jet noise

Ginger Evans was picked by Mayor Rahm Emanuel to lead the Chicago Department of Aviation.

The change would have a "negligible" impact on the ability of planes to use the runway, officials said.

A study will determine how much jet noise actually impacts those who live in the flight path.

"Obviously, the level of frustration is high," the chairwoman of the O'Hare noise comssion said.

Mayor Emanuel asked federal officials to double the number of public meetings about a new O'Hare runway.

Two bills pending in the Illinois House are designed to reduce jet noise over the Far Northwest Side.

Jesus "Chuy" Garcia tried to capitalize on anger about jet noise to win over voters in four wards.

That plan could include shelving a plan to tear up diagonal runways, according to the mayor's office.

Complaints rose 20 percent in January, according to data released by a city commission. 

The free app is designed to make it easier to register a complaint, its creator said.

Complaints rose in October, but dropped in November, according to data released Friday.

The racket caused by new runways has been deafening, Northwest Siders say.

This year was an eventful one for the Northwest Side neighborhoods.

"I'm glad we did it," Colleen Cichon-Mulcrone said. "But I'm angry that we had to do it."

The Nov. 22 training session is designed to help residents fed-up with jet noise get some answers.