Pre-2008 Archived Articles

Monday, July 5, 2004
Watsonville City Council to Decide Airport’s Fate
By DONNA JONES
The Santa Cruz (CA) Sentinel

WATSONVILLE – Keep the Watsonville Municipal Airport as is and possibly give up building hundreds of homes.
Or make way for homes by irrevocably changing a city institution and economic engine.
That’s the choice the City Council faces.

Saturday, July 3, 2004
Airport noise down, not gone
Older planes can still rattle nearby windows
By Alex Dobuzinskis
The Los Angeles (CA) Daily News

BURBANK — The Bob Hope Airport is quieter today than it was before a new generation of aircraft began operating there, but there are still 10 private jets based at the airport that can sometimes bend the eardrum.

Wednesday, June 30, 2004
Notice of Intent To Rule on Request To Release Airport Land at Shafter Airport-Minter Field, Shafter, CA
The Federal Register

The Minter Field Airport District requested a release from surplus property agreement obligations for approximately 34.98 acres of airport land at Shafter Airport-Minter Field, Shafter California, originally acquired from the United States for airport purposes.

Wednesday, June 30, 2004
Airport meeting to air plans Committee Will Seek Compromise On Expansion Proposal
By Mike White
The Tri-Valley (CA) Herald

LIVERMORE — A new committee will meet for the first time next month with a mission of seeking a compromise in the expansion of Livermore Municipal Airport.

Tuesday, June 29, 2004
City Audit Could Raise Airport Rent
By Erin Musgrave
The Hollister (CA) Free Lance

Community Pantry may have to leave the building it has occupied for the past 15 years if a planned audit of rents at the Hollister Municipal Airport results in higher rates, according to the Pantry’s executive director.

Monday, June 28, 2004
Watsonville Airport Runway Study Considered
By DONNA JONES
The Santa Cruz (CA) Sentinel

WATSONVILLE – One of Watsonville Municipal Airport’s two runways could be shut down or shortened to make way for housing, according to a new study.

The report, which details six options for the airport’s reserve runway including keeping it open, will be considered today by a committee looking at city land-use issues.

Saturday, June 19, 2004

Pilots Association Sues City Of Tulare
Group upset over terminal near Tulare airport
By Julie Fernandez
The Visalia (CA) Times-Delta

TULARE — The California Pilots Association has filed a lawsuit charging that the city violated state law when it approved Knight Transportation’s plans to construct a large truck terminal near the Tulare airport.

The Pilots Association maintains that the truck terminal and above-ground fuel tanks pose high risks be-cause they are too close to Mefford Field. The project site is west of Highway 99 about 1,300 feet northwest of the airport.

Friday, June 18, 2004
L.B. Airport may grow in phases Expansion In First Phase Would See Site Square Footage More Than Double.
By Felix Sanchez
The Long Beach (CA) Press-Telegram LONG BEACH – The city is proposing that permanent improvements and additions at Long Beach Airport to handle skyrocketing passenger growth be done in two phases.

Officials unveiled the plan for phased airport improvements at a Thursday night meeting before the city’s Airport Advisory Commission, which is charged with determining what new permanent facilities are needed and what an environmental study of the proposals should include.

Sunday, June 20, 2004
Upgrading to business class As Palomar Airport Is Renovated To Lure Corporate Jets, Private Pilots Fear They May Be Grounded
Elena Gaona
THE SAN DIEGO (CA) UNION-TRIBUNE

CARLSBAD – With wooden floors and walls covered in flight memorabilia, the restaurant at McClellan-Palomar Airport wraps visitors in another era, when few things were more glamorous than a small plane in the sky, its carefree pilot exposed to sun and wind.

Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Reserve Runway At Center Of Debate
Watsonville’s secondary strip limits growth
By DONNA JONES
The Santa Cruz (CA) Sentinel

WATSONVILLE – A report, due out today and anxiously awaited by area pilots, details six options for one of Watsonville Municipal Airport’s two runways – including shutting it down.