Residents underneath flight paths headed to JFK International Airport want the FAA to do more to reduce noise pollution.
Construction began on one of JFK’s four runways in April. That’s brought more noise than usual to some Long Island communities as the air traffic controllers redirect flights over Nassau and western Suffolk counties.
Elaine Miller, co-president of Plane Sense for Long Island, says 300 planes fly over her house every day, and she sleeps with earplugs at night.
“The impact of an Airbus coming over your house at 2,000 feet is unbelievable – the noise, the whining of the engines.”
Miller says the noise pollution has reduced quality of life and raised health concerns for those who live nearby.
The FAA says aircraft using the redirected flight paths are “kept at their highest possible altitude” to reduce noise during arrivals.
