City Subject to Increased Aircraft Noise This Week

Residents of Manhattan Beach may experience increased air traffic flying overhead Wednesday and Thursday nights as the Federal Aviation Administration conducts annual tests at Los Angeles International Airport, officials announced this week.

According to the Los Angeles World Airports Noise Management Section, tests of the airport's aircraft navigation systems will cause air traffic to take off and land westbound (over the ocean) on Wednesday and eastbound (over land) on Thursday between the hours of midnight and 3 a.m. 

Normally, planes take off and land westbound between the hours of midnight and 6:30 a.m. to keep noise in neighboring communities to a minimum. During testing, officials said residents may notice increased activity overhead due to the temporary change.

"The aforementioned circumstance requires the airport to temporarily deviate from this air traffic flow configuration," LAWA Environmental Specialist David Chan said in a statement. "As a result, persons living near the airport may notice a change in aircraft flight activity and associated noise during this test."

Chan said that normal airport operations will resume after the two-day test.

Anyone wishing to make a noise complaint related to LAX can do so by calling the airport's noise complaint hotline at 424-646-6473.

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