Where to Complain About Low-Flying Planes

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Editor,

As a reporter in Laguna Beach for almost 30 years, I have written numerous stories about low-flying commercial airplanes out of John Wayne Airport, periodically bombarding the city with noise, beginning with the closing of the El Toro Marine Air Base.

The low flights reportedly save fuel and time as the flights do not go out so far out over the ocean before turning back over land, resulting in lower altitudes reached before flying over Laguna.

Complaints by the city and its residents were ignored by airport and FAA officials early on. Each episode of noisy, polluting low flights eventually stopped, at least for a time, only to begin again.

As happened in the past, the recent low flights started sporadically and then increased, probably because of no public outcry.

However, for more than a week now, I have been awakened at 7:10 a.m. by the early flight out of John Wayne Airport. The low flights continue throughout the day and into the night.

People who object to the unnecessary low flights should contact City Council members and also complain to airport and FAA officials.

The John Wayne Airport Noise Office is 949 252-5185. E-mails may be sent to [email protected]. To complain to the FAA, call the local Flight Standards District Office in Long Beach at 562 420-1755. Press “0” and ask for the operations officer on duty.

Barbara Diamond, Laguna Beach

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  1. Hi Barbara,

    Thank you for your above letter to the Indi. You may have read my letters of the past to the Indi regarding those overflights:

    September 14, 2014
    : The airliners flying over our town have come back after a reprieve of a few weeks. All the efforts of the City Council, and Toni Iseman’s in particular, have borne fruit for only the shortest time.
    Now airplanes from John Wayne Airport again cross over our town dumping their exhaust with seven (7) deadly carcinogens plus lead on us to breathe. Again my fingers are black pushing them over our outdoor glass tables, which stayed clean before for too short a time!

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