Run-Ups & Departure Profile KDAL local VFR procedures
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noise abatement Airport sponsor published verified 2026-08-28 (42 d ago)
Published by the airport sponsor; voluntary unless ATC assigns it. If ATC assigns this route to you in Class B, C or D airspace, that assignment is an ATC instruction and compliance is required (14 CFR 91.123) — and “unable” remains available to the pilot in command.
No maintenance run-ups midnight to 0600, with a voluntary moratorium from 2200; departing aircraft requested to use their optimal takeoff profile.
The route
- Prohibition on aircraft engine maintenance run-ups between midnight and 0600, expanded to a voluntary moratorium between 2200 and midnight
- All departing aircraft are requested to use their optimal take-off profile
- Airlines commit to voluntarily minimize scheduled operations between 2300 and 0600
When it applies
- Runway 13L or 13R or 31L or 31R — all operations Airport-wide; no runway named
Source text, verbatim
- Prohibition on aircraft engine maintenance run-ups between the hours of midnight and 6:00 a.m. Expanded to a voluntary moratorium between 10:00 p.m. and midnight. - Request all departing aircraft use optimal take-off profile. [NoiseLab:] Commitment from airlines to use their optimal take-off profile. Commitment from airlines to voluntarily minimize scheduled aircraft operatiosn between 11:00 p.m. and 6:00 a.m. [Violation letters:] This letter is to inform you that an aircraft registered to your company arrived and/or departed Dallas Love Field in violation of the airport's Noise Control Program... The pilot failed to use the Preferential Runway when at the airport.
The text above is the published source wording and is authoritative over any summary on this page.
Sources
- City of Dallas — Dallas Love Field Voluntary Noise Control Program brochure City of Dallas Department of Aviation · retrieved 2026-08-28