Pre-2008 Archived Articles

Noise Hearing Targets Airport
City Council seeks to put monitoring equipment in place
By Mike White, STAFF WRITER
Inside Bay Area 7/10/2005 09:31 AM

LIVERMORE ? Additional staff members are required to handle the influx of complaints about noise at Livermore Municipal Airport.

Friday, July 8, 2005
Officials put focus on 3 sites for airport
5 military locations tabled until base review is done
By Jeff Ristine
The San Diego (CA) Union-Tribune

Regional airport officials will focus on three sites in the next round of work on the search for a suitable airport of the future.

The House of Representatives has passed the Transportation-Treasury-Housing Appropriations bill — with an amendment, sponsored by Rep. Bernie Sanders (I-VT). That amendment means, in plain English, that the FAA would be forced to terminate the FSS modernization contract with Lockheed-Martin, the taxpayers would pay a $350 million penalty to Lockheed, and pilots would continue to suffer through interminable hold times and briefers who don’t have access to all the data in the system.

The FAA has created a new VFR transition route through Los Angeles Class B airspace. The Coliseum Route will provide a more direct path to and from the San Diego area. The new route became effective Thursday with the new charting cycle. Pilots must have air traffic control clearance to use the Coliseum Route and…

Changes to Lemoore MOA help, but more is needed

Deadline to respond August 30th

In response to comments from AOPA, pilots, and some local governments, the Navy has made changes to a proposed military operations area (MOA) over Lemoore Naval Air Station, but more work is needed to facilitate travel in a region that already has some 18,000 square miles of military operations and restricted airspace.

The City of Watsonville has created a loophole so they can still plan for high-density housing off the end of runway 26, the second most used runway at Watsonville. On April 12th the City Development people got Council approval to classify the east-west runway 8-26 a “low activity runway.”

Monday, July 4, 2005
Fresno airport splits duties
Firefighters, police officers to perform separate tasks.
By Donald E. Coleman
The Fresno (CA) Bee

Starting Oct. 1, firefighters and police at Fresno Yosemite International Airport will have separate duties for the first time in more than 20 years.

Four more airports have been added to the Military Airport Program, the Department of Transportation said last week. The program provides federal funds to improve facilities at ex-military fields to attract more civilian aviation activity. The new airports are Williams Gateway Airport, Mesa, Ariz.; Cecil Field, Jacksonville, Fla.; Guam International Airport, Agana, Guam; and Rickenbacker International Airport, Columbus, Ohio. “These airports are proof-positive that there is life after base closings,” said Transportation Secretary Norm Mineta.

Wednesday, June 29, 2005
Survey will poll community on airport’s future
A research group will ask local residents their opinions on the future of the Truckee airport
By David Bunker
The Sierra (CA) Sun

If you’ve got a burning opinion on what the Truckee Tahoe Airport should look like in 20, 30 or 50 years, just wait for the phone to ring. Within the next few months a research group hired by the Truckee Tahoe Airport District will be asking people for their opinions on the future of the airport in telephone interviews. The results will be used by the airport board to build a new vision statement for the airport, and eventually overhaul the district’s business plan.

The City of Tulare has approved a trucking terminal in the safety zone of Runway 13 of the Tulare Airport. Knight Transportation Corporation is in the final construction phase of a large terminal building supported by large above ground fuel tanks and a large collection pond. A safety inspector from the Caltrans Division of Aeronautics…