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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=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.[/quote]

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. [/quote]

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.  [/quote]

[b]Disagree completely. Having access to a nearby airport is great. Most people don't want to have to trek all of the way out to Dulles or BWI. [/b]

We have regular air traffic above us and it's no big deal. 
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How many times a year do YOU fly? Vast majority of ppl fly very rarely and it's NBD to have to spend extra 30 min to get to the airport, really, if you do this 2-3x a year total.   I used to fly weekly and I would rather take extra time and more direct flights than deal with a airplanes flying overhead[/quote]

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