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Palisades Community Association promotes efforts to abate intrusive airplane noise, improve safety in DC airspace, and mitigate aircraft-related health concerns.
"Illegitimi non carborundum"
"MWAA Reagan National Community Noise Working Group (CWG) www.flyreagan.com/about-airport/aircraft-noise-information/dca-reagan-national-community-working-group was established in October 2015 to engage broad-based community participation to identify practical aircraft noise solutions and recommendations to the FAA". The PCA Aircraft Noise Committee chair represents Ward 3 on the CWG.
For certain: Death - Taxes - Airplane Noise
Updated August 1
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Check out NTSB daily DCA crash findings Recent Warnings and Dangerous Conditions at National
MWAA dragging its feet to develop a fly quiet program for DCA. After 1&1/2 years, management has not even done "a concept of a plan"
07/24/25 MWAA CWG meeting Agenda
04/24/25 MWAA CWG meeting sumary
Remember when the governments served its citizens? On June 30, 2025, FAA rescinded its previous National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) procedures and processes. This means that they are limiting public outreach - we are fending on our own now! Legal analysis - "If there is one takeaway from all of these changes it is that NEPA law and practice is changing quickly and business as usual is no longer appropriate."
EPA releases information on contrails see Health and student learning
Say it ain't so! Sean Duffy appointed temporary NASA head. Mismanagement of U.S. airspace and now outerspace. NY Times
Army ghosts victims of January aircrash. DCA control tower still understaffed, FAA leadership more talk than action. Follow scorecard and timeline of incidents at DCA and Nightmare at Newark Airport recent warnings of dangerous conditions at National (the bad news just keeps piling up!)
Heads-up, Congress considering lifting 50 year ban on supersonic flights
Potential noise relief for residents south of the airport (SOA) - study results
Nominee for FAA Adminstrator, Chris Rocheleau, misrepresents his pilot credentials see Recent Warnings and Dangerous Conditions at National
Checkout the daily arrivals and departures schedule on fly quiet page
Why are DCA skies so over crowded? Because politically ignorant outside interests ignore risks of adding more flights. Misguided Flight Expansion
NTSB uncovered 15,214 “near miss events” at DCA between 2021 and 2024 Uncontrolled Airspace
Talk like an "FAA'er" acyonym list
Letters of support from local Virgina, Maryland,and DC Officials for MWAA funding the Fly Quiet Program See Fly quiet program page
Commerce Committee ranking member Sen. Teddy-boy Cruz (R-Texas) and his pals forced 10 more flights in/out of DCA.
But the recent crash may illustrate that you can't put 10 pounds of flights into a 5 pound airspace at DCA.
Please visit resurrection of 2023 debate about Misguided Flight Expansion
1) We tried, but the special interest airlines and Senate allies forced 10 more flights per day into the FAA reauthorization bill. More noise! More Accidents! SAD! Thank you for your interest and support.
1) We tried, but the special interest airlines and Senate allies forced 10 more flights per day into the FAA reauthorization bill. More noise! More Accidents! SAD! Thank you for your interest and support.
2) The US Department of Transportation recently awarded five new beyond-the-perimeter flights at DCA to airlines that applied for them. The airlines and destinations tentatively awarded earlier this month are:
o Alaska Airlines to San Diego,
o Delta Air Lines to Seattle,
o Southwest Airlines to Las Vegas,
o United Airlines to San Francisco, and
o American Airlines to San Antonio, Texas.
3) The 2015 FAA NextGen project created concentrated NOISE SEWERS over the Palisades. The enviornmental danger from noise sewers are comparable to health dangers from water, air, or ground pollution. Catch up on past Issues and background regarding efforts to abate noise pollution.
3) The 2015 FAA NextGen project created concentrated NOISE SEWERS over the Palisades. The enviornmental danger from noise sewers are comparable to health dangers from water, air, or ground pollution. Catch up on past Issues and background regarding efforts to abate noise pollution.
Thank you Palisades and other D.C. residents who submitted 155 comments last summer to the FAA on its Noise Policy Review
Thank you Palisades and other D.C. residents who submitted 155 comments last summer to the FAA on its Noise Policy Review
Comment ID Comment Title # Endorsements
Comment ID Comment Title # Endorsements
FAA-2023-0855-2206 Comment from Aviation-Impacted Communities Alliance (AICA) 643
FAA-2023-0855-2206 Comment from Aviation-Impacted Communities Alliance (AICA) 643
FAA-2023-0855-2244 Comment from Palisades Community Association Ken Buckley 142
FAA-2023-0855-2244 Comment from Palisades Community Association Ken Buckley 142
FAA-2023-0855-4097 Comment from Morteza Karimzadeh 56
FAA-2023-0855-4097 Comment from Morteza Karimzadeh 56
FAA-2023-0855-4027 Comment from Vashon Island Fair Skies 37
FAA-2023-0855-4027 Comment from Vashon Island Fair Skies 37
FAA-2023-0855-2558 Comment from DC Metroplex BWI Community Roundtable 8
FAA-2023-0855-2558 Comment from DC Metroplex BWI Community Roundtable 8
FAA-2023-0855-3843 Comment from Montgomery County Quiet Skies Coalition 4
FAA-2023-0855-3843 Comment from Montgomery County Quiet Skies Coalition 4
FAA-2023-0855-3885 Comment from Quiet Communities, Inc. 4
FAA-2023-0855-3885 Comment from Quiet Communities, Inc. 4
Federal Register Notice to revise its noise policy. The FAA received 4,800 comments/responses to its survey Read the update FAA policy survey results. The FAA site has useful links and webinars to better understand its procedures and taxonomy.
Federal Register Notice to revise its noise policy. The FAA received 4,800 comments/responses to its survey Read the update FAA policy survey results. The FAA site has useful links and webinars to better understand its procedures and taxonomy.
Don't just cover your ears - fight back! Use Flightrader24 and the NIOSH noise tools to capture offensive aircraft.
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