We wanted to make you aware that the FAA recently published a draft of Advisory Circular 150/5050-4A, Community Involvement in Airport Planning." They are accepting comments through November 8th. The advisory circular and instructions for commenting can be found on the FAA's website by clicking here and the individual documents are also provided at the bottom of this notice.

Advisory Circulars (AC) provide guidance for airports and the aviation industry for compliance with federal aviation regulations. They are intended to describe acceptable strategies for meeting regulatory requirements, however, the content of advisory circulars are typically informative (advisory) and not regulatory in nature.

Advisory Circular 150/5050-4A provides guidance for community involvement in airport planning projects. The previous version of this document was published in 1975.

Updates to this AC are evidence of the recent shift in FAA's approach toward community involvement and increasing recognition of the need to understand and address community impacts associated with changes in airports and airspace. N.O.I.S.E. has been a strong and long-time advocate for better community engagement consideration of community impacts associated with airport projects.

We will be submitting comments on behalf of our membership, but if members would like to submit comments or have questions please let us know. Links to the advisory circular, instructions for commenting, and the comment form are provided below. The deadline for comments is November 8th.