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LIMITATIONS OF JOHN WAYNE AIRPORT AND
PROMOTION OF A NEW REGIONAL AIRPORT
Demand for air travel in Orange County far exceeds the capability of
John Wayne Airport. In 1990, 12 million air passengers (MAP) in Orange
County will need to be served. By 2000, the demand will be 17 MAP and
in the year 2010, the demand will be over 23 MAP. In contrast, John
Wayne Airport will serve only 8.4 MAP in extremely crowded conditions.
Every major agency or group which has studied this issue has concluded
that John Wayne Airport will never be able to serve more than a small
portion of the air passenger demand from Orange County. John Wayne
Airport is too small, too congested, and too troublesome to be expanded.
Only 460 acres, the airport has little land available for auto parking
and terminal facilities. The relatively short runway restricts medium -
haul and long -haul flights. Crowded air traffic control facilities
limit the usefulness of the airspace. The access roads to the airport
are heavily congested and become more so each year. Nearby residential
neighborhoods suffer unbearable noise impacts and connot be expected to
accept additional noise burdens. The physical limitations imposed by
inadequate land area, over congested ground access routes, overcrowded
airspace, and heavily- impacted nearby residential neighborhoods,
guarantee that John Wayne Airport can never serve the air travel needs
of Orange County.
Many groups and agencies have urged the selection of a new airport site
to serve Orange County residents. These include the Orange County Grand
Jury, the Southern California Association of Governments, the Southern
California Regional Airport Authority, the Orange County Blue Ribbon
Regional Airport Advisory Committee, the Orange County Cities Airport
Authority, the Airport Site Coalition and the Orange County Board of
Supervisors.
The City Council of Newport Beach shall promote the siting and
development of a new airport for Orange County by offering its time and
effort, the support of City staff, and possibly funds to assist the
County and /or other appropriate agencies in this effort. The City
Council shall support the earliest possible selection of one or two
sites worthy of detailed engineering, environmental and economic study.
The City shall seek to promote support from all levels of government,
all affected agencies and the general public for the development of such
sites. It is the intent of the City Council to assure the development
of an additional airport site to augment the capacity of John Wayne
Airport prior to the expiration of the Settlement Agreement in the year
2005.
Adopted - September 27, 1982
Amended - December 9, 1985
Rewritten - October 22, 1990