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• Aircraft Noise Documents -- 2016-2020

  Background Info June 6, 2022

  Public SafetyAircraft Noise

  This collection documents aircraft noise issues affecting Pacific Palisades from 2016 to 2020, including LAX Community Noise Roundtable summaries, JUUSE waypoint mapping, SMCCA aircraft noise updates, and a congressional letter to the FAA regarding low-flight operations at LAX.

  

• Letter - Sep 1, 2020 (Congressional FAA Lowflight LAX)

  Letter September 11, 2020

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  Five Members of Congress wrote to the FAA Regional Administrator on September 1, 2020, requesting an explanation for why the percentage of aircraft flying below published altitudes on the North Downwind Arrival procedure to LAX remained unchanged despite a two-thirds reduction in flight operations during the COVID-19 pandemic. The letter references ongoing noise complaints from constituents and prior discussions with the LAX Community Noise Roundtable about altitude compliance issues related to the SoCal Metroplex project.

  

• September update re Congressional letter

  Letter September 11, 2020

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  In September 2020, Congressman Ted Lieu and four other Los Angeles-area members of Congress sent a letter to the FAA requesting an explanation for why aircraft flying below minimum prescribed altitudes into LAX remained at pre-Covid levels despite a dramatic reduction in overall flight volume. The document provides contact information for elected officials and instructions for residents to file noise complaints with LAWA and use the Airnoise platform.

  

• Aircraft Noise Update from SMCCA

  Report January 16, 2020

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  The Santa Monica Canyon Civic Association provides an update on aircraft noise issues from FAA NextGen flight paths, including a formal request to push flight paths further over the ocean, the City of Los Angeles' lawsuit against the FAA, and recent directives from the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives requiring the FAA to improve flight procedures, conduct noise studies, and increase public data availability. The LAX Community Noise Roundtable is analyzing a proposal to modify flight paths to fly higher and further out.

  

• waypoints

  Image May 11, 2019

  Public SafetyPotrero CanyonMinutesAircraft Noise

  This document appears to be a map excerpt showing the Pacific Palisades area and surrounding regions including Monte Nido, Topanga, Santa Monica, and Big Rock, with elevation markers and waypoint information. The map data is sourced from USGS and Google Earth with copyright information from 2018.

  

• MVCC MOTION RE FLIGHT APPROACH PATHS TO LAX

  Motion September 27, 2016

  Public SafetyMinutesMotionsWracAircraft Noise

  The Mar Vista Community Council passed a motion requesting that the Los Angeles City Council seek information from the FAA regarding changes to flight approach paths to LAX that began in October 2015, which have resulted in increased noise and lower altitude flights over Mar Vista and other neighborhoods. The motion expresses support for flight approaches that would reduce noise impacts on affected communities.

  

• LAX Community Noise Roundtable Summary 6/8/16

  Recap June 9, 2016

  Public SafetyAircraft Noise

  A June 8th LAX/Community Noise Round Table meeting presented results of the North Downwind Arrival Study, which analyzed aircraft operations data from 2010-2015 to investigate increased noise complaints since October 2015. The study found a 22% increase in aircraft operations, changes in fleet mix toward larger aircraft, and temporary flight track variations in 2014-2015, though altitudes remained largely unchanged and no single explanation for the complaint increase was identified.

  

• Aircraft Noise Letter

  Letter March 3, 2016

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  The Pacific Palisades Community Council unanimously approved a motion on January 15, 2016, to support the Mar Vista Community Council's request for information from the FAA regarding changes to commercial aircraft flight approaches into LAX that have resulted in increased noise complaints across multiple neighborhoods since October 2015. The PPCC board endorsed the MVCC's call for flight operations that would reduce noise impacts on affected communities.