Hundreds of Long Beach residents protested outside Long Beach Airport to rally against the noise.
Carrying neon signs and whistles, neighbors drummed up noise outside several flight schools at Long Beach Airport, protesting the noise they say these schools' planes create in their neighborhoods each day.
In October of 2023, the city of Long Beach put out a comprehensive report with seven recommendations in March.The main recommendation was to ask flight schools to voluntarily work to change the flight paths, avoid flying over neighborhoods when they can and avoid flying at night. “There has been improvement,” said Curtis Castagna, Long Beach Airport Association president. “There’s been an effort by the schools to implement educational awareness within the student pilot and the instructor’s understanding of the sensitive areas of Long Beach.”Get Los Angeles's latest local news on crime, entertainment, weather, schools, COVID, cost of living and more. Here's your go-to source for today's LA news.
They are also going a step further, outfitting planes with exhaust silencers and custom propellers to make them quieter.
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