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The airport noise problems in southern Maryland - north landing to DCA

When I first started to investigate the airport noise problems where I live, I did not know anything about the north landing at DCA. A gentleman on this Next-door Web site referred me to other very helpful Web sites. If you go that route, you will need hundreds of hours to find answers to your question. We have a set of problem with NextGen that are unique. For the north landing ATC at DCA line up airplane going due south of DCA as far as La Plata Maryland. I have counted as many as nine aircraft lined up to land. The aircraft use GPS signals and electronics on each aircraft to broadcast their position, so each plane and the ATC knows where each plane is at any given moment. Using this technology, they can bring in aircraft to land at DCA one after the other. This process reduces the amount of time it would have taken to bring in aircraft in a given period. From my research, the process is somewhat automatic and requires less control from human air traffic controllers. The FAA prefer the north landing due to fewer resources required. I believe another reason they favor the north landing approximately 80% of the time is they get less complains from residences and politicians. Look at the image I posted at the end of this post. The FAA could set up the north landing route in many different points on the map. I believe they selected this area due to their belief they would get the lest opposition here. There are two Web sites you should visit to understand NextGen. The first one I recommend is: https://sites.google.com/site/208xxquietskies/home This site is only interested in the south landing for DCA. They have little interest in the north landing. If you read the information on the home page on this site, you will understand NextGen. The second one I recommend is: https://fairskiesnation.com/ fairskiesnaation is the best site I have found on the internet. This site is Logan Airport in Boston and provides valuable information. If you visit the two sites and read the information you will understand why NextGen is responsible for the noise, we have in Southern Maryland.

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