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Council weighs options on Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport noise; staff to seek expert briefing
Summary
Council heard a briefing on noise impacts from Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, including flight‑training traffic and a Part 150 study under way; members asked staff to arrange expert legal/operational briefings and pursue regional coordination and FAA engagement.
Lafayette councilors on July 2 discussed growing community concerns about noise from Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (RMMA), focused primarily on flight‑training traffic and frequent touch‑and‑go operations. Staff outlined voluntary noise abatement options, the airport’s ongoing FAA‑funded Part 150 noise compatibility study, and recommended steps for coordination.
RMMA background and issues: RMMA is an FAA‑designated general aviation reliever airport near U.S. 36 that supports business aircraft, flight training, charters and wildland firefighting. Staff said the airport averages roughly 250,000–300,000 annual operations and that more than half of operations at RMMA are associated with flight training, including small piston‑engine aircraft that use leaded fuel, fly lower and are louder at ground level.
Part 150 study and limits: The airport is undertaking a…
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