The National Park Service and the Federal Aviation Administration have completed an Air Tour Management Plan for Haleakalā National Park, which authorizes up to 2,224 air tours per year, a 54% reduction from the existing average of 4,824 flights per year. It identifies no-fly days as Sundays and Wednesdays.
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The plan provides for the continuation of air tours at reduced levels over the park and within a half-mile of its boundary to protect natural and cultural resources, wilderness, the integrity of Native Hawaiian sacred sites and ceremonial areas, and visitor experiences.
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WASHINGTON The Navajo Nation Council delivered testimony before the U.S. House Committee Dec. 5, in a hearing titled “Limited Access and Damaging Gateway Economies: Examining the National Parks Air Tour Management Program.”