Wichita, KS Noise Ordinances: Aircraft Noise (2026)

The intent and purpose of the airport overlay districts is to specify land use controls in addition to those in the underlying zoning district classifications that will ensure a compatible relationship between air force base operations and other land uses in the vicinity of these operations. These districts will protect both the public and the airport by reducing to a minimum, land uses that concentrate large numbers of persons underneath runway takeoff and approach paths, where aircraft accidents are most likely to occur and noise levels are inappropriate for urban-density residential and high intensity nonresidential uses. The area protected falls into both airport hazard zones and accident potential zones.

Based upon the January, 1987 Air Installation Compatible Use Zone Study (AICUZ) for McConnell Air Force Base and based upon the revised accident data for the proposed 1990 AICUZ reports, the governing body finds and determines that airport overlay districts defined herein are areas in significant danger of aircraft accidents because such areas are beneath airspace (takeoffs and approach paths) where the potential for aircraft accidents is likely to occur. The measurements for these districts in this chapter are subject to amendment as changes occur in the takeoff and approach paths, and as types of aircraft operations change.