Pre-2008 Archived Articles

Airport Authority puts off site decision
By KATHERINE MARKS
The North County (CA) Times

SAN DIEGO—- The San Diego Regional Airport Authority will wait until November to decide whether a site in the Cleveland National Forest should be studied as a potential area to build a new regional airport.

Thursday, September 30, 2004
San Bernardino, Calif., council to vote on air cargo hub
The Riverside (CA) Press-Enterprise

San Bernardino City Council on Oct. 4 will consider approval of an air cargo hub at San Bernardino International Airport that could attract freight carrier DHL.

Tuesday, September 28, 2004
Paso Robles, Calif., airport seeks more private pilots, charter flights
The San Luis Obispo (CA) Tribune

With no plans in the immediate future for commercial airline service to Paso Robles, officials are working to attract more private and charter pilots to the Paso Robles Municipal Airport.

Saturday, September 25, 2004
FAA praises Monterey airport response on runway
By LARRY PARSONS
The Monterey (CA) Herald

A federal aviation safety team inspected Monterey Peninsula Airport on Friday and gave the airport high marks.

Saturday, September 25, 2004
Airport to mark 10 years
The Contra Costa (CA) Times

Byron Airport, the small general aviation field at the edge of East County, marks its 10th anniversary with a celebration on Saturday Oct. 9.

Wednesday, September 22, 2004
Airport tower axed by 3-2 vote
Decision could force tower closure by October 1
By Susan Wood
The Lake Tahoe (CA) Daily Tribune

Capping a somber meeting, the South Lake Tahoe City Council decided Tuesday to close the Lake Tahoe Airport tower because of budget constraints going into the next fiscal year.

Tuesday, September 21, 2004
Fate of airport tower could be decided today
By Susan Wood
The Lake Tahoe (CA) Daily Tribune

With its 2004-05 fiscal-year funding up in the air, today’s City Council meeting could represent a make-it or break-it for the Lake Tahoe Airport tower.

Sunday, September 19, 2004
Opinion
Schools, Airports Don’t Mix By Adriana van der Graaf
The Ventura County (CA) Star

Western Ventura County is a wonderful area to settle and to raise a family. Many share this opinion, as more and more families move into the Oxnard area. These families want the best for themselves and their children: a comfortable and affordable place to live, available work and good schools for their children.

PRESIDENT?S CORNER …by Jay White
Sept-Oct 2004 Newsletter

California?s airport land use commissioners are being intimidated and hampered in their work by developers? ?Red Herring.? An airport land use commission has a duty to formulate plans for land uses that are compatible with airports. A comprehensive land use plan describes the types of compatible uses within an airport influence area.

Friday, September 17, 2004
Carlsbad, Calif., Residents Campaign to Lower Airport Noise
The North County (CA) Times

CARLSBAD, Calif. — About two dozen residents who live near McClellan-Palomar Airport lobbied an airport advisory board Thursday for more controls on plane traffic, saying the noise problem is so bad it sounds like jets are landing in their bedrooms.