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Palisades Community Association promotes efforts to abate intrusive airplane noise, improve safety in DC airspace, and mitigate aircraft-related health concerns.
"Illegitimi non carborundum"
"MWAA Reagan National Community Noise Working Group (CWG) www.flyreagan.com/about-airport/aircraft-noise-information/dca-reagan-national-community-working-group was established in October 2015 to engage broad-based community participation to identify practical aircraft noise solutions and recommendations to the FAA". The PCA Aircraft Noise Committee chair represents Ward 3 on the CWG.
For certain: Death - Taxes - Airplane Noise
Updated February 14
A message to this website's followers and visitors,
I am cleaning up the website to focus more on current and upcoming events. Originally, the website primarily focused on efforts to reduce flights over Palisades residences by moving flights to/from DCA over the river. In August 2024, the Community Work Group (CWG), with collaboration from the FAA and the assistance of our subject matter expert (SME), Vanair, established a new operational procedure, RNAV- GPS. RNAV-GPS provides another method for aircraft to maintain over-the-river routing. See Good riddance to LDA-Z for details.
Several years ago, the CWG fought against the full-court press from the Capital Access Alliance (CAA) and its Congressional allies to add 28 new flights at National Airport. The FAA and MWAA raised concerns that the expansion would reduce safety and complicate operations at DCA. As a result, FAA reauthorization bill only added 10 flights (still 10 too much). Misguided Flight Expansion.
Since January 2025, this website has tracked key events in the aftermath and investigation of the midair collision between a commercial American Airlines flight and a military Black Hawk helicopter. Since the collision, several new procedures have been implemented to improve air traffic control and to restrict the flight path of military helicopters. This site also tracks the "incompetent missteps" of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy Recent Warnings and Dangerous Conditions at National. As evident from the El Paso laser/balloon incident, Duffy is still a clown.
I intend to remove these pages, but will keep them open for the next few months, before deleting them.
The web site will now primarily focus on CWG efforts, initiated in 2024, to establish a Fly Quiet program at National Airport - even it means dragging the Metropolitan Washington Airport Authority (MWAA) sceaming to fund it!
Thank you for your continued support and let me know your thoughts.
Webmaster Foxhounds
<NEW> Roundtable of Roundtables
Recently I was appointed to represent the CWG on the Quiet American Skies Program "ROUNDTABLE OF ROUNDTABLES". This group consists of representatives from major US airports with the objective of sharing information on Fly Quiet programs. Several airports also have efforts underway to address health concerns from aircraft emissions and noise.
Roundtable of Roundtables Meetings
2/12/26 meeting Agenda and document links
MWAA and CWG Meetings
In late September and October, the Community Work Group (CWG) continued working on a proposed fly quiet program for DCA. This is its priority initiative for mitigating noise affecting DMV communities.
Notably, talking points were distributed to local representatives by the CWG on the program's status and MWAA implementation road blocks. At the October CWG meeting, MWAA finally presented its DCA Fly Quiet Program plan. CWG members, however, were not provided any time to review or comment on the plan prior to the meeting. MWAA's plan is a disaster and a self-serving "poke-in-the-eye" to the CWG. At he recent January meeting, the CWG pushed back on MWAA's plans and recommended it budget/fund a Fly Quiet program.
1/26/26 MWAA CWG meeting Agenda
10/23/25 MWAA CWG meeting sumary (read it and weep)
Read
the disasterous Fly quiet program proposed by MWAA.
<Recent stuff>
Recent European studies linking aircraft noise and heart disease - Efforts in other countries
National and Dulles slammed by JD Powers in airport customer satisfaction survey Fox News
Thank you Palisades and other D.C. residents who submitted 155 comments last summer to the FAA on its Noise Policy Review
Thank you Palisades and other D.C. residents who submitted 155 comments last summer to the FAA on its Noise Policy Review
Comment ID Comment Title # Endorsements
Comment ID Comment Title # Endorsements
FAA-2023-0855-2206 Comment from Aviation-Impacted Communities Alliance (AICA) 643
FAA-2023-0855-2206 Comment from Aviation-Impacted Communities Alliance (AICA) 643
FAA-2023-0855-2244 Comment from Palisades Community Association Ken Buckley 142
FAA-2023-0855-2244 Comment from Palisades Community Association Ken Buckley 142
FAA-2023-0855-4097 Comment from Morteza Karimzadeh 56
FAA-2023-0855-4097 Comment from Morteza Karimzadeh 56
FAA-2023-0855-4027 Comment from Vashon Island Fair Skies 37
FAA-2023-0855-4027 Comment from Vashon Island Fair Skies 37
FAA-2023-0855-2558 Comment from DC Metroplex BWI Community Roundtable 8
FAA-2023-0855-2558 Comment from DC Metroplex BWI Community Roundtable 8
FAA-2023-0855-3843 Comment from Montgomery County Quiet Skies Coalition 4
FAA-2023-0855-3843 Comment from Montgomery County Quiet Skies Coalition 4
FAA-2023-0855-3885 Comment from Quiet Communities, Inc. 4
FAA-2023-0855-3885 Comment from Quiet Communities, Inc. 4
Federal Register Notice to revise its noise policy. The FAA received 4,800 comments/responses to its survey Read the update FAA policy survey results. The FAA site has useful links and webinars to better understand its procedures and taxonomy.
Federal Register Notice to revise its noise policy. The FAA received 4,800 comments/responses to its survey Read the update FAA policy survey results. The FAA site has useful links and webinars to better understand its procedures and taxonomy.
Don't just cover your ears - fight back! Use Flightrader24 and the NIOSH noise tools to capture offensive aircraft.
This site is a constant work-in-progress - please be patient and tolerant of typos/grammar.
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