every hour of every day and night in June.
• Even though winds are from the NE at Logan about 18% of the time, when it is appropriate for safety reasons to use arrivals to Runways 4R and 4L, 33% of all jet arrivals used these runways in 2015.  This means Milton received almost double the number of arrivals it would receive if runway choice were only based on wind direction.

Sources:

Mr. Gene Brown of Milton, former Logan CAC representative
Cindy Christiansen of Milton, PhD, Logan CAC representative
Boston Logan Runway Usage Reports: www.massport.com/environment/environmental-reporting/noise-abatement/runway-use

Additional resources:

Who to contact about air traffic issues in Milton.