Ashvegas reader: Have Asheville airport flight patterns changed?
Here’s the question, from loyal reader Sara:
Hey Ashvegas! Thanks for all the great tips about what is going on in the area. I have a question about the airport. With the runway construction, have they changed airplane flight paths? I live in Bent Creek (pretty much near the flight path) but sense more planes flying directly over the neighborhood over the past month or so. I just want to know if I’m crazy or if there really is a difference.
Thanks! Sara
Category: Asheville News
I live a few miles from the airport as a crow flies. I have not noticed a change in patterns, but maybe a change in traffic. The louder planes tend to be refueling military aircraft and don’t stick around long (middle of the week). There is several single engine planes that fly low and slow under 1000 feet. Law breakers. My opinion is that all planes should drop in for a landing and take off at a steep angle in order to keep the noise in check. South Asheville’s population density has grown over the last decade and the airport should change with growth. Won’t hurt the airport but it will help the way people think about it.