Update: Pax Noise Advisory for Night Flights
Communities surrounding Naval Air Station Patuxent River are advised that noise-generating testing events are scheduled to take place February 10-11, 2026, from 6:30 to 10pm.
Pax Noise Advisory Set Dec. 16
Communities surrounding the Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Outlying Field Webster, and the Northern Neck of Virgina are advised that a noise-generating night-time test event is scheduled to take place from 5:30 to 7:30pm December 16, 2025.
NAS Pax River Noise Advisories Issued
Communities surrounding NAS Pax River are advised that noise-generating testing events are scheduled to take place from 8am to 7pm until October 10 and from 6 to 8:30pm October 7 and 8, 2024.
Night Flight Noise Advisory Set Through Jan. 31
Communities surrounding the Naval Air Station Patuxent River are advised that noise-generating night-time testing events are scheduled to take place through January 31, between 5pm and 10pm each evening.
Webster Field Flight Test Noise Advisory
Communities surrounding the Outlying Field Webster in St. Inigoes are advised that low altitude aircraft flight test events involving helicopters are scheduled to take place on November 7 through November 9, 2023, from 9am to 5pm.
NAS Pax Extends Noise Advisory to Oct. 25
Communities surrounding NAS Patuxent River are advised that noise-generating testing events are scheduled to take place from 7 to 11pm Tuesday, October 24, to Wednesday October 25, 2023.
Noise Advisory for Practice Landings Oct. 23
Communities surrounding the NAS Patuxent River are advised that noise-generating testing events are scheduled tonight, October 23, from 7 to 11pm.
Teams of Hackers Take On a US Satellite
International teams of hackers were competing over the weekend to remotely seize control of SpaceX satellite Moonlighter. The Hack-a-Sat contest was part of a cybersecurity convention taking place in Las Vegas, NV.
PA, WV Area Noise Advisory March 14-30
Naval Air Station Pax River is alerting residents of the Letterkenny, PA, and Berkeley Springs, WV, area that nighttime flights are scheduled to take place in the vicinity of those communities from March 14 – March 30, 2022.
Noise Advisories Set for Webster Field, NAS Pax
Communities surrounding the Webster Outlying Field are advised that four to six low-altitude helicopter nighttime testing events are scheduled to take place through Aug. 20, 2019. The nighttime test events are scheduled from 9 to 11 pm.
