Sound Initiative was organized by a group of airport operators who are on the front line of the aircraft noise debate on a daily basis. Across the country, airport managers must respond to the concerns of neighbors, government officials, the news media and others who want to know what they are doing about the noise that results from operations at their facilities. Some airports have installed sophisticated monitoring systems that identify aircraft and the noise they make when departing. Others have long relied on programs that try to be responsive to neighbors' noise concerns by mediating their complaints with operators based at their facilities.

But real action can only come from trying to reduce noise at its source.

That's why we've invited governmental associations and government officials, environmentalists and other anti-noise proponents who view the phasing out of aircraft weighing less than 75,000 pounds as a step in the right direction, to join the airports involved in Sound Initiative.

Founding Members

Morristown Municipal Airport, NJ
Port Authority of NY/NJ
Ohio State University Airport, OH

Airport Members

Scottsdale Airport, AZ
Livermore Airport, CA
Redding Municipal Airport, CA
Santa Barbara Municipal Airport, CA
Santa Monica Airport, CA
Sonoma County Airport, CA
Truckee Tahoe Airport, CA
Aspen/Pitkin County Airport, CO
Centennial Airport, CO
Bradley International Airport, CT
Boca Raton Airport Authority, FL
Key West International Airport, FL
Martin County Airport, FL
Naples Municipal Airport, FL
St. Petersburg-Clearwater International Airport, FL
Hanscom Field, MA (MASSPORT)
Reno/Tahoe International Airport, NV
Port Authority of New York/New Jersey
..... (Kennedy Int'l, LaGuardia, Newark-Liberty Int'l, Teterboro)
Trenton-Mercer Airport, NJ
Collin County Regional Airport, TX

Non-Aviation Associations

C.A.R.E. Community Airport Restoration Effort, CA
Friends of Truckee Tahoe Airport, CA
Princeton Ridge Home Owners Association, GA
Citizens Aviation Watch, USA
Palisades Citizens Association, Washington, DC
We Oppose Ohio State Airport Expansion "WOOSE", OH
WAAM, Inc. Witham Airport Action Majority, FL
Boca Del Mar Imp. Association, FL
Boca Teeca Unit Owners Association, FL
West Boca Community Council, INC., FL
Federation Of Boca, H.O.A., FL
Yamato Road/Spanish River Blvd, Home Owners Assc.
Homeowners of Encino, CA

Government

Town of Truckee (City Government), CA
City of Delray Beach, FL
City of Boca Raton, FL