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September 13, 2026

Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) – January 2025 to Current

AICA is active in representing communities directly affected by Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) in federal legislation, policy development, research, and industry practices. This ongoing project area includes AICA’s presentations, policy materials, research participation, and AAM resources, including Darlene Yaplee, AICA President and Co-Founder, contributing author for NASA’s Urban Air Mobility Noise: 2025 Update on Current Practice, Gaps, and Recommendations and author of AAM presentations for the Aviation Noise & Emissions Symposium (ANES). As AAM continues to emerge, AICA’s work focuses on ensuring that communities’ lived experience is represented in decisions about AAM noise, operations, and impacts.
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September 13, 2026

SFO Fly Quiet Program 2.0 Noise Reduction Evaluation Framework – August 2026

AICA developed a Noise Reduction Evaluation Framework for the San Francisco International Airport/Community Roundtable’s Fly Quiet Program 2.0. The framework evaluates proposed noise-reduction measures based on who controls them, whether they are likely to reduce noise meaningfully, and which communities benefit. The process produced three outcomes: recommended Fly Quiet Program elements, identification of existing noise-abatement procedures (NAPs) and SFO rules and regulations, and proposed work plan items for future Roundtable evaluation.
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April 5, 2026

Federal Register Comment on FAA Aviation Noise Complaint and Inquiry Response (ANCIR) Portal – March 2026

AICA’s public comment, supported by 76 advocacy organizations, submitted to the Federal Register, Docket ID No. FAA-2026-0661. The comment finds that the FAA’s ANCIR Noise Portal functions primarily as a complaint intake system rather than a meaningful community engagement or analytical tool, and recommends targeted improvements so that community-submitted data are analyzed, linked to operational and noise exposure conditions, and transparently used to inform mitigation actions and aviation noise policy decisions.
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October 10, 2022

FAA Community Engagement Scorecard (FAACES) – May 2022-Current

The FAA has asserted that it has improved its community engagement efforts over the past few years. To determine if these efforts have been adequate and resulted in improvements, from the perspective of local community groups, the Aviation-Impacted Communities Alliance (AICA) developed the project FAA Community Engagement Scorecard (FAACES). This project originated at the Aviation Noise and Emissions Symposium and received media coverage by Airport Noise Report (ANR).
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May 6, 2022

“Community Engagement or DIS-Engagement” Presentation at Aviation Noise and Emissions (ANE) Symposium by Darlene Yaplee – May 2022

This presentation will discuss Community Engagement based on the speaker’s experience and perspectives from additional members of aviation-impacted communities. Is the term “community” used consistently? What is “meaningful engagement” for people near flight paths? Who is the “community” in Community Engagement? The presentation was subsequently covered by Airport Noise Report (ANR).
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