South Lee County Airplane Noise Committee

In October 2008 the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) changed the routes and landing patterns for all flights coming from the northeastern United States so that they would for the first time come south of the Southwest Florida International Airport over Estero to land from the west into the prevailing winds.

SHFTY to Tynee Transition [red line] (click for full pdf)
The graphic above shows the present route for all flights from the northeast including the approach to the airport  while the graphic on the right shows the “Estero Plan” route that would amend the present approach pattern by diverting the planes north of the Fort Myers metro area into the airport.

The new route established by the FAA in 2008 is in red.

• South Lee County Airplane Noise Committee Update Mar. 2012 EDR
• South Lee County Airplane Noise Committee Update Dec. 2011 EDR
• Airplane Noise Progress Report August 2011 EDR
• Citizen Input for the Forthcoming Airplane Noise Study May 2011 EDR
• Letter to Communities from Committee (April 2010)
• Read summary of changes
• Enlarge map
• RSW Fact Sheet
• E-mail decision-makers 
• More Documents
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Estero Development Report Articles

June 2011 - Airplane Noise Progress Report
March 2011 - Airplane Noise Progress Report
November 2010 - Airplane Noise Progress Report
September 2010 - Airplane Noise Progress Report
April 2010 - Airplane Noise Committee Reports to the ECCL
December 2009 - Airplane Noise Committee Progress Report
March 2009 - Airplane Noise Committee Progress Report
February 2009 - Airplane Noise and Pollution Status Report
January 2009 - Recent Intrusion of Airplane Noise and Pollution