Town removes four Wainscott parcels from airport layout plan as community group reports spike in flights
June 06, 2026 | East Hampton North, Suffolk County, New York
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The Town Board has authorized removing four Wainscott parcels from the airport layout plan, a change Town officials said avoids further general-fund rent payments to the airport fund because prior Town expenditures on airport-related Superfund remediation and public-water provision offset the usual compensation requirement.
Councilperson Cate Rogers identified the parcels as 131 Wainscott Northwest Road, 75 Industrial Road, 91 Industrial Road and 93 Industrial Road and explained that because those properties were on the Federal Aviation Administration airport layout plan their removal would ordinarily require the general fund to compensate the airport fund for fair-market rent when used for non‑aeronautical purposes. Rogers said prior Town spending of more than $7.7 million on airport-related Superfund remediation and provision of clean drinking water created an offset allowing the removal to proceed without additional out-of-pocket cost to the general fund.
Separately, community monitors reported rising flight activity. Marc Frons, presenting an update on JPX Watch, said JPXwatch.org is live and collecting airport-traffic data and reported that "airport traffic was up more than 41% through May 31 compared with the same period last year," adding that curfew-period operations had "more than doubled." He said a mobile app, NoiseWatch, is in development to let residents log aircraft noise and link complaints to flight activity.
Committee members and residents raised noise and enforcement concerns and discussed possible coordination between JPX Watch data and Town systems. Rogers said she would follow up on coordination and related enforcement questions. The meeting did not record a Town vote tally on the parcel removals or specify a timeline for further Town or FAA actions.
Next steps include follow-up by the Town on FAA coordination and potential technical or enforcement responses to the reported increase in flights.
Councilperson Cate Rogers identified the parcels as 131 Wainscott Northwest Road, 75 Industrial Road, 91 Industrial Road and 93 Industrial Road and explained that because those properties were on the Federal Aviation Administration airport layout plan their removal would ordinarily require the general fund to compensate the airport fund for fair-market rent when used for non‑aeronautical purposes. Rogers said prior Town spending of more than $7.7 million on airport-related Superfund remediation and provision of clean drinking water created an offset allowing the removal to proceed without additional out-of-pocket cost to the general fund.
Separately, community monitors reported rising flight activity. Marc Frons, presenting an update on JPX Watch, said JPXwatch.org is live and collecting airport-traffic data and reported that "airport traffic was up more than 41% through May 31 compared with the same period last year," adding that curfew-period operations had "more than doubled." He said a mobile app, NoiseWatch, is in development to let residents log aircraft noise and link complaints to flight activity.
Committee members and residents raised noise and enforcement concerns and discussed possible coordination between JPX Watch data and Town systems. Rogers said she would follow up on coordination and related enforcement questions. The meeting did not record a Town vote tally on the parcel removals or specify a timeline for further Town or FAA actions.
Next steps include follow-up by the Town on FAA coordination and potential technical or enforcement responses to the reported increase in flights.
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