Jackson Heights Life

I agree.  This is an unusual situation.  Regardless, it seems like the Saturday noise has been as frequent as last year despite all the promises.  I still don't understand why runway maintenance is not done overnight while the airport is closed instead of closing a runway while the airport is open.

i'm guessing the main reason for not doing it between one and six AM (the hours that flights aren't using the runways) is that workers would be paid double time (or time and a half at least) for working those hours. premium pay for premium hours.

FROM: Daniel Dromm

RE:  Airplane noise warning from the Port Authority


"Please be advised that effective 12:01 AM, Saturday morning, March 12th through 6:00 AM, Sunday morning, March 13th LGA Runway 13-31 will be closed in order to conduct necessary runway inspections, routine maintenance, and electrical work.

As such, the scheduled closure may temporarily impact flight patterns on approach and take-off during this time frame.

Runway closure announcements are posted on our WebTrak website http://www.panynj.gov/airports/webtrak.html every Friday. WebTrak system allows the public to track flights and view noise readings at noise monitoring sites.  The same site can be used to file noise complaints. Noise complaints can also be filed via our toll free phone number (1-800-225-1071). All noise complaints received are logged in to a database and monthly statistical reports are prepared and shared with the FAA and other stakeholders."

Last night there was an emergency at the airport.

A plane coming in for a landing wound up in a hole in the concrete of the runway. This occurred about 3:15pm and shut the entire airport down for almost 2 hours. When La Guardia reopened with only one working runway.  Therefore, the planes were overhead.

This was posted on this board. Sorry you did not see it.

Anyone know what's up with the airplanes today?
They woke me up around 6 a.m., and they're flying over JH every few minutes.

Runway maintenance.

Runway 13/31 will be closed from 6/4/16 12:01 AM to 6/5/16 12:00 PM, for runway maintenance work, subject to air traffic needs and weather conditions.

from http://webtrak5.bksv.com/panynj4

Every time they do maintenance on runway 13/31, we get this kind of noise.  You can also use the above website to submit a noise complaint or this form http://www.planenoise.com/panynj/daPRAbr9/

Just submitted a complaint (for the hundredth time)....  Does anyone know why this *always* seems to occur on weekends?  If they mixed it up from time to time, so that it occasionally happened on weekdays, I think many people would be at work (presumably, outside of JH), and it would be less bothersome.

done on weekends due to traffic considerations, i'd imagine. airline routes are so interconnected that a single flight out of LGA can have an impact on a dozen other connecting flights -- and on business days, that's a huge deal.

Totally agree with you.  Been in JH for 30 years and it's never been like this. There seems to be airplane noise tonight as well....this is getting crazy!

Woken up by airplane noise at about 5:45am and the noise hasn't stopped since.  I wish we could shut the airport done for a couple of hours to protest against the noise.  If this happened a couple of times a year it wouldn't bother me, but the current situation is really agitating to me.

I agree.  Today's noise seems worse than last Saturday's.  I also don't understand why they would need to do maintenance on the same runway two weekends in a row.  Normally it is more spread out.  Lastly, I checked the site where you can see the noise monitors as the plans fly overhead, and today the noise monitors are not showing any data, which I find weird.  http://webtrak5.bksv.com/panynj4  (Go to "historical" and type in the time you heard the plane noise, then watch the plane icons fly overhead).