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Rigby Airport managers tell Jefferson County commissioners they are responding to noise complaints, urge use of airport zoning
Summary
Rigby Airport officials briefed Jefferson County commissioners on repeated complaints about aircraft noise and encroachment, described published noise-abatement procedures and FAA guidance, and urged use of local airport zoning to limit incompatible development.
Bruce Walker Spaldy, the Rigby Airport manager, told Jefferson County commissioners that the airport has received several hostile complaints about aircraft allegedly buzzing homes and said volunteers and board members have documented the contacts and preserved reports for the county record.
Spaldy said the airport publishes a noise-abatement procedure in its chart supplement and posts signage at the runway; he said pilots are asked to follow a left‑hand traffic pattern and a departure heading designed to steer aircraft away from residential areas when possible. ‘‘We try…
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