September 13, 2026
Federal Register Comment on FAA Enabling Supersonic Overland Flight – August 2026
AICA’s public comment, submitted to the Federal Register, Docket No. FAA-2026-6935. The comment finds that the FAA’s proposed interim framework for supersonic overland flight does not yet provide the noise, vibration, operational, community-response, and environmental evidence needed to support authorizations of unspecified scope and duration. AICA recommends that the FAA evaluate all pressure disturbances and acoustic signals that may reach the Earth’s surface, require monitoring and reporting of actual operations, establish common operating boundaries and evaluation milestones, and use the resulting evidence to inform environmental review, FAA noise-policy work, and future supersonic decisions.
