Pre-2008 Archived Articles

The Council voted (4 to 3) to designate east-west runway 8-26 a low activity runway, and to modify the Airport Master Plan to strike out language requiring compatibility standards in various safety zones, as recommended by downtown City staff. This allows high density housing in the Buena Vista area just west of the Airport. This includes high concentration of persons, schools, care centers, etc. The vote leaves runway 8-26 full length.

Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Firm eyes S.B. airport
The Riverside (CA) Press-Enterprise

San Bernardino International Airport, which has been unable to attract regular commercial flights since the former Norton Air Force Base closed more than a decade ago, is working with a French company that intends to use the airport to ship American-made parts to France for use in the manufacturing of Airbus jetliners.

Wednesday, April 13, 2005
Report: LA airport police earn millions in overtime at airport
The Associated Press

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles International Airport police earned $7.6 million in overtime last year, and three officers each accumulated more than $100,000 worth of additional work, it was reported Tuesday.

Wednesday, April 13, 2005
City to Move Endangered Shrimp From Airport to Preserve
By Jennifer Oldham
The Los Angeles (CA) Times

The city will undertake a massive relocation effort, moving 468 tons of dirt by hand, to try to save some tiny endangered shrimp that live at Los Angeles International Airport.

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 Aviation director named for San Jose Airport By Andrew F. Hamm The Silicon Valley/San Jose (CA) Business Journal San Jose is naming Bill Sherry of Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport as the new aviation director at Mineta San Jose International Airport.

Props Seen As Occupying Valuable Space A new threat to GA airports is appearing more and more frequently, and it’s a twist on the old familiar story of residents moving in, deciding they don’t like the airport noise and turning the field into a subdivision. Instead, those same residents seem to be realizing that a GA airport can be a cash cow for their communities — but not if it’s infested with little personal aircraft and weekend flyers. The big bucks come with fuel-guzzling jets and corporate expense accounts. For flight schools, small FBOs and private pilots trying to find hangar space, the result is the same. They’re being pushed out

Sunday, April 10, 2005
Runway at airport up for debate
By AMANDA SCHOENBERG
THE WATSONVILLE (CA) REGISTER-PAJARONIAN

City officials are gearing up for debate at Tuesday’s 6:30 p.m. City Council meeting on changes to the Watsonville Municipal Airport crosswind runway that would pave the way for eventual development of the Buena Vista area west of the airport.

Saturday, April 9, 2005
Long Beach airport ballot battle brewing
Officials hope to speed environmental report to head off expansion initiative.
By Jason Gewirtz
The Long Beach (CA) Press-Telegram

City officials mobilized this week to thwart a potential ballot initiative over Long Beach Airport terminal improvements by exploring ways to fast-track a key environmental study on the project.

Thursday, April 7, 2005
Council flinches at airport authority
The San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune

OCEANSIDE – The city should not have to make the choice between its airport and a proposed 90-acre development that would bring jobs and tax revenue, City Council members said yesterday.

Thursday, April 7, 2005
Cameras to catch curfew violators
The San Jose (CA) Mercury News

To better enforce its noise curfew, San Jose’s airport will install two thermal-imaging cameras in July to snap infrared pictures of planes that are not supposed to take off or land during the overnight ban.