John Wayne Airport will get a new general aviation terminal with customs screening while keeping onsite storage space for smaller airplanes roughly as is, a unanimous Orange County Board of Supervisors decided Tuesday.
Planned upgrades to general aviation infrastructure at JWA offer new amenities to users of larger, typically noisier business jets while preserving access for pilots of the smallest, generally single-engine planes.
The new terminal — the airport currently has terminals only for commercial service — will include dedicated, fee-based customs screening for non-commercial international flights. The plan also includes infrastructure updates for buildings and airfield roads to comply with Federal Aviation Administration standards. All the proposed changes will stay within the airport’s existing footprint.
“It is very clear this issue is of the utmost importance to families and residents living near the flight path,” Rouda said in a statement. “We need community engagement to address this issue, and it was my sincere hope that the Board of Supervisors would delay this vote until a community-supported solution was found.”
Several people who commented at Tuesday’s meeting echoed Petrie-Norris’ sentiments about the exclusivity of business jets. Patti Janssen said the airplane roar that bears down on her Newport home is “not just noise, it’s violent noise.”
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