Reagan National Airport: Limited Opportunities to Improve Airlines' Compliance with Noise Abatement Procedures

Details

• Corporate Creators:
  United States. General Accounting Office
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Airports
  • Airport noise
  • Airplanes
  • Aircraft noise
  • Metropolitan areas
  • Arrivals and departures
  • Noise control
  • Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA)
  • Noise abatement
• Publication/ Report Number:
  GAO/RCED-00-74
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• TRIS Online Accession Number:
  00800989
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. General Accounting Office
• Abstract:
  A continuing concern of communities located near commercial airports is the amount of noise generated by aircraft during takeoffs and landings. At the Washington Reagan National Airport, the takeoff and landing paths generally follow the Potomac River north and south of the airport. In the early 1980s, residents in the surrounding areas urged the Federal Aviation Administration to change the airport's arrival and departure routes. After testing various alternative departure routes and receiving negative public reactions, FAA restored the original flight paths. Since then, local groups have expressed concern primarily about how FAA and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA), which operates the airport, interpret and apply the local procedures and federal laws that may affect aircraft noise for flights to and from the airport.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/42155/dot_42155_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 6.93 MB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:796206866524d238c32ff639cd54aac5451b1b9cbeab18de14576bd497a76054