Members of the Congressional Quiet Skies Caucus, including Rep. Jamie Raskin (MD-8), sent a letter Dec. 1 to the Federal Aviation Administration asking the FAA to take actions to ensure that communities impacted by aviation are treated as legitimate stakeholders in the agency’s decision-making processes.

At the Oct. 2022 meeting of the DCA Community Noise Working Group, the FAA presented modifications to the proposal new approach procedure signaling a possible way forward.

Study says concentrated flight paths at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall (BWI) airport have negative health effects that will, on average, cost Marylanders in excess of $40 million per year over the next 30 years.

Cleaner, Quieter Airplane Act signed into law and a FFA-funded sleep study looking at nighttime aircraft noise and sleep disturbance is underway. The findings are anticipated Sept. 2024.

Number of flights at DCA almost back to pre-pandemic levels.

Studio City for Quiet Skies, a community group fighting the harm caused by the NextGen changes at Burbank Airport, sent an email July 6 calling on Secretary Buttgieg to fix the severe damage caused by NextGen.

A trial helicopter noise reporting system for the DC area is now operationala.

A national online conference, Aircraft Noise, Pollution and Health: Connecting the Dots, drew more than 400 participants from the United States and other countries.

Our beautiful skies could soon be filled with more than commercial aircraft and helicopters. NASA is bringing together government and private sector interests to study the future of aviation.