Neither York County nor Pennsylvania regulates aircraft noise in flight; that authority belongs to the Federal Aviation Administration under federal law. Local complaints about York Airport or overflights are directed to the airport or the FAA, not to a county noise office.
Aircraft operations and in-flight noise are governed exclusively by the FAA under the Federal Aviation Act, which preempts state and local noise regulation of aircraft in navigable airspace. York County has no aircraft-noise ordinance, and municipalities cannot set flight-path or altitude noise rules. What local governments can do is manage land use around airports through zoning (for example, compatible-use overlays near York Airport in Thomasville). Residents bothered by overflight or airport noise should file complaints with the specific airport operator or the FAA regional office. The county's role is limited to land-use planning near airfields, not the noise of aircraft themselves.
Not a county or state offense; enforcement of aircraft-noise standards rests with the FAA. Airport ground operations may be subject to local zoning conditions.
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