Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) is excited to announce the new LAX Residential Sound Insulation Program (RSI Program) for homeowners within the approved noise contours around LAX.

As part of its responsibility to the neighboring communities, LAWA is proud to administer the RSI Program for residents impacted by aircraft noise within designated noise contours. The areas served by the LAX RSI Program consist of previously untreated units in close proximity to the airport in the City of Los Angeles and the City of El Segundo.

The goal of the RSI Program is to ensure that treated homes achieve an improved interior noise level of at least five (5) decibels (dB) in Noise Level Reduction (NLR). To achieve this goal, the RSI Program may retrofit exterior doors and windows, install a ventilation system and other miscellaneous treatments – at no cost to the homeowner. The sound insulation treatments in eligible homes may vary depending upon the existing construction and historical designation of the home.

Program Background:

Residential units exposed to aircraft noise of 65 dB Community Noise Equivalent Level (CNEL) or higher are considered by California Code of Regulations (CCR) Title 21 to be incompatible with land uses and must be addressed/mitigated to achieve compatibility. Since the 1990s, Los Angeles World Airports (LAWA) and its surrounding noise-impacted jurisdictions initiated Residential Sound Insulation (RSI) Programs in compliance with these California regulations. The City of Inglewood and Los Angeles County continue to implement and manage RSI Programs using FAA and LAWA funding as noted above and are expected to complete those Programs over the next few years.

LAWA implemented the RSI Program for dwellings within the City of Los Angeles in 1997 and sound insulated 7,327 units through the life of the Program, which was deemed completed and closed in 2014. In El Segundo, 1,851 units have been previously sound insulated. To address the untreated units in El Segundo and the City of Los Angeles, LAWA has taken steps to establish the current LAX RSI Program. Under this new Program, LAWA will provide an opportunity for eligible owners of noise-impacted dwelling units within the approved noise contour in the City of Los Angeles and the City of El Segundo to receive sound insulation upgrades. LAWA plans to mitigate these homes with sound insulation improvements over the next seven years.

Find out more and check your eligibility on the LAWA RSI Site