Residents near the Naples Airport may have heard more airplane activity than usual Friday morning. That’s because the airport was testing new flight arrival procedures aimed at reducing aircraft noise.
Test flights began just after 6 a.m. and lasted around 90 minutes with several planes taking off and landing on all four runways.
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Naples airport tests new flight procedures to reduce noise near the downtown area
“We’re currently designing new arrival procedures into the airport that will be safer, more efficient, and probably what most people are most concerned about — is quieter,” said Zachary Burch with the Naples Airport Authority…