Airborne wind energy is an emerging renewable energy technology that uses kites to harvest the stronger winds at altitudes above wind turbines. Research on established renewables shows that the community acceptance of local energy projects is crucial for the success and adoption of a renewable energy. However, it has not been investigated yet how communities perceive and respond to an airborne wind energy system (AWES). To address this research gap, fifty-five residents living up to 5 km from a test site for an AWES in Northern Germany were interviewed face-to-face using structured questionnaires. Preliminary results of the resident survey are presented in this talk. Disclaimer: For the conference presentation, only a subset of the entire sample (i.e., 49 out of 55 participants) was analysed because the whole dataset was not accessible at the time. After the conference presentation, the entire data set was analysed. The following presented findings were not confirmed when analysing the entire data set and are hereby corrected: 1. It is not the case that more residents are annoyed by the noise of the AWES than by the noise of the wind farm; the percentage of at least slightly annoyed residents is around 70% for both. 2. The average noise annoyance level does not seem to be higher for the AWES than the wind farm; the average noise annoyance level is slight for both. 3. There is no correlation between noise annoyance and living distance for the AWES. 4. Somewhat more residents can see the AWES from home than presented (around 79%).