Negative Aviation Impacts Across America

Negative Aviation Impacts Across America

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Organizations, Groups and individuals challenging & changing Negative Aviation Impacts Primarily Across America & some Around the World.

National – United States of America (USA) – US

Aviation-Impacted Communities Alliance (AICA). AICA’s mission is to protect communities from harmful levels of aviation noise and emissions through campaigns for legislation and industry change in the United States. We collaborate with advocates and organizations at the local, state, and national level. AICA was formed in June 2020. Email: info@aviationimpactedcommunities.org.

Aviation Impact Reform (html) | Data & Analysis – To Empower those seeking Transparency, Accountability & FAA Reform.

  • Home – Center for Environmental Health.
  • Center for Environmental Health – Home | Facebook.
  • Center for Environmental Health (@CenterEnvHealth) / Twitter.
  • Center for Environmental Health (html) | LinkedIn.
  • Center for Environmental Health (html) – YouTube.
  • Center for Environmental Health (html) – Wikipedia.

Earthjustice: Environmental Law: Because the Earth Needs a Good Lawyer | Earthjustice. Earthjustice is the premier nonprofit public interest environmental law organization. We wield the power of law and the strength of partnership to protect people’s health, to preserve magnificent places and wildlife, to advance clean energy, and to combat climate change. We have the most experienced environmental legal team in the world. The most powerful tool for change is the law. Voices for Earth Justice (@voices4earth) / Twitter. Earthjustice – Wikipedia.

ELI Home | Environmental Law Institute. The Environmental Law Institute (ELI) makes law work for people, places, and the planet.

Fair Skies Nation (html) | Fighting for Fair Air Traffic Distribution for All. Mission: to raise awareness of adverse health and environmental impacts caused by satellite-based concentrated aircraft take-offs and landings. To promote fair and equitable air traffic solutions to rectify the adverse health and environmental impacts.

  • Friends of the Earth • Homepage – Friends of the Earth.
  • Friends of the Earth U.S. (html) | Facebook.
  • Friends of the Earth (html) | LinkedIn.
  • Homepage • Friends of the Earth Action – Friends of the Earth Action.
  • Friends of the Earth (Action) (@foe_us) / Twitter.
  • Friends of the Earth (html) – Medium.
  • Friends of the Earth (html) – Wikipedia.
  • Friends of the Earth (US) (html) – Wikipedia.
  • Friends of the Earth (html) | Encyclopedia.com.

National Quiet Skies Coalition (html) | aircraft noise pollution | jet noise | air pollution | airplane-airport noise | FAA | NextGen | NQSC. The Quiet Skies Caucus (html) in the United States Congress seeks to raise awareness on the issue of aircraft noise and find meaningful solutions to the problem. The caucus consists of congressional representatives from across the country whose constituents have been impacted by the FAA’s NextGen program.

NextGenNoise.
The three pillars of aircraft noise:
Politics. Money. Lobbyists.
It’s not rocket science.

NextGenRelief. This website is meant to be an educational resource and gathering place for citizens, reporters, regulators, Members of Congress and their staff, and community activist groups all over America dealing with the repercussions of the FAA’s NextGen program. There is a solution here that can both alleviate the suffering of hundreds of thousands of Americans across the country and support the FAA’s long-term goal of modernizing air traffic, but there has to be some willingness on the part of the FAA to both recognize the problem, and to be willing to negotiate in good faith. Thus far, that has not happened.

N.O.I.S.E. National Organization to Insure a Sound Controlled Environment | America’s Leading Community Voice on Aviation Noise Issues. N.O.I.S.E. advocates for federal policies to reduce unreasonable levels of aviation noise through a combination of quieter aircraft, increased noise abatement resources, and the opportunity for local communities to contribute to airport expansion decisions. Our Mission: We are committed to reducing the impact of aviation noise on local communities by partnering with communities to join and inject the concerns of their constituents into the national debate on airport expansion and other issues relating to the effects of aviation noise.

NRDC – Natural Resources Defense Council. Working to ensure the rights of all people to clean air, clean water, and healthy communities. We combine the power of more than three million members and online activists with the expertise of some 700 scientists, lawyers, and policy advocates across the globe to ensure the rights of all people to the air, the water, and the wild. Join us. See NRDC letter to Federal Avaition Administration (FAA) re Residents Near Santa Clara County Airports are Exposed to Unacceptable Levels of Lead Contamination 01-31-2022 (pdf).

Home – Quiet Communities. Working together to Reduce Noise and Pollution in America’s Communities. Quiet Communities, Inc. (QCi) is a nonprofit 501C3 organization that is dedicated to helping communities reduce health and environmental harm from noise and pollution. It operates through five programs: Quiet American Skies, Quiet Outdoors, Quiet Coalition, Quiet Healthcare, and Quiet Conversation. Each strives to generate long-lasting structural and behavioral changes that result in quieter, more sustainable, and more livable communities. See NRDC letter to Federal Avaition Administration (FAA) re Residents Near Santa Clara County Airports are Exposed to Unacceptable Levels of Lead Contamination 01-31-2022 (pdf).

Sky Justice National Network (html) | Facebook. This is a working group designed to connect the communities across America who have organized to change the current FAA’s NextGen program.

Sound Defense Alliance Home – Sound Defense Alliance. The Alliance may include citizens groups, non-profits and regional community groups, as well as state officials, state agencies, and local elected officials who support a balance between military and defense interests and the interests and rights of the citizens and communities that the military serves and protects.

Air Quality (html) – MIT Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment (LAE). Creating a sustainable future for aviation. Researchers at LAE are contributing to our understanding of aviation’s environmental impacts and assess technologies or policies to mitigate these impacts.

Quiet Skies Conference (html). We are grass roots groups addressing airport noise and emissions problems in our communities. Coalition members include:

Aviation Noise & Emissions Symposium 2022 | UC Davis Air Quality Research Center (AQRC) | UC. The 2022 UC Davis Aviation Noise and Emissions Symposium will focus on defining the challenges that face the noise and emissions industry over the next few years and discussing real-world solutions. Symposium Presenters will share ground-breaking efforts being undertaken by elected officials, airports, consultants, communities, and the FAA to mitigate noise and environmental impacts of aviation.

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Homepage – Noise Project. Cornell University Ithaca New York. The NOISE Project shares a different model of Community Science by centering community perspectives, priorities, and approaches in scientific research. In the project, Cornell Lab of Ornithology researchers are working alongside and guided by Independent Community Based Organizations (ICBOs) to co-create equitable processes, research frameworks, working agreements, and non-negotiables for doing research more equitably with communities. Led, designed, and implemented by communities historically excluded from the sciences, this project aims to improve equity, diversity, and inclusion in the sciences. The NOISE Project is funded by the National Science Foundation and it seeks to document and self-reflect on the shared co-creation experience of a continental community science project.

  • Funded by the NSF.
  • Our Co-Principal Investigators:
    • Camp Compass Academy. Camp Compass is a unified effort to introduce urban, middle & high school students to various outdoor activities.
    • Comunidades Latinas Unidas en Servicio (CLUES). CLUES is Minnesota’s largest Latino-led nonprofit organization, founded in 1981 by and for Latinos. Our work is to ensure the advancement of social and economic equity and wellbeing for Latinos in Minnesota.
    • Metro Atlanta Urban Farm (html). At Metro Atlanta Urban Farm, we believe EVERYONE should have access to affordable fresh produce that is grown free of synthetic pesticides and fertilizers.  Our mission is to reduce barriers to healthy living in urban communities by encouraging, promoting, and supporting health education and sustainable high-quality,  low-cost agricultural production through gardening and farm training.
    • World Beat Center (html). As a non-profit multi-cultural arts organization we are dedicated to promoting, presenting and preserving the African Diaspora and Indigenous cultures of the world through Music, Art, Dance, Multi-Media Arts, Education, and STEAM Research. We are located in beautiful Balboa Park in the heart of San Diego, California.
    • The Cornell Lab of Ornithology (html) | Cornell University.
  • Partners:
    • Green Jay Conservancy (html).
    • La Joven Guardia Del Teatro Latino / S.A.L (html) | Facebook.
    • Ndor Eco Village (html). “Bring Back the Birds” is an educational project on bird science and protection that we aspire to lead. It would involve planting diverse fruits trees to attract and serve as habitat for endangered birds. The program will teach learners of all ages about the unique contributions of birds to our ecosystem and why it is critical to protect and preserve them in a changing world.  This project is inspired by Yao’s partnership with ICBO’s and The Cornell Lab of Ornithology.
    • Nosotros Radio (html). Nosotros Radio is a non-profit radio program entirely run by volunteers. The Nosotros program is a bridge of knowledge and understanding joining cultures. We connect the Spanish-speaking population with agencies that have a desire to reach Hispanics with information, education, and services.

Alaska – AK

  • Home Page (html) – Alaska Community Action on Toxics
  • Alaska Community Action on Toxics (html) | LinkedIn.
  • ACAT (@ak_action) / Twitter.
  • Alaska Community Action on Toxics (html) – YouTube.
  • ACAT (@acat_akaction) • Instagram photos and videos
  • Alaska Community Action on Toxics (html) – Home | Facebook.

Arizona – AZ

Airplane Noise (html)| Scottsdale Coalition for Airplane Noise Abatement (Scana) – Scottsdale, AZ.

Quiet Skies over Gold Canyon (html) Arizona.

California – CA

Reid-Hillview Airport Airborne Lead Study (html) – Office of Communications and Public Affairs –County of Santa Clara. Sale of Leaded Aviation Fuel Ends at Reid-Hillview and San Martin Airports. Following a peer-reviewed Study that found elevated levels of lead attributable to aircraft activity at Reid-Hillview Airport in children living nearby, the Board of Supervisors voted unanimously to halt the sale of leaded aviation gas at County airports. County of Santa Clara Officials Urge Rapid Action from Federal Authorities as Environmental Protection Agency Moves to Regulate Leaded Aviation Gas (html) 01-12-2022 – Office of Communications and Public Affairs – County of Santa Clara. Children’s exposure to lead and education outcomes in Santa Clara County. Children’s Exposure to Lead in Santa Clara County (pdf) Santa Clara County Office of Education (html) , August 2021. See NRDC letter to Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) re Residents Near Santa Clara County Airports are Exposed to Unacceptable Levels of Lead Contamination 01-31-2022 (pdf).

Montgomery-Gibbs Environmental Coalition (html) San Diego, California. Montgomery-Gibbs Environmental Coalition is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit community watchdog organization dedicated to educating and informing the public about General Aviation environmental issues. We advocate for clean air, aviation safety and less noise, along with tighter security measures to improve and ensure the health and wellbeing of our communities.  Our mission is to improve the environmental quality of our neighborhoods by working together to create a better world for future generations.

Bay Area Jet Noise (html).

Calm the Skies | Reduce the disruptive airplane noise over our neighborhoods. Calm the Skies is a group of neighbors that reside in Atherton, Menlo Park, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Redwood City, San Carlos.

UPROAR (html): Taking Action Against Air Traffic Noise. There’s A Roar Overhead. In The Morning. In The Evening. All Day Long. There’s An UPROAR Over Air Traffic Noise In The Bay Area.

UproarLA: Fighting Burbank Airport Noise Pollution. Burbank California. We are a coalition of Los Angeles and San Fernando Valley residents committed to rolling back harmful jet airplane noise and pollution-spewing aircraft traffic over our schools, homes, neighborhoods and the Santa Monica Mountains.

Burbank For Quiet Skies Group (html) | Facebook

Quiet Skies Idyllwild. – Home | Facebook.

Quiet Skies La Jolla (html). La Jolla California.

Los Angeles for Quiet Skies (html).

Save Our Skies LA (html). Los Angeles California.

No Plane Noise Peninsula San Diego(html) – No Plane Noise.

Santa Clarita for Quiet skies (html).

HOME (html) | Save Our Skies Santa Cruz California.

Home (html) | SCforQuietSkies – Studio City for Quiet Skies.

C.A.G.E. – Citizens Against Gillespie’s Expansion (CAGELFA). East County San Diego County  California.

HOME Save Carlsbad and Its Surrounding Communities | stop-crq. San Diego County California. Stop KCRQ – CRQ – Mc Clellan-Palomar Airport Expansion.

Los Angeles Area Helicopter Noise Coalition LAAHNC | Seeking Relief from Helicopter Noise Across Los Angeles County.

San Diego County | San Diego County Airports | McClellan-Palomar Airport: Voluntary Noise Abatement Procedure. Fly Friendly Pilot Guide (pdf).

San Diego 150 Study (html) | Homepage. San Diego International Airport (SAN) Noise Study.

San Diego Air Route Forum (html) | Facebook. Please help I’m breathing in JET FUEL!

No Plane Noise Peninsula San Diego – No Plane Noise. Tell the FAA NO!

Citizens for a Friendly Airport – Home | Facebook. Carlsbad Community California.

Southeast Torrance Homeowners Association (SETHA), Torrance, California.

Save Our Skies East Bay (SOSEB), Oakland, California. Too Many, Too Loud, Too Often. If This Is How You Feel. You’ve Come To The Right Place.

Sherman Oaks & Encino for Quiet Skies (html). Since January 2019, Sherman Oaks, California & Encino, California for Quiet Skies has advocated for a solution to the FAA’s disruptive aviation routes across new communities including noise-sensitive, protected open spaces, high elevations and Fire Hazard Severity Zone-designated areas of the foothills and Santa Monica Mountains.

Home | SCforQuietSkies. Studio City, California. We are a small, informal group of Studio City residents, made up entirely of volunteers, who want to save our formerly tranquil community, wildlife preserves, and quality of life from the current, focused, NextGen-like flight paths

Quiet Skies…for Quality Lives – 2021 – home. Calabasa, Hidden Hills, Woodland Hills, West Hills, Bell Canyon, Chatsworth Resevoir Area. The FAA began to roll-out it’s problematic and ill-conceived NextGen project, whereas, they began deviating from decades long established historical routes.  These deviations were dramatic enough to encroach all new communities and wreak havoc on both the public and environment’s well-being.

Sherman Oaks and Encino For Quiet Skies (html) | ioby. We are residents adversely impacted by noise and air pollution from aircraft over Sherman Oaks, Encino, Studio City, and parts of Bel-Air, Beverly Crest, BHPO, and the noise-sensitive Santa Monica Mountains – miles away from Van Nuys Airport or Burbank Airport. The presence of frequent, low flying aircraft over our homes, schools, parks, protected open spaces, and wildlife is an unprecedented change to historic, established flight patterns that have been unchanged for decades. They are destroying our way of life and exposing us to horrific levels of unrelenting noise and pollution that can cause high levels of stress and health-related problems.

Quiet Skies | Monte Nido Valley Community Association. Monte Nido Valley, California.

Airnoise.io (@Airnoise_io) / Twitter. The FAA NextGen project is inundating once quiet neighborhoods with aircraft noise. Airnoise.io helps you get your voice heard over the roar of the jets. San Diego, California.

Sky Posse Palo Alto (html). Complain. Get Involved! Sign Petition.

Santa Clara | Santa Cruz Roundtable – SCSC Roundtable. As of December 31, 2021, the SCSC Roundtable has been terminated.

Quiet Skies Mid Peninsula (html). We are a coalition of citizen groups representing ten cities in the SF Mid-Peninsula region (Belmont, East Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Ladera, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Palo Alto, Portola Valley, Redwood City, Woodside) who are concerned about the dramatic increase in aircraft noise over our cities and towns since March 2015.

Palo Alto Airport (html) – City of Palo Alto, California.

Santa Monica Airport Land. Parks Not Jets (html). We are a network of people and organizations

from Santa Monica and the adjacent Westside of Los Angeles advocating for less airport pollution, noise, dangers, and costs and a better future use of our public Santa Monica Airport land.

Lead Free Frisco (html) – A Community Dedicated to Ending Exide’s Lead Contamination of Communities.

Save Our Skies East Bay (SOSEB), Oakland, California. Too Many, Too Loud, Too Often. If This Is How You Feel. You’ve Come To The Right Place.

Santa Monica – California – CA

Our Unsustainable Secret: Lead (html) 03-11-2022| Santa Monica Lookout. Traditional Reporting For A Digital Age. What most do not know is the City owns six underground [leaded aviation fuel] tanks, three of which are 36 years old. That’s old for an underground tank; old even when not in earthquake county. The City is voluntarily storing and selling a known toxin. Lead has been proven to be unsafe at any level.

Santa Monica Airport Land. Parks Not Jets (html). We are a network of people and organizations from Santa Monica and the adjacent Westside of Los Angeles advocating for less airport pollution, noise, dangers, and costs and a better future use of our public Santa Monica Airport land.

From the City Manager’s Office (html) – SMO: Santa Monica Municipal Airport. Audit trail of Santa Monica (SMO) Airport related items.

Santa Monica Airport (SMO), Leaded Avgas, and Childhood Blood Lead Levels: Profound Pediatric Health Consequences (html) 09-07-2021 – Santa Monica Daily Press (SMDP).

SMO, Avgas, and Pediatric Health Consequences (pdf). Santa Monica Airport (SMO), Leaded Avgas, and Childhood Blood Lead Levels: Profound Pediatric Health Consequences, Charles Blum 2021.

09-27-2021 Airport Commission Written Comment Packet (pdf). Citizen Feedback and Comments re Santa Monica (SMO) Airport, truthful, honest community feedback.

Airport Closure in the State of California (pdf) 03-03-2020 | Caltrans – California Department of Transportation. Many airports in California were built during World War II to support military air operations such as aircraft maintenance and pilot training. After the war, the military donated the land to local counties and communities. For many years, investments were made in these airports, but currently the number of public use airports are decreasing. In the 1960s there were 275 public use airports, and by 2019 there were 242. In the last decade, eight general aviation airports were either revoked, suspended, or closed to the public. The Division of Aeronautics at Caltrans is seeking an understanding of general aviation airport closure and the threats leading to closure. They are interested in discovering the full extent of economic impacts that airport closures have had on municipalities, counties and the State. Aeronautics have compiled a list of specific closed/threatened airports and is seeking information on the reasons which have led to their closure. The information will be used in developing a marketing strategy and toolkit to assist airport sponsors in writing airport business plans to educate communities on aviation issues.

FAA Caves In to City Demand To Close Santa Monica Airport (html) 01-29-2017 | General Aviation News: Aviation International News.

Bowing to City Pressure, FAA Agrees to Close Santa Monica Airport (html) 02-01-2017 – FLYING Magazine.

When the Santa Monica airport closes… (html) – How The West Was Saved. Petition: Close the incorrectly zoned Santa Monica airport and build housing.

Court rejects motion to stay Santa Monica airport closing (html) 05-06-2017 – AOPA.

Santa Monica Municipal Airport (SMO) – Santa Monica, CA (html) 06-01-2018 | NBAA – National Business Aviation Association.

Santa Monica Aviation Closing Its Doors (html) | NBAA– National Business Aviation Association.

Santa Monica Airport (html) – Wikipedia.

Sun Sets on Santa Monica Airport (html) 03-03-2021 — The | Corsair – Santa Monica College News.

Santa Monica Airport will close in 2028 and be replaced by a park, officials say (html) 01-28-2017 – Los Angeles Times.

santamonica.gov – Consent Decree to Close Santa Monica Airport Affirmed in Recent Decisions (html) 10-20-2020.

santamonica.gov – Santa Monica Airport (SMO).

Airport Documents and Studies (html) – SMO: Santa Monica Municipal Airport.

Colorado – CO

Quiet Skies – CO – Arapahoe County (html) | Facebook. We are concerned citizens who advocate for regulations to reduce aviation noise pollution.

Quiet Skies – CO – Boulder County (html) | Facebook. We are citizens who advocate for regulations to reduce aviation noise and exhaust pollution. This group serves the community of Boulder County, Colorado.

Quiet Skies – CO – Jefferson County (html) | Facebook. We are concerned citizens who advocate for regulations to reduce aviation noise.

SOS | SAVE OUR SKIES ALLIANCE – HOME. Colorado Arapahoe County, Boulder County, Broomfield County, Jefferson County.

RMMA Excessive Training Flight Noise (RETFN). 9 neighborhoods in Westminster, Colorado.

GRRift – Home | Facebook. GRRift is Gilpin Residents Refuse increased flight traffic, an organization dedicated to preserving the quiet rural life of Gilpin County, Colorado, against the FAA’s NextGen plan to drastically increase overflights from DIA and other regional airports.

City of Louisville Colorado, City Council Communication Agenda Item 7A (pdf) MARCH 2, 2021 Citizen Complaints regarding Toxic Lead Pollution and Noise Pollution.

Florida – FL

Sky Justice Miami (html) – Home | Facebook. This is a working forum for those directly impacted/interested in the fight against the new flight patterns in and around the greater Miami area that are massively impacting the outdoor-oriented lifestyles we all have enjoyed for years. We are enduring an unrelenting intrusion to our way of life with the non-stop noise and unidentified black soot pollution over us due to KMIA Airport’s and the FAA’s unannounced (and publicly denied) shifting of the flight paths to those being proposed for the latest iteration of the FAA’s Disastrous NextGen Program.

Say no to NextGen (html). Biscayne Bay’s health has recently drawn the attention of MDC Mayor Levine Cava and of Florida Governor DeSantis. The State and the County are now investing money to launch a preservation program aimed at restoring the delicate balance of this complicated ecosystem. It seems completely counterintuitive that at the same time we start flying hundreds of airplanes a day right over its waters. The immediate result will be dumping all sorts of pollutants over the Bay and therefore undoing the restoration efforts currently underway. Go to the get involved section and write an email to Mayor Levine Cava, asking her to stop the Next Gen plan and protect our Bay.

Georgia – GA

Chamblee, Georgia, DeKalb-Peachtree Airport (PDK). Excellent example of Negative Aviation Impacts & Monitoring by a local municipality that take these issues very seriously!

  • Chamblee, Georgia, DeKalb-Peachtree Airport (PDK)
  • Excellent example of Negative Aviation Impacts & Monitoring: August Noise Report. Monthly Noise Report September 2018 (pdf). Prepared by Nate Schattner, Noise & Environmental Analyst. DeKalb-Peachtree Airport (PDK) is located in a highly noise-sensitive area as it is surrounded by residential communities. Aircraft noise is noise pollution generated by an aircraft, and may occur during all phases of flight. For instance, while aircraft are on the ground, taxiing, operating auxiliary power units (APUs), and conducting run-ups may contribute noise pollution to the surrounding areas. While aircraft are in the air, noise pollution can occur underneath and to the sides of departure and arrival paths. N203GT is a sign of a habitual community pariah (Amateur Hobbyist Sport Recreational Clowns) wherever the aircraft flies or is located.
  • PDK Airport – Home. Located in the city of Chamblee, just northeast of Atlanta. It is also known commonly as Peachtree–DeKalb Airport, or simply PDK. Address: 2000 Airport Rd, Atlanta, GA 30341. Phone: tel:770-936-5440.
  • Welcome | DeKalb County GA Airport (PDK). Plane Noise. Residents living near the DeKalb-Peachtree Airport can now submit noise complaints to airport staff via a mobile app. PlaneNoise allows users to submit noise complaints via a new and easy to understand web form, a mobile app, as well as a hotline. Instructions on how to use both the web form and the mobile app can be found on our Noise Program Page. Please note that you will still be able to send complaints to pdknoise@dekalbcountyga.gov for the time being, however we encourage all users to begin using the PlaneNoise platform. Please contact Environmental and Noise Analyst, Korey Barnes for any questions kbarnes@dekalbcountyga.gov or tel:770-936-5420.
  • AirNav: KPDK – Dekalb-Peachtree Airport.
  • DeKalb–Peachtree Airport – Wikipedia.

Hawaii – HI

Home (html) | Quiet Skies Honolulu.

Quiet Skies Hawaii (html).

Illinois – IL

Home – O’Hare Noise Compatibility Commission (html).

Maryland – MD

Montgomery County Quiet Skies Coalition (html). Montgomery County, Maryland. The Montgomery County Quiet Skies Coalition (MCQSC) is a group of concerned citizens and community associations in Montgomery County, Maryland whose daily lives are severely impacted by new flight paths and procedures into and out of Reagan National Airport (DCA). Impacted neighborhoods: Avenel, Bannockburn, Burning Tree Village, Brookmont, Cabin John, Carderock Springs, Fort Sumner, Glen Echo Town, Glen Echo Heights, Green Acres, Goldsboro, Kenwood Park, Mohican Hills, Persimmon Tree, Potomac (West Montgomery County Citizens Association), River Falls, Rock Creek Forest, Springfield, Sumner, Tulip Hill, Westmoreland Hills and Overlook, Wood Acres, Woodrock, Wyngate

Southern Maryland Fair Skies Coalition (html) (html). We are seeking equitable solutions to decrease aircraft noise and air pollution in regions south of DCA. The most severely impacted neighborhoods are Accokeek (CDC), Bryans Road (CDC), Bennsville (CDC) and Fort Washington.

Fair skies coalition – Accokeek, Fort Washington (html).

Massachusetts – MA

Boston South Fair Skies (html) | Facebook.

Hull Neighbors for Quiet Skies (html) Hull, Massachusetts. Hull Neighbors for Quiet Skies is a community organization formed to fight back against the relentless assault of aircraft overflying our town on their way to, and from, Logan International Airport.  If your family’s health and well-being have been impacted by aircraft noise and air pollution, we ask that you stand with your neighbors as we fight to take back the skies over our community.

Air Inc. – Airport Impact Relief Inc. or AIR INC is a volunteer community group based in East Boston which works to reduce airport impacts and improve quality of life in East Boston and beyond. This website is dedicated to supporting those goals.

Groton Ayer Buzz | Facebook. Dealing with yet another community pariah.

Michigan – MI

Huron County Quiet Skies Coalition – HCQSC – Home | Facebook. The Coalition is made up of stakeholders in Huron County, Michigan that seek to preserve the quiet, rural and recreational environment.

Close 1D2 – Canton-Plymouth 1d2 Mettetal Airport | Families for a Better Community.

VOICES FOR EARTH JUSTICE – Home. Prayer, education, and action for Earth. Detroit Michigan.

Minnesota – MN

South Metro Airport Action Council (html).

NO Lake Elmo Airport Expansion – Home | Facebook. NO Lake Elmo Airport Expansion. @ProtectLakeElmo Community. We’re a group of concerned neighbors opposed to the Metropolitan Airports Commissions’ attempts to reroute & lengthen runways at the Lake Elmo Airport. We are a group of moms, dads, and concerned neighbors opposed to the Metropolitan Airports Commissions’ heavy-handed attempts to reroute and lengthen runways at the Lake Elmo Airport. Get the Facts here! Learn how the MAC’s proposed plan is not good for any of our communities and even worse-another example of a government solution in need of a problem.

New York – NY

quietskies.net | Working to keep all aircraft noise at reasonable levels. Our mission is to simplify access to information on current events and research data in the area of aircraft noise and pollution and support mitigation efforts by citizens and elected officials of the Metro NY area and the Continental US.

ProspectParkQuietSkies.Org.

Home (html) – Stop The Chop NY NJ. Stop The Chop NY/NJ is a grassroots organization formed to ban nonessential helicopter flights over the NY Metropolitan Area.

Coalition to Prevent Westchester Airport Expansion (html).

Say NO to KHTO/ Mission End noise at East Hampton Airport. Sag Harbor, New York. You have the right to a healthy environment, clean air and peaceful enjoyment of your home and property.

Coalition to Prevent Westchester Airport Expansion (html). Our coalition represents a strong and growing network uniting families, organizations, and businesses who care about minimizing harmful airport impacts and risks.

Coalition to Transform East Hampton Airport (html). CLOSE THE EAST HAMPTON AIRPORT. For the first time in 20 years, the people of East Hampton New York have a say in the future of the East Hampton Airport (KHTO).

New Jersey – NJ

Stop the Trenton-Mercer Airport Expansion (html) | Trenton Threatened Skies. Trenton, Mercer County, New Jersey. Stop the reckless expansion of Trento-mercer Airport. Protect your right to clean air, water, and a peaceful quality of life.

North Carolina – NC

Airport Community Roundtable (html) – Charlotte Douglas International Airport. At the request of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), Charlotte Douglas International Airport (CLT) convened the Airport Community Roundtable (ACR) in 2017. This broad-based community initiative provides input into airport-related noise impacts and finds, where possible, practical solutions and recommendations for the FAA to consider when determining aircraft operating procedures at CLT.

Oregon – OR

Oregon Aviation Watch – Home. Washington County, Oregon. The primary purpose of Oregon Aviation Watch is to research, educate and advocate on behalf of the public interest and public welfare about aviation issues. The mission of Oregon Aviation Watch is to enhance and protect the quality of life for Oregon residents by eliminating the adverse impacts of aviation activity. Issues of Concern: noise intrusions, environmental pollution, climate change, health risks, social injustice, property devaluation, safety hazards, security threats, land use restrictions, and fiscal inequities.

Pennsylvania – PA

brram.org – HOME. Bucks Residents for Responsible Airport Management (BRRAM) is an incorporated, volunteer, non-profit organization formed by a group of Bucks County, PA citizens concerned about past, proposed, and foreseeable future expansion of the Trenton-Mercer Airport (TTN). Air traffic from the Trenton-Mercer Airport severely impacts the quality of Bucks County life.

Washington – WA

Quiet Skies Puget Sound (html) | Facebook.

Washington D.C. – District of Columbia

flyreagan.com – DCA Reagan National – Community Working Group (html).

Middleton – Wisconsin – WI

Morey Airport Updates (html) – Middleton, Wisconsin (html). Complete information regarding Town Letter to WI DOT regarding Study of Airborne Lead Emissions from Leaded Aviation Gas at City of Middleton Morey Airport and more, including:

  • Town Letter to WI DOT regarding Study of Airborne Lead Emissions from Leaded Aviation Gas at City of Middleton Morey Airport (pdf) 02-09-2022.
  • Town Letter to the City of Middleton for Public Input on the 02/01/2022 Common Council Meeting (pdf)

International – INTL

Home – Friends of the Earth International.

Friends of the Earth International (html) | international organization | Britannica.

Australia – AUS

Friends of the Earth Australia (html).

Canada – CAN

  • Friends of the Earth Canada (html) | Bees | Climate Change | Environmental Justice.
  • About Us – Friends of the Earth Canada (html). Les Ami(e)s de la Terre.

European Union (EU)

Home – Friends of the Earth Europe.

Japan – JP

Friends of the Earth Japan (html).
1-21-9 Komone, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo, 173-0037
tel:+813-6909-5983
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United Kingdom – UK

  • Friends of the Earth | Home | United Kingdom.
  • Friends of the Earth (@friends_earth) • Instagram photos and videos | United Kingdom (UK).

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References and Further Reading

National Transportation Noise Map (html) | Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS). National Transportation Noise Map (interactive). The purpose of the National Transportation Noise Map is to facilitate USDOT stakeholders, researchers, industry and the public in their efforts to track trends in transportation-related noise, by mode, and collectively for multiple transportation modes. The National Transportation Noise Map provides a basis for understanding what-if scenarios and helping policy makers and planners to prioritize noise-related transportation investments. The data allow viewing the national picture of potential exposure to aviation and highway noise. The data also allows viewing of the potential exposure at the state or county level.

Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS), National Transportation Noise Map (pdf), July 2017.

Airport (ACRP) | Publications | Transportation Research Board (TRB) | National Academies.

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Interactive map shows what Detroit noise levels look like (html) 04-07-2017 – Curbed Detroit.

Maps Mania: The Noise Map of America (html) 06-03-2021 | Maps Mania.

IJERPH | Free Full-Text | The Trade-Off between Optimizing Flight Patterns and Human Health: A Case Study of Aircraft Noise in Queens, NY, USA | 08-15-2018  (HTML) (pdf)

Study: Noise From LaGuardia Flight Path May Cause Serious Health Problems For Some Queens Residents (html) 08-22-2018 – CBS New York.

Aircraft noise linked with heart problems (html) 10-08-2013 | News | Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. “Boston, MA — Older people exposed to aircraft noise, especially at high levels, may face increased risk of being hospitalized for cardiovascular disease, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) and Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH). Researchers found that, on average, zip codes with 10-decibel higher aircraft noise had a 3.5% higher cardiovascular hospital admission rate. 

It is the first major study to estimate the association between residential exposure to aircraft noise and cardiovascular hospitalizations, using data on the nationally representative U.S. population age 65 and older and noise data from airports across the country. 

“It was surprising to find that living close to an airport, and therefore being exposed to aircraft noise, can adversely affect your cardiovascular health, even beyond exposure to air pollution and traffic noise,” said senior author [[Francesca Dominici]], professor of biostatistics and associate dean of information technology at HSPH.” 

Logan Airport Health Study (html) 05-28-2014 | Mass.gov. In response to a legislative directive, DPH/BEH conducted an assessment of health impacts of Logan Airport. We designed and conducted a cross-sectional disease and symptom prevalence study. The study focused on residents of 17 communities located within a 5 mile radius of the airport. Our purpose was to investigate associations between potential exposure to airport emissions and adverse respiratory, cardiovascular, and auditory health outcomes among residents.

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