Just-passed FAA bill has more DCA flights and D.C. area helicopter noise analysis

A Delta flight at the gate at Reagan National Airport (staff photo)
More long-haul flights are coming to Reagan National Airport. And people annoyed by helicopter noise will continue to have their voice heard.
Those are two of the main local impacts from the FAA reauthorization bill just approved by Congress. The bill now awaits President Biden’s signature.
Most notably, the bill will allow five new long-haul, round-trip flights from DCA — a compromise that local members of Congress