Archive for June 2004
Airport Makes Strange Bedfellows
Sunday, June 13, 2004
Airport Makes Strange Bedfellows
The Contra Costa County (CA) Times
WHEN YOU’VE SWUM three-quarters of the way across a pond full of alligators, there’s nowhere to go except forward.
That’s why Contra Costa Supervisor Mark DeSaulnier has little political choice but to proceed against the tide of angry pilots and dueling developers with his idea to relocate the county airport and transform the old runways into a transit village.
Read MoreCalifornia Airport Hot Spots, June 2004
Here are California Airport Hot Spots for June 2004.
Read MoreTulare Airport Threatened by Truck Terminal
The Tulare City Council has issued a permit for a truck terminal to be built in the airport runway approach zone.
Read MoreTruckee Tahoe Airport District's Legal Counsel Quits
Monday, June 7, 2004
By David Bunker, The Sierra (CA) Sun
Truckee Tahoe Airport District legal counsel Neil Eskind submitted his resignation to the airport board on Thursday after the board decided not to increase his compensation.
Read MoreVan Nuys, Calif., Airport Officials Reveal Temporary Development Plan
Thursday, June 3, 2004
Van Nuys, Calif., Airport Officials Reveal Temporary Development Plan
The Los Angeles (CA) Daily News
With the Van Nuys Airport master plan stalled, officials at the nation’s busiest general-aviation airport have unveiled a stopgap proposal that could help guide development until a final blueprint is in place.
Read MorePalm Springs-City Mulls Cutting Jobs At Airport To Balance Budget
Wednesday, June 2, 2004
City Mulls Cutting Jobs At Airport To Balance
Budget By Brian Joseph
The Palm Springs (CA) Desert Sun
Some 15 employees at the Palm Springs International Airport could lose their jobs under a proposal that will go before the City Council on June 9.
Read MoreSouth Lake Tahoe Airport Tower Remains Open
Wednesday, June 2, 2004
South Lake Tahoe Airport Tower Remains Open
By Susan Wood
The Tahoe (CA) Daily Tribune
The Lake Tahoe Airport tower dodged another close call Tuesday. On a vote of 4 to 1, the South Lake Tahoe City Council agreed to raise the landing rates to offset the doubling of Federal Aviation Administration-imposed fees.
Read MoreImperial County Airport
Another county hat for Birdsall
By MARC SCHANZ, Staff Writer
Thursday, May 27, 2004 3:36 PM PDT
You might call him the busiest man in the county.
The man whose name adorns every gas pump in the Valley now has another job after receiving the nod by the county Board of Supervisors this week.
Read MoreWathen Foundation Adds New Hangars To Flabob Airport
Since purchasing Flabob airport in 2000, the Thomas Wathen Foundation has initiated a number of upgrades and refinements to the airport.
Read MoreEfforts To Close Buchanan Field Should Stop
The chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee says the FAA should consider wresting control of Buchanan Field (CCR) from Contra Costa County unless the county abandons its efforts to close the airport. In a letter to FAA Administrator Marion Blakey, Rep. Don Young (R-Alaska) wrote that continuing efforts to close the airport, while at the same time spending federal dollars to study expanding it, are “inconsistent and wasteful.”
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