No East Honolulu-specific ordinance directly addresses aircraft noise; aircraft and airspace noise are federally preempted and controlled by the FAA under 49 U.S.C. 44715 and the exclusive federal sovereignty of navigable airspace, so the City and County of Honolulu cannot impose local aircraft noise limits.
Aircraft noise is one of the few noise sources East Honolulu (and the City and County of Honolulu) cannot regulate locally because it is governed by federal law. Congress vested the United States with 'exclusive sovereignty of airspace of the United States' (49 U.S.C. 40103), and 49 U.S.C. 44715 directs the FAA Administrator to prescribe standards to measure and regulations to control aircraft noise and sonic boom. The U.S. Supreme Court in City of Burbank v. Lockheed Air Terminal, Inc., 411 U.S. 624 (1973), held that the comprehensive federal scheme preempts municipal aircraft-noise curfews, and the Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990 bars local restrictions on aircraft operations absent FAA approval. Hawaii's state community-noise rule (HAR 11-46) reaches only stationary, construction, agricultural, and industrial sources and does not cover aircraft in flight. Residents affected by aircraft or helicopter overflight noise must direct concerns to the FAA and the airport operator rather than to a local ordinance.
Not locally enforceable; aircraft noise complaints are addressed through the FAA and the airport operator, not the City and County of Honolulu or the State of Hawaii noise program.
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