Results of CACG surveyLeonie Horrocks

Positive Aspects of CACGs

•Platform for information sharing•Open discussion•Great / effective chairperson•Raising community awareness / community consultation•Strong support from airport•All relevant parties present

Major issues over last 12 months

• Noise• Master plan consultation• Future expansion: infrastructure, flight paths & development• Major Development Projects• Circuit training & impact on community• Traffic congestion & public transport around airport

Biggest challenges

• Noise associated matters• Too much time spent discussing noise• Developing meaningful agenda items• Conflicting views of members• Attracting or keeping community representation• Vocal minority groups & full representation of community• Increased aviation activity• Lack of independence of the CACG chair

Issues that dominate discussion

• Noise• Aviation matters: circuit training, flight paths and aircraft movements • On-airport operations• Airport developments• Planning / rezoning / green wedge• Congestion and road traffic• Curfew• Terms of Reference and structure of CACG

• No dominating issue / equal coverage

Outcomes of CACGs

• Information exchange• Installation of noise monitoring devices• Fly friendly procedures• Better / improved understanding of airport issues• Improvements in communication and community consultation• Nil / very little / hard to measure

Effective and open discussion?

68%

8%

23%

Yes

Has potential

No

Breakdown - Effective and open discussion?

Yes 76%

Has potential6%

No18%

Airport

Yes 75%

No25%

CACG Chairs

Yes 68%

Has potential11%

No20%

CACG Members

Equal opportunity for all CACG members to put forward their views?

81%

3%

16%

Yes

To some extent

No

Breakdown - Equal opportunity for all CACG members to put forward their views?

Yes82%

No18%

Airport

Yes89%

No11%

CACG Chairs

Yes80%

To some ex-tent5%

No16%

CACG Members

Strategic dialogue between the airport and community?

58%22%

21%

Yes Not yet, but has potential

No

Breakdown - Strategic dialogue between the airport and community?

Yes33%

Not yet, but has po-tential27%

No40%

Airport

Yes73%

Not yet, but has potential

18%

No9%

CACG Chairs

Yes61%

Not yet, but has potential

23%

No16%

CACG Members

Improvements to CACGs?

28%

35%

6%

5%

27%

Membership

Community participation

Meeting frequency

Meeting time

Other

Breakdown - Improvements to CACGs?

54%31%

15%Airport

Membership

Community participation

Meeting frequency

35%

53%

6%6%

CACG Chairs

MembershipCommunity participationMeeting frequencyMeeting timeOther

27%

41%

7%

10%

15%CACG Members

MembershipCommunity participationMeeting frequencyMeeting timeOther

Preferred frequency of meetings?1%

11%

26%

53%

8%

Once a year

Twice a year

Three times a year

Four times a year

Other

Breakdown - Preferred frequency of meetings?

7%

20%

20%

47%

7% Airport

Once a yearTwice a yearThree times a yearFour times a yearOther

9%

27%

64%

CACG Chairs

Twice a year

Three times a year

Four times a year

7%

29%

55%

10% CACG Members

Twice a year

Three times a year

Four times a year

Other - More than Four

Dissemination of information to the community

14%

27%

45%

14%

CACG website

Airport website

Personal email

Other

Patterns in CACG meeting reportsHelen Gannon• Number of meetings held since 2011

• Attendance breakdown

• Breakdown of issues

• Breakdown of issues – Capital Cities vs smaller airports

Number of Meetings held for all Airports since 2011

16%

53%

32%

1 to 5 meetings

6 to 9 meetings

10 or more meetings

Attendance across all Airports

21%

9%

31%

8%

5%

5%

11%

10%

0.2% 0.4%Airport

AsA

Community

Local Council

State Gov

Fed Gov

The Dept

Industry / Stakeholder

CASA

Other

Breakdown of Issues

20%

11%

12%

20%

16%

21% Noise

Land use planning

Community

Construction & Infrastructure

Aviation

Other

Breakdown of IssuesCapital cities vs smaller airports

20%

12%

12%22%

14%

19%21%

9%

12%

18%

17%

24%

Noise Land use planningCommunity Construction & InfrastructureAviation Other