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The noise from overhead aircraft is constant on most days


The FAA direct over Accokeek approximately 70,000 aircraft a year using the north flow arrivals, approximately 200 airplanes a day. Most aircraft fly at an altitude of fewer than 2,500 feet over Accokeek. There is a waypoint at Bryan Road a few miles from the Prince George’s county line. Aircraft arrive at this waypoint no lower than 4,000 feet and turn into Accokeek and descend to approximately 2,500 feet. Some turn and follow the river to DCA; some go south through Bensville to La Plata. The aircraft make you turn and come back up through Bennsville and continue through Accokeek. Research indicates this emission from aircraft jet engines travels as far as 10 miles in every direction. I will provide evidence for this statement in my next post.

Take a look at this Web Site (The Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment is a research lab in the MIT Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics). If you follow the link, you will see several articles discussing how aircraft emission is harmful.

https://lae.mit.edu/air-quality/

“Air pollution is responsible for millions of early deaths each year, and every human activity – from manufacturing to agriculture, to aviation – plays its part in this problem. As aviation grows as an industry, so too will the effect it has on air quality. Under existing conditions, aircraft emissions are thought to be responsible for around ten thousand premature deaths per year.”

The state government is aware of the problem with airport noise. The Maryland Attorney General was directed by Governor Hogan to file legal action against the FAA and the DCA Metroplex that is responsible for the aircraft noise.

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan wants to sue the FAA over airport noise

https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/maryland-gov-larry-hogan-wants-to-sue-the-faa-over-airport-noise/2017/09/12/b5257336-97dc-11e7-82e4-f1076f6d6152_story.html?utm_term=.51fbd13872b8

Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan has directed the state’s attorney general to sue the Federal Aviation Administration over increases in airplane noise tied to the agency’s efforts to modernize air traffic operations at the region’s airports. (Patrick Semansky/AP)

Look at a Press Release by - Senators Cardin and Van Hollen announcing Support for Legal Action against the FAA on Flight Noise

“As you know, more than two years ago the FAA utilized satellite technology to narrow air traffic into a beeline over residential neighborhoods and schools. Commercial aircraft traveling to and from Reagan National (DCA) and BWI Airports speed overhead at low altitudes every few minutes, shaking the walls of the homes and buildings beneath. Students can’t enjoy recess or focus on work. Residents can no longer experience peace and quiet inside their homes, and their property values have already been adversely affected. Many homeowners have observed a residue buildup on their cars, roofs, and windows. Our constituents have frequently expressed concern that neither the cumulative sound nor particulate matter produced by perpetual jet engines were adequately studied for adverse health risks by the FAA before imposing flight corridors over their communities.

Expert analysis indicates the type of air-traffic we are getting can reduce property values by 10 to 15 percent. The decision by the FAA has reduced the equity in our homes. I do not believe the government has the right to take private property (reduce home equity) without due process or adequate compensation. Do you think it is fair and just for the government to decide to direct aircraft traffic over an established community? In the community where I live the community is 30 years old. When I moved here, there was no airport noise. There were no documents I signed related to airport noise 12 miles from DCA. There was a small airport over in Charles County, which was not a problem. Over the years air traffic has expanded at the small airport in Charles County.

My posts are directed to people who have a problem with airport noise and want to do something about it. There are legitimate ways to get the FAA to mitigate airport traffic over the same communities. Write your congressman, write your two senators, write Governor Hogan, write the FAA, and write the news media.

This part of southern Maryland has a problem with aircraft flying over our communities because people in Northern Virginia complained. People in Georgetown, Washington DC complained. People in Bethesda and Potomac Maryland complained. In this community, we have people who think you solve a problem by not complaining

I am constructing A web site where I provide information on the history of Nextgen and the decisions by the FAA that lead to air traffic directed to southern Maryland. This Web Site will contain information such as the address of politician, and Web sites where you can find information on the health effects of low flying jet aircraft. I will post a link to my Web site in the future. If any of you are interested, send me a message through the message section of this Web Site.

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