Neighborhood Services
The Airport Neighborhood Services Group is actively working with neighborhood associations and local businesses through programs such as a speaker’s bureau, school outreach, aviation education, civic and community participation.

Environmental Programs
Committed to seeking out and implementing measures that minimize the impact of Airport operations on the environment.

• Air Quality:
  Measures that the Airport has implemented to reduce the impact of Airport operations on air quality.



• Airport Environmental Program Facts
  

Sound Management
Committed to improving San Jose's quality of life, the Sound Management Group manages the impact of Airport noise on the community.

• Acoustical Treatment Program (ACT):
  The ACT Program has helped the Airport achieve its critical goal of being a good neighbor in the community by improving the living conditions of people residing in eligible areas near the Airport through significantly reducing aircraft-related noise in their homes and schools to meet Federal and State noise standards.



• Noise Monitoring Center: The Aircraft Noise Monitoring Center monitor's the aircraft noise impacts on the surrounding communities. The center maintains a database that records both aircraft operations and noise inquiries.



• Airport Noise Advisory Committee (ANAC):
  A public forum where the noise concerns of the community are acknowledged and responded to in a manner that balances concerns regarding airport growth and development.



• Curfew Monitoring:
  The noise-based curfew went into effect on October 21, 2003, following approval by the San José City Council.

Guadalupe Gardens
The Guadalupe Gardens Master Plan approved by the City and FAA in 2002 is an open space land use plan for the Airport Approach Zone (immediately south of the Airport) intended to improve the appearance of the vacant land and provide for low density public utilization.