Helicopter noise

In ruling to extend the route just one week before it was set to expire, the FAA cited unresolved questions about the future of East Hampton Airport.

The proposed code amendment would ban the takeoff and landing of helicopters, sea planes and amphibious aircraft in the Town of Riverhead, with exceptions for emergency and agricultural aircraft.

Residents fed up with the impacts of the Manhattan-East Hampton helicopter traffic packed Riverhead Town Hall Tuesday night for a discussion with an Eastern Region Helicopter Council official. They got little satisfaction.

Riverhead Town has scheduled a public forum on helicopter noise with the Eastern Region Helicopter Council, Town Supervisor Laura Jens-Smith announced Tuesday...

Residents and local officials are exasperated by the failure of the FAA to heed complaints.

Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand today called President Trump’s nominee for FAA administrator to commit to addressing the problem of overhead aircraft noise in New York.

Sen. Charles Schumer and Rep. Lee Zeldin both wrote to FAA officials yesterday demanding the public hearing required by legislation passed by Congress and signed into law by President Trump last month.

The Senate has passed the FAA reauthorization act with a provision requiring the federal agency to reassess the helicopter route traveled

The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, which has been agreed to by both chambers of Congress and is expected to be passed by Sept. 30, included a section penned by Rep. Lee Zeldin requiring the FAA to get community input, assess noise impacts of helicopters and enforce a 2,500-foot minimum altitude rule.

South Fork Assemblyman Fred Thiele said East Hampton must now consider closing its airport. His comment came after a federal appeals court ruled that East Hampton's airport is subject to federal regulation whether or not the town accepts federal funding.