El Paso County cannot regulate aircraft noise. Overflights from El Paso International Airport and Fort Bliss / Biggs Army Airfield are governed exclusively by the FAA and the military, which preempt any local noise rule the county might otherwise consider.
Aircraft noise is federally preempted. Under the Federal Aviation Act, the FAA controls navigable airspace, flight paths, and aircraft noise, so neither El Paso County nor any Texas county may set overflight noise limits or curfews. El Paso International Airport publishes its own FAA-coordinated noise-abatement and land-use compatibility program, and military flight operations from Fort Bliss and Biggs Army Airfield are governed by the Department of Defense and exempt from local control. Airborne aircraft noise complaints go to the airport noise office or the FAA, not the Sheriff. On top of preemption, Texas counties independently lack noise-ordinance authority, so there is doubly no county rule for aircraft.
There is no county citation for aircraft noise; the county has no jurisdiction. Complaints route to the El Paso International Airport noise office or the FAA for civilian flights, and to Fort Bliss community relations for military.
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