Posts Tagged ‘Long Beach Airport’

Pilots, Residents Protest Long Beach Airport Plan
FAA Wants To Expand Class C Airspace, Change Traffic Patterns

It’s not often that GA pilots and residents living near airports or in flight corridors find themselves on the same side of an argument, but that’s just what seems to be happening with the FAA’s plan to nearly triple the size of the Class C airspace around Long Beach Airport.

The Los Angeles area contains some of the most complex and congested airspace in the country. Establishing new controlled airspace in the midst of it may harm, not help, flight safety in the area, the FAA said in a 1991 Federal Register notice. Nearly 20 years later, the FAA is again attempting to establish Class C airspace to improve safety.

FAA Proposes Heightened Flight Controls Over Long Beach Airport; Pilots Say It’s Not Needed

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) is seeking public comment on whether to enforce stricter air traffic controls at Long Beach Airport after a reported increase in mid-air collision warnings.