[CPEO-MEF] REUSE: General aviation at March Air Reserve Base (CA)

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Base gears up for general aviation

MARCH ARB: Despite nearby opposition, the FAA says the facility is  
obligated to accept the traffic unless it poses a danger.

By KIMBERLY PIERCEALL
Riverside Press-Enterprise (CA)
June 8, 2011

The idea of general aviation flights buzzing above Riverside as the  
small planes land and take off at the March Air Reserve Base runway  
has raised the ire of a nearby neighborhood. And at least one  
commissioner of the March Joint Powers Commission has publicly  
wondered if the authority should get out of the general aviation  
business altogether.

The March Joint Powers Authority, which oversees the redevelopment of  
former March Air Force Base property including a portion to serve as  
a civilian airport, has grant agreements with the Federal Aviation  
Administration and land deeds with the Air Force that require the  
airport to be open to the public for flying at any hour of the day.  
The authority has proposed building a $1.6 million terminal for the  
small general aviation planes, chartered flights or corporate jets.

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For the entire article, see http://www.pe.com/business/local/stories/ 
PE_Biz_D_marchflights09.2fb9f42.html

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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