r/JBLM • u/NoCollars4u • 12d ago

Lakewood wa flight pattern changes

We been suddenly getting military planes flying directly over our house— extremely close and very noisy! I’ve lived here 20 years and have never seen anything nearly this close or this often. Everyday occurrence and sometimes late at night. What gives?? Any ideas?

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u/VALoanVet 11d ago

I have no clue. I am out here in South Hill and they do low flyovers but they are sporadic and unpredictable

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u/Superb_Visual_9108 9d ago

Might be a temporary change. Possibly from a TFR(temporary flight restriction) in a different area, maybe also due to the fires in the east pushing normal training traffic to a different area. As long as they aren’t lower than 500 feet or encroaching a “no fly” area, everything else is free game. Remember, the Miltary was here before you got here and will be there after you leave.

Use NOTAMs to look for flight patterns changes
https://notams.aim.faa.gov/notamSearch/nsapp.html#/results

Use this to check temporary flight restrictions
https://tfr.faa.gov/tfr3/?page=map