Members of Congress representing Virginia, Maryland, and the District of Columbia today wrote to leaders of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure to express strong local opposition to “any changes to the current High Density (‘Slot’) and Perimeter rules at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (‘National’).” Their letter followed recent, local opposition to proposed changes to
A group formed to address noise issues associated with National Airport says allowing more and longer flights is a bad idea. A bill introduced last week in Congress would "allow 28 more flights daily and permit airlines to offer more long-distance service out of National Airport, where federal rules allow only a handful of flights
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Leaders, Residents Working to Mitigate Air Traffic Noise From Reagan National Airport
Local jurisdictions are working together to reduce noise related to air traffic from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA).
More than 150 residents from both sides of the Potomac River, including County Councilmember Andrew Friedson and officials from northern Virginia, tuned into the Airplane Noise Virtual Community Conversation on Monday to get a progress report on the NOWGEN-DCA Project.
“Montgomery and Arlington Counties joined together to hire an airspace expert to help us gather data and devise new flight procedures to mitigate the intense noise our communities have been experiencing from planes arriving at and departing from Reagan National Airport,” said Friedson.