Every spring, when windows reopen after a long winter and throughout the summer our office receives receives complaints from residents about helicopter noise.
Airplane Noise
Progress on Airplane Noise Reduction
The Wall Street Journal describes an idea coming out of our local efforts to reduce airplane noise.
Update on Airplane Noise Reduction Recommendations
The International Center for Air Transportation (ICAT) at MIT has been studying noise from overhead airplanes in the communities surrounding Logan Airport, with a goal of recommending procedural modifications to Massport and the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to reduce the impact of the flight paths. The study has included extensive outreach via community meetings, …
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Airplane Noise Update
Materials from 7/25 meeting.
Update on Massport CAC Aviation Subcommittee Meeting – RNAV Study
On May 5th, 2017, a meeting of the Massport CAC Aviation Subcommittee was held at Massport. The major topic was an update from Massport and the MIT team working on the previously announced RNAV Study (http://bit.ly/2qaUrTY). John Hansman from MIT’s Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment who is leading the study team provided an update …
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Airplane Noise may increase somewhat in May and June
Depending on the weather, Belmont, Watertown and Brighton may experience more audible overflights from Logan in late May and June.