We know that the consultant covered a lot of material that night! If you want to review some of it before submitting comments, links to the presentation and the powerpoint are provided below.

Greetings to all! Although the frequency of flights over our homes is approaching pre-pandemic levels again, we have news that may help to improve your spirits.

MCQSC thanks County Executive Marc Elrich and Councilmember Andrew Friedson for extending the consulting contract with the aviation consulting firm ABCx2. Continuation of this contract is critical to support the important work of monitoring TAA concept test results, engaging in an iterative process with the FAA to maximize approach track variability, and beginning a process to mitigate impacts from Easterly departures.

Please consider volunteering to help MCQSC apply for an EPA Environmental Justice Small Grant.

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The Federal Aviation Administration is to hold a wedinar on a recently released study showing people are much more highly annoyed by aircraft noise than the FAA’s modeling and assumptions for the last 40+ years have assumed.

The latest on a recent noise-mitigating change to DCA’s westerly departure tracks, future work to attempt to mitigate noise from easterly departures, and an expected test of noise-mitigating procedures for approaches to DCA from the north.