Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (all D-Md.) called on the Trump Administration to expedite adjustments to a recent flight path change affecting communities near Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI).
Call on the administration to expedite adjustments to the recent BWI Airport flight path change affecting nearby communities.
Occurrences
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks, and Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth, all Democrats from Maryland, have called on the Trump Administration's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to quickly address the harmful impacts of concentrated flight paths around Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) on nearby communities. The lawmakers say residents are dealing with increased ultrafine particulate matter and constant noise due to changes from NextGen air traffic control technology.
The lawmakers called on FAA Administrator Bryan Bedford to expedite some requested adjustments to the flight path rather than following a five-year estimated timeline proposed by the Maryland Department of Transportation and the BWI Community Roundtable. In their letter, they requested that the changes be expedited due to health and safety risks.
Van Hollen, Alsobrooks, Elfreth Urge Trump Administration to Accelerate Adjustments to Recent Flight Path Impacting Communities Near BWI Airport
In their letter, they requested that the changes be expedited due to health and safety risks.
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks, and Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth, all Democrats from Maryland, have called on the Trump Administration's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to quickly address the harmful impacts of concentrated flight paths around Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) on nearby communities.
Three Maryland lawmakers are calling on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to adjust flight paths that are impacting communities near BWI Airport... In their letter, they requested that the changes be expedited due to health and safety risks.
Three Maryland lawmakers are calling on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to adjust flight paths that are impacting communities near BWI Airport... In their letter, they requested that the changes be expedited due to health and safety risks.
Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (all D-Md.) called on the Trump Administration to expedite adjustments to a recent flight path change affecting communities near Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI).
Evidence
Three Maryland lawmakers are calling on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to adjust flight paths that are impacting communities near BWI Airport. According to a letter from Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks, and Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth, a concentrated flight path that was implemented in 2024 is causing excessive noise and pollution for some residents in Severn.
Today, U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks and Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth (all D-Md.) called on the Trump Administration's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to expedite adjustments to the recent BWI Airport flight path change affecting nearby communities.
U.S. Senators Chris Van Hollen and Angela Alsobrooks, and Congresswoman Sarah Elfreth, all Democrats from Maryland, have called on the Trump Administration's Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to quickly address the harmful impacts of concentrated flight paths around Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI) on nearby communities.
Maryland's federal delegation is turning up the heat on the feds over jet noise at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport, accusing the Federal Aviation Administration of moving at a crawl while families under the flight paths deal with constant roar and grime.
"called on the Trump Administration’s Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to expedite efforts"
Assessments
The promise was to call on the administration to expedite FAA adjustments, not necessarily to secure the FAA's completion of those adjustments. Evidence shows Van Hollen joined Senators Alsobrooks and Representative Elfreth in an April 3, 2026 formal public request to the Trump Administration's FAA to accelerate adjustments to the recent BWI flight path change affecting nearby communities. That directly satisfies the promised federal oversight action during his current Senate term.
Multiple reputable sources confirm that Senator Chris Van Hollen, along with other Maryland lawmakers, formally and publicly called on the FAA and the administration to expedite adjustments to the BWI Airport flight path change. This direct advocacy matches the explicit language of the promise, which was to call for expedited action rather than to guarantee a policy result. The efforts were made within the same term and included formal letters and public pressure.
Multiple news sources and direct communications confirm that Senator Chris Van Hollen, along with colleagues, formally called on the FAA to expedite adjustments to the BWI Airport flight path change affecting nearby communities. The timing of these calls matches the term in which the promise was made, and the action of officially contacting and criticizing the FAA aligns with the explicit campaign commitment. While the final FAA action may be pending, the commitment was to 'call on the administration,' which has been clearly fulfilled.