“The Sedona Airport is located in a community that is sensitive to potential adverse impacts to the surrounding environment. The updated Master Plan for the Sedona Airport contains plans for the expansion of the airport facilities in response to projected demands from the general aviation and corporate aviation communities that currently utilize the airport. Elements of the plan which are, or may become the subjects of controversy for Sedona and Yavapai County may require the preparation of Environmental Impact Statements which present alternatives and mitigation plans for development, which may be determined to have adverse environmental impacts.”

The Sedona Airport Master Plan, Chapter 6 Environmental Evaluation- page 10 of 10. Section 6.3.

There are less than a dozen quiet places in the lower 48 states.

This page is in response to the thousands of people complaining about the Sedona Airport. Hundreds of people are calling Congressman Gosar’s office; people are also calling and writing the FAA, the Sedona Airport Authority, and the Sedona City Council.

After decades of protesting the existence of an airport and air tours in and around Sedona, the time is past for the air traffic to be relocated to another area and for commercial tours to end.

Many people want Sedona and the surrounding U.S. Forest land and Wilderness to be a No Fly Zone. Why? Because silence is a precious commodity and noise causes negative environmental and health impacts for the animals and people who live and visit here.

People come from all over the world for a nature and wilderness experience in our beautiful town and instead get noise, traffic and air pollution. Sedona is a town of 10,000 people, yet receives millions of visitors. This small geographic area is bombarded with aircraft noise in a way that no other small town suffers under.

Under normal all FAA regulations air craft are advised to take off as high and as quickly as possible to get away from homes, schools, churches, parks, and hospitals. In Sedona, we live under the opposite conditions. Instead of leaving the area the air craft fly around and look down on our town and red rocks. These aircraft fly by Cathedral Rock, Bell Rock and other natural landscape monuments, over and through our town, neighborhoods, our land where we go to recreate and our wilderness; disturbing not only humans but wildlife as well.

What used to be the “Most Beautiful Place in America” is now one of the noisiest and over commercialized small towns in America.

Instead of being a quiet, meditative atmosphere, Sedona has become a loud air circus; there are barely any areas to escape the noise. The decibels levels in my bedroom from overhead aircraft are between 55-100 db. The despite the lenient DNL levels allowed by the FAA, the ongoing noise in some parts of Sedona is in excess of levels allowed by the FAA.

The City of Sedona and Yavapai County do not have noise ordinances that regulate aircraft noise. The City of Sedona allows air tours over their town and so does the county; this is directly against the wishes of the citizens of Sedona. As citizens and property owners, we have the right to quiet enjoyment of our property.

In order to protect our town from further damage from aircraft we must stop the insanity now!

What can we do to return Sedona is (to) a quieter place to be enjoyed by all?
Read our FAQ page to see how you can help and read about the politics involving the Sedona Airport.

Together we can solve the problems in Sedona and make it a better place to live and visit!

Links page: www.SoundTrackerTheMovie.com

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