Residents say aircraft noise from Centennial Airport has ‘gotten worse’

BY TAYLER SHAW TSHAW@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM

Despite months of raising concerns about aircraft ying over residential areas surrounding Centennial Airport, residents say the issue of frequent tra c and noise persist.

“I’ve been attending these meetings for the last, feels like close to a year. And I have to say, it hasn’t gotten better. It’s gotten worse,” said Amy Friedman, who lives in unincorporated Arapahoe County. She was among 11 residents who spoke during the Aug. 2 Centennial Airport Community Noise Roundtable meeting.

e roundtable — made up of local elected o cials from Arapahoe and Douglas counties, appointed community representatives, airport sta , and others — is meant to work with the airport to nd ways to reduce and mitigate the impact of aircraft noise, according to its website.

Although residents expressed frustration, members of the roundtable said progress has been made. e Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) recently joined a subgroup that involves

Centennial Airport leaders and ight schools to address community concerns.

“ at’s really positive progress,” said Centennial Airport Executive Director and CEO Mike Fronapfel.

“We’re one of only a handful of airports in the country where the … FAA has come around and gone down this path, with setting up a technical committee to address some of the noise concerns.”

Fronapfel encouraged community members to o er comments on the FAA’s noise policy review, given that the FAA extended the deadline for public comment to Sept. 29. ose interested in learning more can visit faa.gov/ noisepolicyreview.

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