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Airport Relations Committee

Committee Chair: Denny Schneider



















LAX's Northern Runways Are Safe and Should Not be Moved

 

A NASA panel says the north runways at Los Angeles International Airport are safe and should remain in their current configuration, according to a report released Friday (February 19, 2010). The panel said that while other proposals -- including widening the distance between the two north runways -- might make the airport runways safer, "the risk is so low, reducing that risk by a substantial percentage is of limited practical importance.”

A committee of academics working with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration released a preliminary copy of the report Friday morning at the Flight Path Learning Center near LAX.

Nearby residents had been concerned about the report, fearing it would persuade elected officials to push a runway and surrounding airport land into their neighborhoods.

Airport officials have been trying to determine whether a greater distance between those two runways would reduce the number of near-misses involving arriving and departing jets.

The academic committee was charged with looking at five options. One would involve doing nothing, while a second would push the northernmost runway 100 feet north into Westchester. A third would push the northernmost runway north by 340 feet. A fourth would result in the elimination of one of the two runways on the north side of LAX. A fifth would call on the airport to relocate one of its north runways 340 feet south – a move that would require the demolition of Terminals 1, 2 and 3 at the airport.

As reported by the Los Angeles Times 

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Neighborhood Council of Westchester/Playa
NCWP Airport Relations Agenda
Chairperson - Denny Schneider
www.ncwpdr.org
 

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Date and time: Wednesday, August 18, 2010 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Place:  LAX Board Room -- Clifton A.  Moore Administration Building (Old Control Tower)

Welcome and Introductions

Discussion/Action (Motion)

  1. General Public Comment  (comment related to specific items will be held until the applicable Discussion/Action item).
  2. Continuation of LAX-Community relationship background discussion addressing the prior NCWP Master Plan Alternative D position and the February 2006 Stipulated Settlement (discussion - no active motion). 
  3. Approval of a letter to LAWA, BOAC, City Council, and Mayor stating that Northside Development must continue on-course to establish a new plan separate from that of the Master Plan discussions and process (discussion and motion).
  4. Guest speaker,LAWA Executive Director, Gina Marie Lindsey, to talk about Master Plan proposal for upcoming Notice of Preparation (discussion - no active motion). 
  5. Approval of a letter to LAWA, BOAC, City Council, and Mayor stating importance of the LAX Master Plan to NCWP and a general position related to the Master Plan Notice of Preparation (discussion and motion).
Please note that discussion items may be time limited to allow for completion of all five agenda items.

Parking is available at the Administration Building visitor lot in the center of the Central Terminal Area across from the building.  You must enter from Century Boulevard on the full left side to access the road adjacent to the building.  From the stop sign go straight to the closed gate and push the button to speak to the security officer for admittance.  If you enter the Central Terminal Area and pass Terminal 1 you missed your turn.  

See www.NCWPDR.org and  www.LAWA.org (the Los Angeles World Airports website) for background documents related to the discussion items.

 For questions:  Denny Schneider, Chair  310 641-4199

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