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The FAA approved a Noise Compatibility Program (NCP) Update for Naples Municipal Airport in Naples, Florida, effective December 9, 2024. The approved measures include a residential sound insulation program, land use planning recommendations, purchase of avigation easements, and several community outreach and monitoring initiatives. One proposed measure related to revised flight procedures was not acted upon at this time, as it requires further FAA review.

Minutes from a September 12, 2022 joint workshop between the Naples, Florida City Council and Naples Airport Authority cover discussions on the Airport Master Plan, noise reduction efforts, and community concerns about increasing jet traffic. Key topics included raising aircraft flight path ceilings to reduce noise, the possibility of reclassifying Naples as a Class C airport, and whether the Master Plan's growth projections were already outdated given a 40% surge in jet traffic. Residents and neighborhood association representatives called for equitable distribution of noise impacts and urged immediate action rather than waiting for a formal noise study to be completed.

This document is an agenda and discussion outline from the Part 161 Summit held on August 18, 2005, in Denver, Colorado, focused on airport noise use restrictions. It covers topics including the Naples Municipal Airport's experience with a noise ban, the legal and factual requirements needed to justify aircraft use restrictions, and alternative paths to noise relief such as grandfathering, Part 150 programs, and federal legislation. Key criteria for imposing Stage 3 noise restrictions under the Noise Act and FAR Part 161 are outlined, including ensuring restrictions are reasonable, non-discriminatory, and do not unduly burden interstate commerce or the national aviation system.