Residents say pilots are flying fast at low altitudes over schools and homes without consequence and fail to observe any curfew for outgoing or inbound flights.
CARLSBAD, Calif. —"This is the wild west. Pilots can fly in and out whenever they want. There are no consequences for deviating from the flight paths.
"My house sits in the path of the takeoff flight pattern," said Betro."I look out my window I see nine out of 10 of them deviate when they go south and cut the turn short and come over all the houses from Poinsettia Avenue to Palomar Airport Road. We have these flights, sometimes within 500 to 1000 feet of playgrounds and schools, where kids are outside playing, and there's documented evidence that that is not a good thing.
However, considering that there are approximately 11,580 flights per month and an average of 80.6 after-hour flights per month, that results in nearly three flights per day during the hours of 10 p.m. and 7 a.m., depending on the type of plane.And then there's the other separate but related issue of public safety from pilots jettisoning dedicated flight paths and veering over neighborhoods around the airport.
The congressman said that he directed his staff to work with the FAA to make sure that pilots were informed about the voluntary noise program and the need to follow dedicated flight patterns and comply with take-off times and landings. "The community is fatigued. They know these complaints go nowhere," said resident Frank Sung who has filed countless complaints for low and late-flying planes. We're not trying to shut things down. We're just trying to get the airport to be a friendly neighbor to the community."
The spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Administration said that in order to implement a mandatory curfew the county of San Diego needs to formally request that one be put into place, something that the FAA says it has not done. "We currently do not plan to change our voluntary program," said the county spokesperson."Since 2000, Palomar Airport has become a quieter airport due to a decrease in airport operations from an average of 205,000 operations in the mid-2000s to 146,000 in 2022. Also, advancements made in aircraft and engine designs have contributed to a quieter airport."
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