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Airport says tower procedures reduced noise complaints; reports experimental flight-path changes
5067277 · June 24, 2025
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Summary
Kootenai County airport director reported a large drop in noise complaints after adjusting tower procedures and extending arrival paths over the lake to keep aircraft higher over Hayden and Avondale areas.
Kootenai County airport staff told the Board of County Commissioners on June 24 that changes in air-traffic-control procedures and tower guidance have coincided with a sharp decline in community noise complaints.
"We track and log all of our noise complaints and concerns," Gaston Patterson, director of the airport, told commissioners. He…
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