Archive for March 2005

Friday, March 4, 2005
Caltrans: Santa Paula Airport remains closed to air traffic
A state inspection Monday has kept the Santa Paula Airport closed, disappointing news on top of the storm damage that destroyed part of the facility’s lone runway.
By Peggy Kelly
The Santa Paula (CA) Times

A state inspection Monday has kept the Santa Paula Airport closed, disappointing news on top of the storm damage that destroyed part of the facility’s lone runway. Rowena Mason, president of the Santa Paula Airport Association, had expected the recreational airfield to be allowed to open Monday, but Caltrans, the lead agency for the runway issue, balked at reopening the historic airport to traffic.

Thursday, March 3, 2005
$2 million Fox Airfield project gets county’s OK
By LISA WAHLA HOWARD
The Antelope (CA) Valley Press

LANCASTER – Los Angeles County supervisors on Tuesday approved a $2 million project to improve the ground surface at Gen. William J. Fox Airfield. The project falls within the airport’s master plan for improvement and upgrades, which was approved by the Board of Supervisors in 1996.

Friday, March 4, 2005
Airport Authority Revises Decision Time Line
The North County (CA) Times

SAN DIEGO —- A revised time line for the work and decisions on a possible new regional airport is expected to highlight a San Diego County Regional Airport Authority meeting Monday morning.

Wednesday, March 2, 2005
Reopening Monday: SP Airport waiting for word on damage aid
By Peggy Kelly
The Santa Paula (CA) Times

The only traffic at Santa Paula Airport on Saturday was a noisy ultra-light aircraft that buzzed the damaged airfield several times before flying away over the Santa Clara River towards Fillmore. Santa Paula aviators were keeping a wary eye on the sky and the river after raging waters last week eroded the bank about halfway into the western end of the single runway of the world famous airport.

Tenants and businesses at the Corona (California) Municipal Airport are now six weeks post-flood and while the floodwaters have receded, the west end of the field is still without electrical power, reports EAA member Patrick Brunner. ?Many of the businesses are still not operational, having lost all tools and equipment to the waters and mud left behind,? he said.

Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Livermore halts airport plan work to focus on noise
By Bonita Brewer
The Contra Costa (CA) Times

LIVERMORE – Heeding protests from neighbors of the Livermore Municipal Airport, the City Council on Monday night halted all work on a master plan update to instead concentrate on noise monitoring and reduction.

Tuesday, March 1, 2005
Airport can’t operate with short runway
Caltrans inspector turns down plan to reopen Santa Paula airfield
By Tamara Koehler
The Ventura County (CA) Star

Santa Paula Airport must remain closed to the public until its storm-damaged runway is lengthened, according to the initial results of a state inspection issued Monday.

Sunday, February 27, 2005
Editorial
Purchase Ensures End to Dreams of An El Toro Airport
The Newport Beach (CA) Daily Pilot
Over the years, letter writers Donald Nyre of Newport Beach and Shirley Conger of Corona del Mar have done their best to keep alive the hopes of those who believed the closed El Toro Marine base would make a perfect airport to serve the needs of a burgeoning Orange County.