Aircraft-in-flight noise is preempted by federal law under 49 U.S.C. 41713 and is excluded from Redding's noise chapter by RMC 18.40.100(I). Redding Regional Airport (RDD/KRDD) and Benton Field publish voluntary noise-abatement guidance asking pilots to avoid overflying residential areas, but neither airport has a mandatory curfew.
Federal preemption is the controlling rule for aircraft noise. 49 U.S.C. section 41713 reserves authority over aircraft operations and routes to the FAA, and 14 C.F.R. Part 161 sets the only path for a local airport to impose mandatory noise restrictions, which Redding has not pursued. RMC 18.40.100(I) tracks that limit by exempting any activity preempted by state or federal law from the local noise chapter. The City of Redding operates two airports - Redding Regional Airport (RDD/KRDD) on the south side and Benton Field general-aviation airpark - through its Airports Department. Both publish voluntary noise-abatement guidance asking pilots to avoid overflights of residential neighborhoods when feasible, but those are pilot-discretion procedures, not enforceable rules. Ground noise from engine run-ups, FBO operations, and helicopter helipads on airport property is also primarily federally regulated, though related ground-based activities at the property boundary can in some cases be reached by the general nuisance language of 18.40.100(B) where preemption does not apply.
There is no local citation pathway for in-flight aircraft noise. Noise complaints are typically logged with the airport for the FAA's voluntary noise-abatement reporting and can be escalated to the FAA's Aircraft Noise Ombudsman. Ground-based airport activities that cross onto neighboring property may be subject to RMC 18.40.100 only where federal preemption does not foreclose enforcement.
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