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City of Lafayette

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JD Mangat, Mayor
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Brian Wong, Mayor Pro Tem
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Crystal Gallegos, Councilor
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David Fridland, Councilor
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Nicole Samson, Councilor
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Saul Tapia Vega, Councilor
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Tim Barnes, Councilor
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Kady Doelling, City Administrator
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Governor Jared Polis
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Joe Neguse, US Congress, 2nd District
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Representative Kyle Brown, District 12
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Issue Overview

Lafayette is located right in the thoroughfare for training flights out of Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport to the so-called "Northern Training Grounds". Pilots fly near or within site of Highway 287 en route to less populated areas up north. This amounts to more than a hundred flights each typical day. Below is a chart showing all flights from all Denver Metro Airports on June 3, 2021. Downtown Lafayette is shown in the small blue house icon in the center of the image.
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Different flight paths from the surrounding regional airports are shown in different colors. Red and green indicate arrivals and departures from Denver International Airport. Light blue is flights to/from Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport. Purple is Boulder Municipal Airport. and I think that the dark blue is either Longmont or APA​. 

Recently, a plane owned and operated by a flight school out of Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport had a forced landing in a field in Lafayette. Luckily, they had enough time to turn back north towards an open field, as their original trajectory had it going towards Old Town and the rest of the densely populated residential areas.

Further Reading

Jeffco hires airport management veteran to take over director job at RMMA
New law aims to make local airports quieter and safer for neighbors: Airport critic claims HB24-1235 still does not go far enough to quiet the impacts from local GA airports
Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport’s noise roundtable grounded over lack of progress, trust
Could rerouting flights in Boulder County reduce neighborhood noise?
Colorado legislators talk priorities for upcoming session at Boulder event
County investigated claims former airport manager belittled and called nearby residents ‘nut jobs'
Save Our Skies group wants Jeffco Commissioners to tame operations at Rocky Mountain Metro Airport
SIGNED! Legislation to Reduce Lead and Noise Pollution, Protect Colorado’s Air
Rocky Mountain Airport noise panel votes to disband
Northern Colorado cities clash over whether to dissolve airport noise group over lack of progress
Neighbors sound off on Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport
Community Editorial Board: Considering JeffCo airport's impacts - Boulder Daily Camera
City, state representatives discuss noise pollution with Lafayette residents
The Town of Superior and Boulder County respond to the recent court decision regarding Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis signs new laws on conservation, a new sustainability office, aviation gas
Colorado governor signs bill targeting airport impacts, but fight against noise and lead continues
Neighbors grill candidates for Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport’s top job
Coloradans are on edge about airport noise and pollution. Lawmakers want to help
Boulder legislators discuss plans, bills, goals for new legislative session
Two U.S. representatives demand Rocky Mountain Airport adopt better noise control
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