June 4, 2026

NAS Pax Sets Noise Advisory for March 31

Noise

Communities surrounding Naval Air Station Patuxent River are advised that noise-generating testing events are scheduled to take place March 31, 2026, from 7:30 to 9pm.

Pax Noise Advisory: Potential Supersonic Flights Jan. 21-23

Sonic Boom

Communities surrounding NAS Patuxent River, Webster Outlying Field, Maryland’s Smith Island, and residents of the Northern Neck of Virginia are advised of an inshore weapons separation testing event Wednesday, Jan. 21, to Friday, Jan. 23, 2026.

NAS Pax Noise Advisory Until Aug. 29

Noise

Communities surrounding Naval Air Station Patuxent River are advised that noise-generating mission critical engine test runs are scheduled to take place through August 29, 2025, from 8am to 7pm.

Pax Noise Advisory Set Until June 6

Noise

Communities surrounding Naval Air Station Patuxent River are advised that noise-generating testing events are scheduled to take place from 8am to 7pm until June 6, 2025.

Noise Advisory: Pax Helicopter Flights Dec. 17

Nighttime

Communities surrounding Naval Air Station Patuxent River are advised that nighttime noise-generating testing events are scheduled to take place December 17, 2024, from 8:30pm to 10pm.

Noise Advisory: Pax, WOLF, Fort Walker

Nighttime Noise Advisory

Communities surrounding NAS Patuxent River, Webster Outlying Field, and areas out to Fort Walker, VA, are advised that noise-generating nighttime testing events are scheduled to take place 7 to 10pm August 22, 2024.

Webster Field Issues Noise Advisory

Noise

Communities surrounding the Webster Outlying Field are advised that low-altitude aircraft flight test events are scheduled to take place from 9 am to 5 pm March 12-18, 2022.

Pax River Noise Advisory This Summer

Lawmakers

Communities surrounding NAS Patuxent River are advised that noise-generating testing events are scheduled to begin Monday, July 9, 2018, and continue through mid-August between 7 am and 11 pm daily.