Frequently Asked Questions
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What is the Mission?The mission of the Love Field Citizens Action Committee is to enhance the quality of life in our many neighborhoods by reducing the negative noise and air pollution, traffic congestion, and safety risks posed by aircraft at Love Field Airport in Dallas, Texas. |
What is Love Field?
Dallas Love Field is a close-in secondary airport located on 1300 acres. Densely populated residential neighborhoods with single-family homes, apartments, schools, parks, recreation centers, libraries and retail businesses surround the airport on all sides. Planes that take off and land at Dallas Love Field must fly over neighborhoods that are homes to thousands of residents. The airport is immediately locked in on all sides by single-family homes, churches, parks, schools, apartments and retail businesses. There are no "clear zones" in the event of an emergency on take off or landing.
As an example, near Love Field, less than a mile off the end of Runway 13R, there is a school named T.J. Rusk Middle School. Each school day, its 690 students and 45 teachers attend class while over 100 Southwest flights take off or land overhead, so far without incident. Across the street from T.J. Rusk is a day school and 200 yards away is Maple Lawn Elementary School with 829 students and 50 teachers. These children and teachers occupy classrooms just below what pilots call short final, which means less than one minute from landing at an altitude of 300 feet. Going the other way, on takeoff, these children and their teachers are directly below the planes as the landing gear is retracting. There are four ways to tale off or land at Love Field. All of them impact neighborhoods.
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How can I donate to the organization?We have setup an account with Paypal to accept donations to the organization. Please click the following butotn to make a donation
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What is the history of the Love Field Citizens Action Committee?
The Love Field Citizens Action Committee was established in 1980 by representatives of 14 major neighborhoods that are impacted by the operations at Love Field. Over the last 25 years, LFCAC has been actively involved in many Love Field issues. Its first major accomplishment was the adoption of Dallas Love Field's first noise control program, approved by the Dallas City Council in 1981, when citizens filled the City Council chamber to demonstrate their strong dissatisfaction with increasing airport noise. During the next 24 years, the citizens' organization has worked on many fronts to try to create a balance between the interests of the inner city airport and the interests of the neighborhoods that are impacted by its operations.
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