Morningside civic   association

The FAA has been rolling out NextGen across the nation and Miami is next. The plan is to funnel airplanes into a narrow path over Biscayne Bay alongside Morningside.  Already there are days in which 20 airplanes an hour can be heard. The immediate impact may be noise and soot.  Long term, the path may negatively impact our home values and health.  

Lend your voice to oppose increased flight traffic over and near Morningside in the ways listed below to provide feedback to the FAA and let our Congresswoman, Frederica Wilson, County Commissioner Audrey Edmonson, and Senator Rubio know that Morningside opposes this flight path. (An example email from a neighbor is below).

1. Complete an online comment form ASAP, no later than July 24: https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/community_involvement/florida/

2. Send an email expressing opposition to:

3. Sign the Change.org petition, http://chng.it/wdLC7Y5Lkx

4. Leave a comment for Senator Rubio, https://www.rubio.senate.gov/public/index.cfm/contact 

Example email here:

I oppose the FAA's Metroplex plan that would place heavy flight traffic directly over Biscayne Bay and the neighborhoods of the Upper East Side, Miami.  

The noise levels over the waterfront neighborhoods in the City of Miami are unbearable and constant every few minutes pre-Covid.  The pandemic helped remind us what peaceful quality of life we can have when the flights are reduced or routed otherwise.  If takeoffs to the East are required and hopefully takeoffs can be modified to go either NE or SE in lieu of direct East, planes should hold course for an additional 45 seconds to get out over the Atlantic ocean before banking to their desired direction.  The banking over the residential neighborhoods when taking off to the East is absolutely brutal to live with.  Thank you.

See news articles on the issue here:

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article229499309.html

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/local/article222948955.html

Projected Flight paths: