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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How can any the Palisades be worse than Old Town with regards to airplane noise. I know it’s 5:45am because that’s when the first planes start. [/quote]

It’s probably the same? But when I walk around Alexandria (King St) it’s not as noticeable? I don’t live there so not worried about the effects of the inevitable pollution on my health. But, honestly, how Palisades feels today is like that old movie with low flying plane and the guy having to duck for his dear life [/quote]

I think the difference is that in Alexandria you have a lot of other noise that drowns out the planes (except in the early morning I guess, as PP suggests). It is the same in Rosslyn or Foggy Bottom. The planes are very loud there too but you do not really notice, because there is a lot of other stuff going on. In a place with a suburban feel like the Palisades though the planes become much more noticeable. [/quote]

If you check the monitoring web site that was posted up thread, it looks like the noise level in Alexandria is lower than Palisades. I used to live in Alexandria in Old Town and further down river and was never bothered by the plane noise. I think there are two reasons (1) the DCA traffic usually lands from the South and takes off to the North, so plane traffic over Alexandria is usually landing aircraft. Palisades gets aircraft taking off and the engine noise on take off is greater; and (2) Geography. Old Town is lower and the river is wider there. [/quote]

Here’s the web site. I just looked at they are currently landing from the North and taking off to the South, and I think my theory holds. Palisades is not as loud as it was when they were getting outbound traffic the other day and Alexandria is getting into the 70’s under the current outbound planes. It doesn’t look as though it is as loud or for as long as for Palisades the other day, though. So, I still think it’s a combination of prevailing flight paths and geography. Maybe taking off to the North is more common in the AM? I know it has to do with wind direction — maybe there’s a pilot on here who knows? [/quote]

Sorry — forgot link: https://webtrak.emsbk.com/dca[/quote]

This is worthless, it totally doesn't show all the paths.  I remember there were really bad days where planes would fly in a line every minute or less for HOURS over our area and there were no flights on these maps, we were hearing phantom planes along phantom paths, except they were real.

I don't think they show all the plane traffic.[/quote]

Ditto! Totally agree. Shocked how useless. Is that on purpose? Or just lagging [/quote]

Probably they don't have all the data, don't know who runs these sites and where they get their data.    Maybe there are some permanent flight paths and some temporary ones that are used sometimes or on alternative days, etc.  The site may not have access to the changing flight paths.  IDK, it's all a mess and they better fix it.  They can do better to not create these beelines of planes that go on for hours. [/quote]

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