Airplane noise concerns overblown?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I lived in spring valley for 20 yrs and we had a plane fly over every min from 6am until 10-11. Somehow you just get used to the sound,
my children born there, didn’t know any different. Yet my neighbor based on how her house was situated, heard nothing. The hum of the plane became comforting and familiar. Though didn’t miss it when I moved to Md and could sleep with the windows open.

Fair

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I lived in spring valley for 20 yrs and we had a plane fly over every min from 6am until 10-11. Somehow you just get used to the sound,
my children born there, didn’t know any different. Yet my neighbor based on how her house was situated, heard nothing. The hum of the plane became comforting and familiar. Though didn’t miss it when I moved to Md and could sleep with the windows open.

When did you live there? And did you have low flying arrivals or departures? I live near a different airport and the difference between thy hum of an arriving plane versus the blast of takeoff is massive.

[Anonymous]

I was just in London and realized all of the royal homes are in the Heathrow flight path.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Plane noise and pollution is about to get much, much worse in the Palisades and Foxhall. Like it could be worse. But it can.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2023/04/27/national-airport-long-distance-flights/

People there need to hire some attorneys.

[Anonymous]

I think it’s really bad now. We tried to have lunch outside in the 20007 code. I couldn’t imagine living with that day in day out.

[Anonymous]

What is the current status of efforts to fight or change the flight path? Or is there nothing to be done?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is the current status of efforts to fight or change the flight path? Or is there nothing to be done?

Considering that the current debate is about whether or not they should add more flights to DCA, I think it’s a lost cause. You either accept it or move.

[Anonymous]

I don’t know. Squeaky wheel gets the grease. The biggest issue is people pretending for the sake of their property that these areas are currently livable. Not kidding

[Anonymous]

It’s not a problem…
“Residents under the DCA flight paths already suffer the ill-effects of some 800 commercial aircraft arriving and departing each day, often contending with an airplane overhead every 2 minutes. Expanding the perimeter rule to include even more impactful, long-haul flights would further degrade the quality of life for thousands of residents.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:There are areas of Old Town Alexandria that flood and have constant aircraft flying overhead. No idea how those places ever sell.

People are buying those condos. I don’t get it.

[Anonymous]

Wow I'm just finding this thread!

Just moved to Kalorama (yes it is a lovely neighborhood and I am grateful) but I am finding the plane noise to be terrible on North flow days (when they are taking off in our direction) They thunder and echo through the sky from 6 am till near midnight, sometimes at a rate of every 90 seconds. I've waited 54 years to have a small outdoor space and now I can't enjoy it at all. Already thinking of moving.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow I'm just finding this thread!

Just moved to Kalorama (yes it is a lovely neighborhood and I am grateful) but I am finding the plane noise to be terrible on North flow days (when they are taking off in our direction) They thunder and echo through the sky from 6 am till near midnight, sometimes at a rate of every 90 seconds. I've waited 54 years to have a small outdoor space and now I can't enjoy it at all. Already thinking of moving.

You sound extra sensitive. I can’t imagine how the planes can be so loud in Kalorama when following the river path and now mostly flying much closer to the Virginia side.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Wow I'm just finding this thread!

Just moved to Kalorama (yes it is a lovely neighborhood and I am grateful) but I am finding the plane noise to be terrible on North flow days (when they are taking off in our direction) They thunder and echo through the sky from 6 am till near midnight, sometimes at a rate of every 90 seconds. I've waited 54 years to have a small outdoor space and now I can't enjoy it at all. Already thinking of moving.

You waited for 54 years for peace and quiet in Kalorama?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Wow I'm just finding this thread!

Just moved to Kalorama (yes it is a lovely neighborhood and I am grateful) but I am finding the plane noise to be terrible on North flow days (when they are taking off in our direction) They thunder and echo through the sky from 6 am till near midnight, sometimes at a rate of every 90 seconds. I've waited 54 years to have a small outdoor space and now I can't enjoy it at all. Already thinking of moving.

You sound extra sensitive. I can’t imagine how the planes can be so loud in Kalorama when following the river path and now mostly flying much closer to the Virginia side.

They fly over residential areas of VA way inland from the river and they fly low, you would think airport is nearby when it's pretty far, not sure why they fly so low. There are flight paths that veer off from Potomac into residential parts of Arlington and Mclean and probably FC and Alexandria. When I am in DT Mclean I see they fly in lines over residential homes. I also see planes making turns over dense residential areas and this makes noise linger as planes fly in lines spaced by about a minute. These pathways aren't always utilized all day long, it got a bit better from 1-2 years ago when they would fly for hours every day. When I am in DC around river front they are way closer, but they aren't frequent.

I have opinions that in a densely populated metro it doesn't make sense to have a big airport right in the middle, this is what DCA is. You cannot successfully reduce noise and pollution without reducing number of flights and type of aircraft allowed to fly there, and there are going to be a lot of neighborhoods affected even if you disperse traffic in as many directions as you can. Focus should be on building/maintaining large airports outside of metro areas and creating dedicated toll roads to take people there quickly that wouldn't be used for other purposes. Train lines are also essential and DC has all this. But DCA really needs to be 1/3 of its current capacity and with smaller planes if DC metro residents desire to not deal with noise and pollution. With UAD and BWI airports relatively nearby there is no reason to have so many flights out of DCA.

[Anonymous]

Don't air traffic patterns change all the time though? After awhile you hardly even notice it. You can't have it all, a lovely home, in a great neighborhood, with great schools, and great neighbors, a home that appreciates at a steady rate, with no risk of flooding, and zero crime, AND no air traffic. You have to give something up.