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DCA CWG Fly Quiet Subcommittee Response to MWAA’s October 23rd “Fly Quiet” Document

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This January 2026 presentation from the DCA Community Working Group (CWG) responds to the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority's (MWAA) October 2025 'Fly Quiet' document, arguing that MWAA's response focuses on past accomplishments rather than actionable steps to reduce aircraft noise. The CWG contends that MWAA should hire an outside consultant (at roughly $100,000 per year) to analyze airline-specific data such as nighttime flights, fleet mix, and go-arounds, which could lead to concrete noise-reduction recommendations. The document highlights a fundamental disagreement between MWAA, which views its current efforts as sufficient, and the CWG, which believes a dedicated, data-driven Fly Quiet program is both affordable and necessary.

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Presentation by the DCA Community Working Group (CWG) Fly Quiet Subcommittee, dated January 22, 2026, responding to MWAA’s October 23, 2025 Fly Quiet document concerning Reagan National Airport (DCA). The CWG critiques MWAA’s response as backward-looking and lacking actionable analysis, contrasting it with the CWG’s forward-looking requests for airline-specific data on total operations, nighttime flights, fleet mix, flight bunching under 1-hour slot rules, and go-arounds. The presentation disputes MWAA’s claim that $500k/year covers CWG costs, noting DCA’s 2025 budgeted revenue of $322.5M with $86.9M credited back to airlines, and argues that $100k/year for a Fly Quiet consultant equals just 0.1% of excess revenue. References Jason Schwartz (PDX), the 2024 Annual Noise Report, IAD, and potential win-win noise mitigation scenarios.

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