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This page will provide updates from Naval Air Station Whidbey Island regarding flight and training schedules that may affect jet noise in the San Juan Islands.  Please note that NASWI reserves the right to change its flight and training schedules at any time.  The most recent notice is posted below.

WHY AM I HEARING JET NOISE WHEN NOTHING IS SCHEDULED?  From the Navy: "People living in local communities should remain aware that the operations scheduled below (or not) are not the only operations out of NAS Whidbey Island, particularly at Ault Field, which is a 24-hour-a-day operational facility. There are many other training evolutions that people may hear. However, the aircraft carrier flight training operations are types of operations that involve lower altitude flight training in close vicinity to the airfield." FRANKLY, WE WONDER WHY WE EVEN BOTHER TO POST THESE SCHEDULES PUBLISHED BY THE NAVY; THEY RARELY CONFORM TO REALITY.

Please use San Juan County's Aircraft Noise Reporting Website to report jet noise that is bothering you. This data is analyzed frequently and reported to elected officials. Copies of those reports are available here.

 

July 28 - August 1, 2025:

Coupeville carrier operations: 

Mon, July 28   Late Afternoon to Late Night

Tues, July 29  Afternoon, then Night to Late Night

Wed, July 30  Afternoon, then Night to Late Night

Thurs, July 31   Late Morning to Early Afternoon, then Night to Late Night         

Fri, Aug 1    Afternoon

Ault Field carrier operations: None 

!!!!!!!!!***Runway Closures at Ault Field, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.  AFFECTING LOPEZ ISLAND.  Repairs to Runways 7/25 at Ault Field are scheduled from early March until November 2025.  During this closure aircraft will takeoff and land using the remaining runways (Runway 14/32) heading either Northwest or Southeast. This takeoff and landing approach will result in increased activity over eastern Oak Harbor, northern Camano Island, Anacortes, La Conner and Lopez Island.

July 21-25, 2025: Updated July 21

Coupeville carrier operations:

Mon, July 21   Late Morn to Aft then Night to Early Morn

Tues, July 22  Late Morning, then Evening to Late Night

Wed, July 23  Night to Late Night/Early Morning

Thurs, July 24  Late Night/Early Morning           

Fri, July 25  Late Morning to Early Afternoon

Ault Field carrier operations: None 

!!!!!!!!!***Runway Closures at Ault Field, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.  AFFECTING LOPEZ ISLAND.  Repairs to Runways 7/25 at Ault Field are scheduled from early March until November 2025.  During this closure aircraft will takeoff and land using the remaining runways (Runway 14/32) heading either Northwest or Southeast. This takeoff and landing approach will result in increased activity over eastern Oak Harbor, northern Camano Island, Anacortes, La Conner and Lopez Island.

July 14-18:

Coupeville carrier operations: (Changed 7/15)

Mon, July 14  Mid-Aft to Late Night/Early Morning

Tues, July 15    Mid-Aft to Late Night/Early Morning

Wed, July 16   Mid-Aft to Late Night/Early Morning

Thurs, July 17   Mid-Morn to Mid-Aft then Night to Early Morn      

Fri, July 18    Early Afternoon

Ault Field carrier operations

Thurs, July 17   Early to Mid-Afternoon

July 7-11, 2025:

Coupeville carrier operations:

Tues, July 8  Morning to Late Night

Wed, July 9  Mid-Afternoon to Late Night/Early Morning

Thurs, July 10  Mid-Afternoon to Late Night/Early Morning

Fri July 11 Morning to Early Afternoon

  

Ault Field carrier operations: None

June 30-July 4, 2025

Coupeville carrier operations:

Thursday, July 3: Morning

Ault Field Carrier operations: None

June 23-27, 2025

Coupeville carrier operations:

Friday, June 27   Early Afternoon

Ault Field Carrier operations: None

June 16-20, 2025:

Coupeville carrier operations:

Monday, June 16                                                             Late Morning to Early Afternoon

Tuesday, June 17,                                                           Late Morning

 

Ault Field Carrier operations: None

June 9-13, 2025, 

Coupeville carrier operations:

Mon, June 9    Late Afternoon

Tues, June 10,   Late Afternoon

Wed, June 11   Night

Thurs, June 12  Night

Ault Field Carrier operations: None

June 2-6, 2025, updated May 30

Coupeville carrier operations:

Mon, June 2   Late Morn to Early Aft, then Night to Late Night

Wed, June 4 Early Afternoon

Thurs, June 5   Late Morning to Early Afternoon

Fri, June 6  Late Morning

Ault Field Carrier operations: None

May 26-30, 2025:

Coupeville carrier operations

Tues, May 27   Night to Late Night

Wed, May 28    Night to Late Night

Thurs, May 29   Late Night

Fri, May 30  Early Afternoon

Ault Field Carrier operations: None

May 19-23, 2025:​

Coupeville Carrier Operations: 

Mon, May 19   Early Aft, then Night to Late Night

Tues, May 20  Night to Late Night

Wed, May 21   Night to Late Night

Thurs, May 22   Early Afternoon

Ault Field Carrier operations: None

May 12-16, 2025:​

Coupeville Carrier Operations: 

Wed, May 14    Early Afternoon, then Night

Thurs, May 15    Night

Fri, May 16    Early Afternoon

Ault Field Carrier operations: None

May 4,-11 2025:​

Coupeville Carrier Operations: None

Ault Field Carrier operations: None

April 28 - May 4, 2025:​

Coupeville Carrier Operations: None

Ault Field Carrier operations: None

April 21-27, 2025:​

Coupeville Carrier Operations: 

Wed April 23: Late Morning

Ault Field Carrier operations: None

April 14-20, 2025:​

Coupeville Carrier Operations: None

Ault Field Carrier operations: None

April 7-13, 2025:

Coupeville Carrier Operations:

Thurs, April 1-: Late Afternoon

Ault Field Carrier operations: None. 

March 31 - April 6, 2025​

Coupeville Carrier Operations: None

Ault Field Carrier operations: None

 

March 24-28, 2025:

Coupeville carrier operations

Monday, March 24       Morning to Early Afternoon then Night

Tuesday, March 25      Morning

Ault Field carrier operations: None

!!!!!!!!!***Runway Closures at Ault Field, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.  AFFECTING LOPEZ ISLAND.  Repairs to Runways 7/25 at Ault Field are scheduled from early March until November 2025.  During this closure aircraft will takeoff and land using the remaining runways (Runway 14/32) heading either Northwest or Southeast. This takeoff and landing approach will result in increased activity over eastern Oak Harbor, northern Camano Island, Anacortes, La Conner and Lopez Island.

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March 18-21, 2025

Coupeville carrier operations:

Tues, March 18      Mid-aftternoon, then Evening to Late Night

Wed, March 19      Mid-Afternoon to Night

Thurs, March 20     Mid-Afternoon to Night

Fri, March 21   Late Morning to Early Afternoon

Ault Field carrier operations: None

!!!!!!!!!***Runway Closures at Ault Field, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.  AFFECTING LOPEZ ISLAND.  Repairs to Runways 7/25 at Ault Field are scheduled from early March until November 2025.  During this closure aircraft will takeoff and land using the remaining runways (Runway 14/32) heading either Northwest or Southeast. This takeoff and landing approach will result in increased activity over eastern Oak Harbor, northern Camano Island, Anacortes, La Conner and Lopez Island.

March 10-14  (See note !!!!! below)

Coupeville carrier operations:

Mon, March 10     Early Afternoon

Tues, March 11     Night

Thurs, March 13    Mid-Afternoon to Night

  

Ault Field carrier operations: None

!!!!!!!!!***Runway Closures at Ault Field, Naval Air Station Whidbey Island.  AFFECTING LOPEZ ISLAND.  Repairs to Runways 7/25 at Ault Field are scheduled from early March until November 2025.  During this closure aircraft will be takeoff and land using the remaining runways (Runway 14/32) heading either Northwest or Southeast. This takeoff and landing approach will result in increased activity over eastern Oak Harbor, northern Camano Island, Anacortes, La Conner and Lopez Island.

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March 3-7, 2025

Coupeville Carrier Operations

Mon – March 3  Evening

Tues – March 4  Early Afternoon then Evening

Wed – March 5  Evening

Thurs– March 6  Afternoon

Fri– March 7  Afternoon

Ault Field carrier operations: None

February 24-28, 2025

Coupeville carrier operations

Mon, Feb. 24    Afternoon

Tues, Feb. 25   Early Evening

Wed, Feb. 26    Early Evening

Thurs Feb. 27     Late Afternoon to Evening

  

Ault Field carrier operations: None

February 17-21, 2025

Coupeville carrier operations

Tuesday, Feb. 18    Evening

Wednesday, Feb. 19      Afternoon

Thursday Feb. 20     Afternoon

  

Ault Field carrier operations: None

February 10-14, 2025

Coupeville carrier operations

Mon, Feb. 10    Evening

Wed, Feb. 12    Evening

Thurs Feb. 13    Evening

Fri, Feb. 14   Late Morning to Afternoon

 

Ault Field carrier operations:None

Feb 3-7, 2025:

Coupeville carrier operations

Mon, Feb. 3    Afternoon

Tues, Feb. 4    Evening

Wed, Feb. 5     Evening

Thurs Feb. 6    Evening

Fri, Feb. 7   Late Morning to Afternoon

 

Ault Field carrier operations: None

January 27-31, 2025, updated on Jan 28:

Coupeville carrier operations:

Mon, Jan 27    Late Aft to Late Evening

Tues, Jan 28   Late Morn to Afternoon, then Evening

Wed, Jan 29    Late Aft to Late Evening

Thurs, Jan 30   Late Aft to Late Evening

Fri, Jan 31    Late Morn to Afternoon

 

Ault Field carrier operations: None

January 20-24, 2025:

Coupeville carrier operations: 

Tues, Jan 21    Late Aft to Late Evening

Wed, Jan 22   Late Aft to Late Evening

Thurs, Jan 23   Late Aft to Late Evening

Fri, Jan 24    Late Morning to Afternoon

 

Ault Field carrier operations: None

January 13-19, 2025

Mon, Jan 13  Late Morning to Afternoon

Tues, Jan 14  Late Aft to Late Evening

Wed, Jan 15   Late Aft to Late Evening

Thurs, Jan 16  Late Aft to Late Evening

Fri, Jan 17   Late Morning to Afternoon

 

Ault Field carrier operations: None

January 6-10, 2025

Coupeville carrier operations:

Mon, Jan 6   Afternoon to Evening

Tues, Jan 7   Afternoon to Evening

Wed, Jan 8    Afternoon to Evening

Fri, Jan 10  Mid-Morn to Early Afternoon

Ault Field carrier operations: None

 

Dec 30, 2024 - Jan 3, 2025

Coupeville carrier operations

Mon, Dec 30   Afternoon

Fri, Jan 3  Afternoon to Evening

 

Ault Field carrier operations: None

 

For previous flight schedules for 2023 and 2024, click here

For previous flight schedules for 2022, click here.

For previous flight schedules for 2021, click here.

For previous flight schedules for 2020, click here.

For previous flight schedules 2016-2019, click here.

 

Comments regarding flight operations should note the time an event occurred, where exactly the event occurred and as much detail as possible about what was seen. We also ask that people leave their contact information for our tracking purposes.

Call the Complaint line: 360-257-6665

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