California Airports

The Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center 29 Palms California recently published an Environmental Impact Statement proposing the expansion of MOA airspace to the south and west of the R2301 Complex.

Marina to show off airport improvements

Marina today is marking the more than $2 million in improvements to the airport the city acquired in 1995 from the Army during the breakup of Fort Ord.

Here is the link to the Friends of Oceano Airport latest public service announcement on promoting General Aviation  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aCulB8ADo8

Mariposa Energy Project Power Plant IN – East Altamont Energy Center Power Plant OUT. There will only be one 200 megawatt (MW) power plant located near the Byron Airport.

In a disappointing vote, the Big Wave Project was passed by San Mateo Cnty Board of Supervisors. Next step is a review the Coastal Commission.  Since it appears that the City Supervisors are ignoring the inappropriate land usage next to the Half Moon Bay Airport. – perhaps the fact that it is in a Tsunami Zone will insure that someone makes the appropriate decision which is to vote this location down.

The city and county first met to discuss a hand-off on March 29, and the county Board of Supervisors is slated to hear an update on the deal’s progress Tuesday.

LAWA has doubts about Ontario managing the airport
The current manager of Ontario International Airport has doubts about transferring control of the airport to the city of Ontario, according to a document prepared by Los Angeles World Airport’s (LAWA) staff.

As a pilot, Nick Ullmann is an expert in aviation. As a flight school owner at Santa Monica Airport, Ullmann is getting a crash course in politics.Ullmann and the operators of five other flight schools at the airport find themselves under attack from an unexpected source: members of the Los Angeles City Council.

The History
The Redding Airdrome preceded today’s Redding Municipal Airport. It was built in 1942 during World War II as a military flight training field by the Army Corps of Engineers. When construction was finished later that year, the airdrome became known as the Redding Army Airfield and also as the Redding-Shasta Army Airfield.

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) today issued its interim policy on residential through-the-fence (RTTF) access agreements at federally-funded airports.