Title: PSU Noisequest
Headings: Community Tools
Community Tools
Where can I find airport delay information?
Why can't airplanes reduce their engine power until they reach higher altitudes?
Why is my neighbor eligible for sound insulation and I am not?
Why can't the airplanes fly over some other neighborhood?
Why are airplanes flying over my house this week when they haven't for months?
Why can't airplanes fly in from a different direction and then turn to land, instead of flying right over my house?
Will the noise ever go away?
How do I know if an aircraft is flying over my house at the correct altitude?
Who can I talk to and what can I do to have my noise issues addressed?
Is the value of my house going to decrease because of this airport or aircraft noise?
Why are planes flying in MY airspace right over my house?
Why do some airplanes make noises that sound different or are louder than other airplanes?
Why do some aircraft rumble, whine, and make my house vibrate?
Can the airport legally buy my house?
Why do the aircraft fly so low?
What are the authorities doing to mitigate the noise?
Why can't planes fly only during the day?
What happens with my complaints?
If our local airport expands will there be more noise and more airplanes flying overhead?
Why are the planes flying over my house?
I am nowhere near the airport. Why are the airplanes flying so low over my house?
Why do planes always come from the same direction?
Who regulates airplane noise?
What can I do to get the noise over my house to stop or, at least, decrease?
What are some of the things being done to stop the noise?
Why are some airplanes louder than others?
Why do we need an airport in the first place?
Can my house be sound insulated to help with the noise?
Why do planes have to fly over residential areas?
Who has the ultimate control of the air above my house?
Why are the aircraft flying so low that so I can see the pilots' faces?
Why is the airport's expansion necessary and why does it have to affect me?
Why are airplanes flying at 2:00AM? Is there a curfew?
What does/can the noise office do to help me with all these noisy airplanes?
What is the reason for the repetition of aircraft after aircraft overhead?
Are there consequences for pilots who do not follow noise abatement procedures?
What are the health effects of aviation operations in my area or over my house?
Who should I call if I have a noise complaint?
Why can't planes descend at a steeper angle so they fly higher over my house?
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Content: Why do the aircraft fly so low? Aircraft have to fly low in order to properly line up with the runways and execute safe landings. Aircraft may, however, appear to be lower than they actually are because their large sizes make them look closer. Also, when the airspace is crowded, aircraft may spend time flying a holding pattern at relatively low altitude in order to ensure a suitable flow of traffic. This may make is seem as though they are flying lower than usual. In general, air traffic is restricted by local airspace limitations. Contact your local airport for more information. What are the authorities doing to mitigate the noise? Noise can be mitigated through a variety of procedures. The airport can implement noise-reducing flight patterns to control the source of noise, implement curfews which limits the duration of noise after daylight hours, install home and building insulation to limit the penetration of noise into a home, build noise berms to prevent the noise from ground operations from impacting surrounding neighborhoods, and build ground run up enclosures to keep the noise from engine run ups localized to within the airport.