Aircraft noise is not regulated by Kane County. Airspace and aircraft-operation noise fall under exclusive federal FAA authority. The Illinois noise rules expressly exclude aircraft in flight. Complaints go to the airport operator or the FAA, not the county.
Kane County has no aircraft-noise ordinance because federal law preempts local regulation of aircraft in flight; the FAA controls aircraft operations and airspace. The Illinois Pollution Control Board noise regulations apply to fixed property-line sources, not to overflying aircraft, so state limits do not govern flyover noise either. Kane County is served by general-aviation facilities such as Aurora Municipal Airport (in unincorporated Sugar Grove) and DuPage Airport nearby; noise concerns are directed to those airport operators and the FAA. Ground-based airport equipment or run-up noise crossing a property line could still fall under the state property-line rules, but in-flight and takeoff/landing noise is a federal matter.
No county penalty. Aircraft-operation noise is regulated federally by the FAA; the county cannot fine or restrict aircraft in flight.
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