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'Absolutely disheartening:' Officials near O'Hare crushed after FAA grounds flight plan that would reduce overnight jet noise

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CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) - The FAA has rejected an overnight flight rotation plan for O'Hare Airport that's been years in the making.

The rotation plan is designed to spread out the jet noise by rotating overnight traffic between four parallel and two diagonal runways. The planning started in 2016 and the so-called "Fly Quiet" program was submitted in December.


The FAA said it has concerns about the separation of planes. It invited the city to present a revised plan.

The rejection came as a surprise to some members of the O'Hare Noise Compatibility Commission, which includes Bensenville, who took part in the  planning.

"It's absolutely disheartening," Village Manager, Evan Summers, told the Daily Herald. "Nobody wants a safer airport than the communities around the airport."

He sees this decision creating a "big delay."

"(The FAA) had employees at nearly all of the Fly Quiet Committee meetings, and for them to only now raise this concern is a disservice to my residents and a disrespect to the entire process," Summers said.

The Chicago Department of Aviation has asked the FAA for more information and said it is "eager to expedite the resolution of these concerns."

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