Nicole Hall from San Diego County Regional Airport Authority presents how COVID-19 has not put a stop to the airport development plan. San Diego International Airport is located in a metropolitan area As the busiest single runway commercial airport in the United States and – pre COVID-19 – servicing more than 25 million passengers including
Steps you can take to improve the air quality in your home
Installing an air conditioner or whole-home air-purifying system can improve the quality of your home’s indoor air. (Courtesy of MBAKS) By Gabby Roppo Special to At Home in the Northwest Q: I want to make my home a haven so that my family can stay safe and healthy indoors, since we are spending more time
Commercial Aviation Coordinating Commission (Video)
Commercial Aviation Coordinating Commission Zoom meeting
VOX: The scariest thing about global warming (and Covid-19)
The afternoon sky glows red from bushfires exacerbated by climate change near Nowra in the Australian state of New South Wales on December 31, 2019.Saeed Khan/AFP via Getty Images For as long as I’ve followed global warming, advocates and activists have shared a certain faith: When the impacts get really bad, people will act. Maybe
South Thurston County location under consideration for ‘Sea-Tac-size’ airport
By The (Centralia) Chronicle June 29, 2020 05:45 AM , Updated June 29, 2020 01:43 PM A south Thurston County location is one of many being considered for a second, Sea-Tac-size airport. The state Commercial Aviation Coordinating Commission gathered in April and took a straw poll of its members. Among the 25 members of the
Denver Airport Ordered to Pay $33.5 Million for Noise Violations
by John Aguilar Adams County got just what it asked for in its lengthy fight with Denver International Airport — a judge’s order that DIA pay $33.5 million for noise violations that impacted nearby neighborhoods during a three-year period starting in 2014. The ruling from Jefferson County District Judge Christie Bachmeyer was handed down on
Missed opportunity or necessary avoidance? FAA Noise Metrics Report to Congress
TOPICS:16hr2020 Report to Congress (“Report”)April 14average day-night level standardBarbara LichmanCDNLCNELconcentrated noise impact pointsLAeqLdenLmaxNAnoise metricsPart 150SELTA Posted By: Cynthia Schultz June 16, 2020 Share this article: Missed opportunity or necessary avoidance? Cynthia Schultz, PE While it would be easy to take the FAA to task for ignoring the congressional mandate, it is not so easy
FAA Sidesteps Congressional Mandate to Evaluate Alternative Noise Metrics
Posted in Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) In the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, Pub. L. 115254, § 188, Congress required the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) to “evaluate alternative noise metrics to current average day-night level standard, such as the use of actual noise sampling to address community airplane noise concerns.” In its April 14, 2020
Why Airports Die
The distinctive design of the Pan-Am Worldport at JFK International Airport, built in 1960, wasn’t enough to save it from the wrecking ball. Dmitri Kessel/The LIFE Picture Collection via Getty Images Anthony Paletta 12:07 PM ET Expensive to build, hard to adapt to other uses, and now facing massive pandemic-related challenges, airport terminals often live
Sea-Tac extends coronavirus rent relief for tenants again, but tenants say more help needed
By Katherine Khashimova Long Seattle Times business reporter The Port of Seattle announced another round of rent relief for airport tenants this week, but many owners of restaurants and shops said the terms don’t go far enough. Dining and retail tenants at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport are eligible for four months of rent deferral on their