Thu, Feb 05, 2009
Flights Would Be Sent To Other Area Airports
It's not often we hear of NIMBYs and
airport management as allies... but the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena
Airport Authority, which operates Bob Hope Airport (BUR), is asking
the FAA to impose a 10 pm-to-7 am curfew on all but the absolute
quietest, Stage-IV jets. If enacted, the curfew would force those
operators to use other airports in the region at night.
The Los Angeles Times reports the airport has been criticized
for a sort of noise and pollution "shell game," which would simply
displace its nighttime flights to Van Nuys, LAX, Ontario, Long
Beach and Whiteman Airports.
But the authority's request to the FAA cites an eight-year, $6
million study which finds only about 35 operations per night would
be affected -- largely private aviation and corporate flights.
Among that study's more controversial points is its conclusion
that through 2015, the restrictions would generate about $67
million in benefits for the public living near Bob Hope, and $48
million in costs to airlines, passengers, cargo carriers and
general aviation.
Critics say those benefits to residents of Burbank, Glendale and
Los Angeles, including higher home valuations, would be offset by
additional costs for residents near alternate airports.
The FAA will have 180 days in which to consider the request.
Dan Feger, executive director of the airport authority, calls
his airport's request to the FAA historic. "No airport has asked
for a federal restriction like this. We believe that hundreds of
thousands of residents can obtain noise relief while keeping the
airport viable."
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