Notice2026-07454
FAA Approval of Noise Compatibility Program; John Glenn Columbus Internation Airport, Columbus, Ohio
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Published
April 16, 2026
Effective
April 14, 2026
Issuing agencies
Transportation DepartmentFederal Aviation Administration
Abstract
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its findings on the noise compatibility program submitted by the Columbus Regional Airport Authority for John Glenn Columbus International Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. (the Aviation Safety and Noise Abatement Act, hereinafter referred to as "the Act") and 14 CFR part 150. These findings are made in recognition of the description of Federal and nonfederal responsibilities in Senate Report No. 96-52 (1980). On October 14, 2025 the FAA determined that the noise exposure maps submitted by the Columbus Regional Airport Authority under Part 150 were in compliance with applicable requirements. On April 10, 2026, the FAA approved the John Glenn Columbus International Airport noise compatibility program. Most of the recommendations of the program were approved.
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[Federal Register Volume 91, Number 73 (Thursday, April 16, 2026)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20559-20560]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2026-07454]
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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA Approval of Noise Compatibility Program; John Glenn Columbus
Internation Airport, Columbus, Ohio
AGENCY: Federal Aviation Administration, DOT.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) announces its
findings on the noise compatibility program submitted by the Columbus
Regional Airport Authority for John Glenn Columbus International
Airport under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. (the Aviation Safety and
Noise Abatement Act, hereinafter referred to as ``the Act'') and 14 CFR
part 150. These findings are made in recognition of the description of
Federal and nonfederal responsibilities in Senate Report No. 96-52
(1980). On October 14, 2025 the FAA determined that the noise exposure
maps submitted by the Columbus Regional Airport Authority under Part
150 were in compliance with applicable requirements. On April 10, 2026,
the FAA approved the John Glenn Columbus International Airport noise
compatibility program. Most of the recommendations of the program were
approved.
DATES: The effective date of the FAA's approval of the John Glenn
Columbus International Airport noise compatibility program is April 14,
2026.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gordon Bowdell, Detroit Airports
District Office, 11677 S Wayne Rd. Ste. 107, Romulus, Michigan 48174-
1412, Tel: 734-229-2900. Documents reflecting this FAA action may be
reviewed at this same location.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice announces that the FAA has given
its overall approval to the noise compatibility program for John Glenn
Columbus International Airport, effective April 14, 2026.
Under section 47504 of the Act, an airport operator who has
previously submitted a noise exposure map may submit to the FAA a noise
compatibility program which sets forth the measures taken or proposed
by the airport operator for the reduction of existing non-compatible
land uses and prevention of additional non-compatible land uses within
the area covered by the noise exposure maps. The Act requires such
programs to be developed in consultation with interested and affected
parties including local communities, government agencies, airport
users, and FAA personnel.
Each airport noise compatibility program developed in accordance
with Federal Aviation Regulations (FAR) Part 150 is a local program,
not a Federal program. The FAA does not substitute its judgment for
that of the airport proprietor with respect to which measures should be
recommended for action. The FAA's approval or disapproval of FAR Part
150 program recommendations is measured according to the standards
expressed in Part 150 and the Act and is limited to the following
determinations:
a. The noise compatibility program was developed in accordance with
the provisions and procedures of FAR Part 150;
b. Program measures are reasonably consistent with achieving the
goals of reducing existing non-compatible land uses around the airport
and preventing the introduction of additional non-compatible land uses;
c. Program measures would not create an undue burden on interstate
or foreign commerce, unjustly discriminate against types or classes of
aeronautical uses, violate the terms of airport grant agreements, or
intrude into areas preempted by the Federal Government; and
d. Program measures relating to the use of flight procedures can be
implemented within the period covered by the program without derogating
safety, adversely affecting the efficient use and management of the
navigable airspace and air traffic control systems, or adversely
affecting other powers and responsibilities of the Administrator
prescribed by law.
Specific limitations with respect to FAA's approval of an airport
noise compatibility program are delineated in FAR Part 150, section
150.5. Approval is not a determination concerning the acceptability of
land uses under Federal, state, or local law. Approval does not by
itself constitute an FAA implementing action. A request for Federal
action or approval to implement specific noise compatibility measures
may be required, and an FAA decision on the request may require an
environmental assessment of the proposed action. Approval does not
constitute a commitment by the FAA to financially assist in the
implementation of the program nor a determination that all measures
covered by the program are eligible for grant-in-aid funding from the
FAA. Where federal funding is sought, requests for project grants must
be submitted to the FAA Airports District Office in Romulus, Michigan.
The Columbus Regional Airport Authority submitted to the FAA on
June 26, 2025 the noise exposure maps, descriptions, and other
documentation produced during the noise compatibility planning study
conducted from 2018 through 2025. The John Glenn Columbus International
Airport noise exposure maps were determined by FAA to be in compliance
with applicable requirements on October 14, 2025. Notice of this
determination was published in the Federal Register on Monday, December
15, 2025 (FR Doc. 2025-22810).
The John Glenn Columbus International Airport study contains a
proposed noise compatibility program comprised of actions designed for
phased implementation by airport management and adjacent jurisdictions
from 2025 to 2029 and beyond. It was requested that the FAA evaluate
and approve this material as a noise compatibility program as described
in section 47504 of the Act. The FAA began its review of the program on
October 14, 2025 and was required by a provision of the Act to approve
or disapprove the program within 180 days (other than the use of new or
modified flight procedures for noise control). Failure to approve or
disapprove such program within the 180-day period shall be deemed to be
an approval of such program.
The submitted program contained 25 proposed actions for noise
mitigation (on and/or off the airport, as applicable). The FAA
completed its review and determined that the procedural and substantive
requirements of the Act and FAR Part 150 have been satisfied. The
overall program, therefore, was approved by the FAA effective April 10,
2026.
Outright approval was granted for all the specific applicable
program elements. The FAA officially approves withdrawing Measure NA-2
and Measure NA-8.
These determinations are set forth in detail in a Record of
Approval signed by the Great Lakes Region, Airports Division Manager on
April 10, 2026. The Record of Approval, as well as other evaluation
materials and the documents comprising the submittal, are available for
review at the FAA office listed above and at the administrative offices
of the John Glenn Columbus International Airport. The Record of
Approval also will be available on-line at <a href="http://www.faa.gov/arp/environmental/14cfr150/index14.cfm">http://www.faa.gov/arp/environmental/14cfr150/index14.cfm</a>.
Issued in Des Plaines, IL.
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Dated: April 14, 2026.
James Gregory Keefer,
Director, Airports Division, Great Lakes Region.
[FR Doc. 2026-07454 Filed 4-15-26; 8:45 am]
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