Noise over Oak Lawn
Long-standing noise abatement agreements between neighborhoods and Love Field are being broken DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writertaffet@dallasvoice.com The debate over noise levels at Love Field is getting noisy again.
No, this isn’t about wanting to close down an airport that’s been there 100 years now that we’ve just moved into the area. That was the argument made against those wanting regulations in the 1970s and ’80s after DFW Airport opened and Southwest still wanted to fly out of Love Field.
It is about wanting the airport to stop violating noise agreements already agreed to by all sides and already in place. Most people who live in Oak Lawn love that they’re just minutes away from their flight.
But the airport and airlines did make some concessions to be a good neighbor. Love Field agreed to limit scheduling flights to between 6 a.m.
