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Resident urges Lafayette to coordinate regional response to flight‑training noise, cites wildlife impacts
Summary
A Lafayette resident told councilors that flight-training traffic from Rocky Mountain Airport and nearby fields is producing frequent low-altitude flights over the city, causing noise, disrupting residents and schools, and posing risks to wildlife such as bald eagles.
Thomas Glenn, a Lafayette resident, asked the City Council on Oct. 14 to lead or join a regional effort to address aircraft noise and low-altitude flight paths originating at Rocky Mountain Airport and training operations in nearby municipalities.
Glenn described observing “three bald eagles soaring over kind of the heart of the city” and said flight-training aircraft are flying near the birds. He said an FAA memo dated June 10 rerouted traffic…
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