South Lee County Airplane Noise Committee

On Thursday, August 18, consultants for the Lee County Port Authority will hold an "Open House" from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Estero Community Park to give local residents an opportunity to tell how your lives have been impacted by the airplane noise you have experienced since the landing routes were changed almost three years ago.

In 2008, the FAA changed airplane arrival routes into Southwest Florida International Airport without any public notice or input. As a result, aircraft began flying over the Estero area, causing many residents to complain about the noise created by the planes descending over their homes and into the airport.

Since then the South Lee County Airplane Noise Committee has been able to get the FAA to raise the height of the approaching aircraft by 1,000 feet and to get some of them diverted to alternative routes, but the routes over Estero continue.

This "Open House" workshop will provide information on flight operations at the airport, the noise study process and the analyses completed to date.  Most importantly, this is your opportunity to share how these flight path changes have affected you.

Additional workshops will be held later this fall and again in the spring to give seasonal residents an opportunity to attend and express their concerns.

Please see below for the official flier:

Public Information Workshops

Southwest Florida International Airport

Noise and Land Use Study

ESA Airports, consultant for the Lee County Port Authority, will hold four (4) public information workshops to present information on the Federal Aviation Regulation (FAR) Part 150 Noise and Land Use Compatibility Study. Information will be presented on flight operations at the Southwest Florida International Airport (SWFIA), the noise study process, and the technical analyses completed to date. Additional workshops will be held in Fall 2011 and Spring 2012 to ensure the opportunity for participation by seasonal residents.

Information presented at each workshop will be the same. Residents need only attend one workshop to learn about the study and offer input. Each workshop will be held in an "open house" format from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on the following dates and locations. No formal presentation will be given in order to provide the public with the maximum opportunity for one-on-one interaction and sharing of information/concerns. You may attend any time during the two-hour open house.

Anyone needing special accommodations under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, or anyone with questions, should contact Kaye Molnar via e-mail to kmolnar@cella.cc or phone (239) 337-1071 prior to the workshop