Category Archives: Noise Pollution

12 Voluntary Steps Local Airports Have Taken to Control Noise, But Hawthorne Didn’t

Airports across the LA Basin implemented dozens of noise control programs that do not require FAA approval. The Hawthorne City Council created the Hawthorne Airport Community Roundtable to  “find ways to reduce and mitigate noise impacts.” That was seven years ago, what happened? Similar noise control programs have already been implemented by Santa Monica, Torrance,Continue reading “12 Voluntary Steps Local Airports Have Taken to Control Noise, But Hawthorne Didn’t”

Too Low, Too Loud, Too Much Pollution: Residents Near Hawthorne Airport Need Help

Residents surrounding Hawthorne Airport deserve better. After eight years of effort working with the City of Hawthorne and Hawthorne Airport LLC on noise, nighttime operations, and pollution concerns, the situation is only getting worse. Noise complaints are widespread across the seven communities surrounding the airport and we are out of patience. The City and airportContinue reading “Too Low, Too Loud, Too Much Pollution: Residents Near Hawthorne Airport Need Help”

As private jet traffic increases at Van Nuys Airport, locals fume

“I feel like we’re living in a war zone, they come in so incessantly. Coming in, taking off, coming in, taking off. It’s out of control,” says Gutierrez-Hedges. The school is beneath the flight path from Van Nuys Airport, one of the busiest general aviation airports in the country. …Since the pandemic, it’s gotten busier as more wealthyContinue reading “As private jet traffic increases at Van Nuys Airport, locals fume”

FAA Seeks Input On Why Air Traffic Annoys Neighbors

From Chicago’s Journal & Topics “The old standard for tracking noise impacts was the Schultz Curve, developed 40 years ago, which tends to consider the irritations from airport noise rise slowly in a shallow curve. It predicted that at 50 DNL hardly anyone was bothered by noise, and by the time noise reached 70 DNL,Continue reading “FAA Seeks Input On Why Air Traffic Annoys Neighbors”

NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility Mission Researches Noise

“ NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility mission is developing design tools that manufacturers can use to reduce noise impacts. The Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) project and Revolutionary Vertical Lift Technology project work together to conduct testing with industry partners. The data NASA collects and analyzes from these tests with electric vertical take-off and landing aircraft (eVTOLs) will ensure that the agency’s aircraftContinue reading “NASA’s Advanced Air Mobility Mission Researches Noise”

Airport Noise and Its Discontents

By Bloomberg… “Airport noise is a global issue, though the Netherlands may be a special case given that it’s one of the world’s most densely populated countries. Neighbors of Schiphol have recently found that their years of complaints finally paid off: the airport recently announced a series of measures that it hopes will lead toContinue reading “Airport Noise and Its Discontents”

Living Near an Airport Affects Your Sleep, New Study Shows

From CNET “ While it may be obvious to the people it affects most, research now confirms that living next to an airport can seriously curtail how much sleep you get.  Researchers at the Boston University School of Public Health and Oregon State University published a study last month linking increased airplane noise with gettingContinue reading “Living Near an Airport Affects Your Sleep, New Study Shows”

Guest Commentary: Now is your time to comment as FAA evaluates jet noise standards and mitigation

“Dispersing jet noise and particle emissions is an acknowledged antidote to concentration and is defined as “the process of introducing track variability by changing aircraft lateral position enough to spread out repetitive and intrusive noise events experienced by people living under highly concentrated flight paths” (UC Davis Aviation Noise and Emissions Symposium, February 2021).” https://www.lajollalight.com/news/opinion/story/2023-05-15/guest-commentary-now-is-your-time-to-comment-as-faa-evaluates-jet-noise-standards-and-mitigation

Quiet skies: Universities to research way to reduce aviation noise

FAA PRESS RELEASE  Highlights… Noise and Advance Air Mobility Aircraft, Drones and Rotorcraft Develop noise models for different types of Advanced Air Mobility vehicles:$315,000 to Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Develop acoustic modeling for Urban Air Mobility vehicles with low noise operations:$280,000 to Pennsylvania State University. Evaluate the noise exposure that could result from large numbersContinue reading “Quiet skies: Universities to research way to reduce aviation noise”