New Yorkers Plugging Ears Stall FAA Replacing Radar

Janet McEneaney, like many of the 2.3 million residents of New York’s borough of Queens, has put up with the intermittent roar of jet engines her entire life. Last year was different.

The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration began testing a new departure route from LaGuardia Airport eliminating the lazy left turns over a several-mile-wide swath of the borough in favor of a direct route to save fuel, cut emissions and reduce delays.