Sky Harbor Aircraft Noise and Airport Planning

At a glance

• What: Aircraft noise, fuel dumping incidents and airport planning at Phoenix Sky Harbor that affect Tempe, followed by the Aviation Commission.
• Where it stands: On September 16 the commission heard a Sky Harbor update, a NASA urban air mobility noise report summary and discussed fuel dumping incidents; on October 21 it received the third-quarter PHX East compliance report.
• Next: None recorded.

Details

• Built from the City's posted agendas and legal action summaries as read; regular-session Council minutes are not posted, and agenda packets were not read, so debate is not recorded.
• Minutes for September 16 were read only in part.

Sources

• Agendas and minutes portal: https://tempe.hylandcloud.com/AgendaOnline
• City website: https://www.tempe.gov

Log

2026-09-16 - Aviation Commission

Sky Harbor update, NASA noise report, fuel dumping discussion.

2026-10-21 - Aviation Commission

Quarterly PHX East compliance report.