Quieter MSP Flights On The Horizon
New air traffic management, airplane technologies behind changes.
It's a sound as ubiquitous in areas near the airport as snow drifts are in January—the rattle of dishes in the cupboard as a roaring, whining passenger jet takes off or comes into land at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. However, relief could be in store for residents underneath the airport's flight paths, as the FAA rolls out a new air traffic management system called NextGen between now and 2025. Budget pain kept loud planes in place “For 40 years there’s been an organization rallying MSP concerned about noise in the neighborhood. The way the airport is used impacts noise exposure,” said Jim Spensley, President of the South Metro Airport Action Council. “The busier the airport is—flights per hour or minutes between …
James Sanna
6:51 pm on Monday, September 19, 2011
Well, the planes still do cross our area, low and loud. But I'm curious about what you say. As it emerged that MAC (Metro Airports Commission) was still using that runway over the last few years, what kind of reaction did you get when you confronted them with the continuing noise problem? more ›