Airplane noise Friday

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Someone posted a comment that aircraft noise had increased over Davis recently. Today, I was sick in bed and I thought I was going to go insane. An aircraft flew over my house every minute, no kidding, all day long from 5am this morning.

I'd really appreciate it if fellow Davis Square readers who dislike noise especially from aircraft could make a complaint to Logan. Please don't flame the thread if you think airplanes are cute or you simply love noise.

Unless we speak out, even a little, no one will give a damn. I spoke to the airport people and they said they will act and possibly re-route or stagger flight paths but only if they get complaints.
Apparently, ever since a new runway went in, they have received an increase in complaints. 
http://www.massport.com/logan/airpo_noise_comcom.html
Thanks.

Call (617) 561-3333
or
This is the link to report a complaint: http://www.massport.com/logan/airpo_noise_form.aspx

Comments

In a sense, this is like moving to Alaska...

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...and copmplaining about the cold.

Commercial aircraft must take off (and land) into the wind.

While Logan has several runways, the flight path is largely determined by the direction the wind is blowing, which they have no control over.

Some additional points are:

1. I think certain atmospheric conditions can lead to louder ground noise. These would be transient and again beyond the control of Logan.


2. Logan already rotates flight paths whenever possible so communities share the noise.


3. Commercial aircraft can't exactly climb out of Logan quietly -- it takes a certain amount of thrust.


4. Peak noise tends to be in the evening when the translatlantic flights all leave within a few hours time span.

If aircraft noise really bothers you, I'm afraid the only option is to move to a community farther away from the city.