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Associated Press - November 21, 2009 5:25 PM ET
WASHINGTON (AP) - Residents in the Washington region have a new tool to track airplane noise in their neighborhoods.
The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority has launched an online service called Airscene, allowing users to view archival noise and flight tracking data for Reagan National and Dulles International airports.
It allows users to enter a street address, view flight movement, check information from noise monitors and file noise complaints.
The airports authority says noise data is loaded into the system each night and can be seen the next day. Live flight tracks are not allowed for security reasons, but the data usually becomes available within 72 hours after a flight.
Twenty-year-old noise monitors used at the two airports also have been replaced.
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