Officials in Superior and Boulder County are considering an appeal, after a Boulder County District Court judge recently dismissed their noise impacts lawsuit against the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport, according to a press release.

The court found that Jefferson County officials could impose noise restrictions at the airport.

The court also said that the county does not have the authority to tell the county to impose noise restrictions. Jefferson County Public Affairs Director Cassie Pearce has previously stated to the Daily Camera that federally funded airports like Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport are required under federal law to be available for aircraft operations.

Jefferson County officials did not immediately respond Friday to a request for comment.

The Boulder County District Court dismissed Superior and Boulder County’s lawsuit on March 28, a little over a year after Superior and Boulder County filed it.

The lawsuit asked that the Jefferson County government — the airport’s owner — “abate the public nuisance caused by piston-engine aircraft performing ‘touch-and-go’ operations.” A touch-and-go flight is when an aircraft lands and takes off without coming to a full stop.

Due to the configuration of the airport, most of the touch-and-go operations result in aircraft flying loudly and directly over Superior and Boulder County, according to materials from Superior.

Superior and Boulder County officials stated that last year on average, an aircraft could be heard every 90 seconds in Superior, according to the press release.

The two government entities also are disappointed with the court’s ruling, and plan to ask Jefferson County officials to discuss a way to help all communities “negatively affected by the airport,” according to the release.

Superior Mayor Mark Lacis said the town will continue to work toward mitigating the noise coming from the airport.

“The noise pollution that Jefferson County is exporting into Superior is causing real harm to our residents. Jefferson County can fix this problem immediately by imposing reasonable limits on touch-and-goes at (Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport),” Lacis said.

In February, the Louisville City Council voted to hire an attorney to get advice about what, if any, authority Louisville holds over Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport.