FAA Decision Letter: Disapproval of Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority Application for Full Nighttime Curfew at Bob Hope Airport

The FAA denied the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority's 2009 application to impose a full nighttime flight curfew (10:00 p.m. to 6:59 a.m.) at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California. Under the Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990, all six statutory conditions must be supported by substantial evidence for such a restriction to be approved, but the Authority's application only satisfied two of the six required conditions. The Authority was informed it could revise and resubmit its application, subject to the same review requirements.

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FAA Acting Associate Administrator for Airports Catherine M. Lang transmits the FAA’s disapproval of the Burbank-Glendale-Pasadena Airport Authority application for a full mandatory nighttime curfew (10:00 p.m. to 6:59 a.m.) on Stage 3 aircraft operations at Bob Hope Airport, Burbank, CA (BUR). The application, submitted February 2, 2009 and found complete May 29, 2009, was evaluated under the six statutory conditions of the Airport Noise and Capacity Act of 1990 (ANCA), 49 U.S.C. §47524(c)(2), as implemented by 14 C.F.R. Part 161. The FAA found substantial evidence supporting only two of the six required conditions and disapproved the restriction. The decision is final for purposes of judicial review under Part 161, with public notice to be published in the Federal Register.

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