Campaigning for the Capitol Eight Candidates Compete for Assembly Seat by Gennady Sheyner, Mark Noack and Kate Bradshaw
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They are trying to Surf Air approach path to San Carlos Airport Almanac Staff Writer find a way to move the commuter airline’s planes away from the urf Air representatives say neighborhoods where residents San Carlos they have identified an alter- say the noise has been making Airport Snative flight path that would their lives miserable. put their planes, and the noise of “I really do believe this is the their turboprop engines, over the meaningful relief that we’ve all Bay during much of their approach been looking for,” Mr. Sullivan Redwood to the San Carlos Airport when- said to the supervisors before City ever they have clear visibility. catching a Surf Air plane from East If all goes well, they say, the the San Carlos Airport back to Palo Alto new approach could be in regular work at Surf Air’s Santa Monica operation by the end of May. headquarters. On April 26, Jim Sullivan, He said he personally piloted Surf Air’s senior vice president the Bay approach last week and Menlo Palo Alto of operations, showed the San believes it will work. He plans to Park Mateo County Board of Supervi- have Surf Air’s “check pilots” — sors a map with a route that would the pilots who train other pilots — take Surf Air planes from Mof- fly the approach 25 times, starting fett Field over immediately, the Bay, past when they fly the Dumbarton into San Carlos. Moffet Field Bridge and then If all goes well, “By having El Camino Real back to the San the new approach multiple pilots Carlos Airport could be in operation look at it mul- over a cement tiple times” any plant. by the end of May. problems can Mr. Sullivan’s be found and Mountain presentation was part of an update the route modified, he said. View for the supervisors by the county’s Surf Air will then train all its Sunnyvale public works director, Jim Porter, pilots to use the approach, and AMEBY 3900’ IFR on what the county is calling the Norcal TRACON will inform Surf Air says it will use a new approach route (green line) from near Moffett Field to the San Carlos Airport “San Carlos Airport Aircraft Dis- the control towers in all the local when conditions allow a visual flight rules (VFR) approach. The route that would continue to be used when visibility turbance Study.” The supervisors airports, including San Jose, Mof- is poor is the straight line in orange. The shaded area is currently used by Surf Air pilots in VFR conditions. approved the study in March. fett Field, Palo Alto, San Francisco Surf Air began using the San and San Carlos, about the new they start the approach, which is in 2015, aircraft would have been looking at policies and proce- Carlos Airport in June 2013, and approach, Mr. Sullivan said. near Sunnyvale, the current GPS able to arrive at the airport using dures,” he said, including survey- complaints about noise from the The route won’t provide com- approach will continue to be used, only a visual approach slightly ing what other general aviation turboprop planes the airline uses plete relief to those who live he said. Rainy or foggy days can more than 86 percent of the time. airports do. began flooding in soon after. under the current flight path limit that visibility. Mr. Porter, the county public “We’re also potentially looking Mr. Sullivan said the airline because, Mr. Sullivan said, it can At the request of the Almanac, works director, told the supervi- at landing fees,” he said, including has been working with the Fed- only be used under “visual flight San Carlos Airport Assistant sors that the county has hired software to help with that process.