The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is planning to lower the Hartsfield Jackson flight ceiling over PDK Airport and the surrounding Northeast Atlanta neighborhoods by 3,000 feet, from 8,000 to 5,000 feet above sea level, or just 4,000 feet above actual ground level.
This change will lower the altitude at which aircraft using PDK can fly. It also means that passenger jets using Hartsfield Jackson Airport will be flying lower over our neighborhoods.
The management at PDK opposes this change by the FAA. Click here for a PowerPoint presentation that PDK officials have put together about the proposal. Also, click here for an article entitled “The Sky Is Falling” that PDK officials have been circulating in public meetings.
The DeKalb County Commission also has taken a position against it. Click here to read the resolution that the Commission has adopted.
However, the proposal is receiving mixed reviews in the broader community. Click here for a synopsis by StandUp DeKalb that was posted on the Clairmont Heights Civic Association’s website.
If you would like to get some information directly from the source, the FAA is hosting back-to-back-to-back information sessions on Monday, March 1, at 3:00, 5:00, and 7:00 p.m. at the Chamblee Civic Center, 3540 Broad Street, which is located between Peachtree Industrial Boulevard and the MARTA tracks.
