BROOMFIELD, Colo. — Below the flight path of Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport (RMMA) is the town of Superior.

“We're hearing the noise,” Mayor Mark Lacis told Denver7 Wednesday. “Our residents have been complaining for years.”

In 2024, the Town of Superior and Boulder County filed a lawsuit against Jefferson County , which owns and operates the airport, over the noise issue. A Boulder County court dismissed that lawsuit earlier this year, though the town said it is considering options , including an appeal.

But Lacis has more concerns, and this week, he reached out to Denver7 about them.

A June memo from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) — which Lacis said he first saw after a resident’s Freedom of Information Act request — states RMMA leads the nation in potentially s

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