Universal City sits directly adjacent to Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph. Military aircraft noise is exempt from local noise rules and is governed by the federal AICUZ program.
Universal City is bordered on its south and east sides by Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph, one of the busiest pilot training installations in the Air Force. T-1, T-6, and T-38 training flights generate frequent overflights and DNL contours of 65 dB or higher cover large portions of the city. Under federal preemption and the Randolph AFB Air Installation Compatible Use Zones (AICUZ) study, military flight operations are exempt from local noise ordinances. Universal City zoning within Accident Potential Zones APZ-I and APZ-II restricts incompatible land uses (schools, dense residential, large assembly) per the citys Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) implementation. Complaints about specific flight events can be directed to the 502nd Air Base Wing Public Affairs office, not city dispatch.
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