New Flight Pattern To Teterboro Airport Will Go Over Route 17

HASBROUCK HEIGHTS, NJ - Planes traveling to Teterboro Airport will soon fly over the Route 17 corridor, a move that local official said they don't want.

The Federal Aviation Administration announced this week that it would begin testing a new flight path over Route 17 for planes traveling to Teterboro Airport.

“I can speak for our community, we don't want jets flying over Mahwah creating noise issues and nuances,” said Mahwah Mayor William Laforet said.

The FAA said the test will begin April 4 and last, at most, six months, The Record reported. It is designed to provide noise relief for the area of Hackensack University Medical Center, the report said.

The proposed change could impact public health, Robert Belzer, president of the New Jersey Coalition Against Aircraft Noise, said in the report, noting that “somebody else” would be impacted by the change.

Teterboro is a reliever airport. Its goal is to remove the smaller and slower aircraft from the regional air traffic that would cause major congestion at commercial airports. It has an aircraft weight limit of 100,000 pounds. Mostly corporate jets use the airport.

The test, together with an environmental review, will be used to determined if the new flight pattern will be permanent, the report said.

“The airport was designed with specific air control patterns which work,” Laforet said. “I suggest they stick to what works, and avoid our peaceful town that we all love, Mahwah.”

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