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Hundreds of local Newport Beach and wider Orange County residents attended a joint town hall last weekend about John Wayne Airport. People packed into the community room at the NB civic center and overflowed onto the patio for the Saturday meeting, hosted by OC Supervisor...

Possible changes to John Wayne Airport were discussed at a Newport Beach Aviation Committee meeting this week, raising a number of concerns from residents. About 50 people crowded into the community room at the Civic Center on Monday for the meeting. The hot topic of the meeting...

Issues related to John Wayne Airport will be discussed at two upcoming meetings, Newport Beach City Council members announced this week. During oral reports and announcements at Tuesday’s Council meeting, both Mayor Diane Dixon and Councilman Jeff Herdman mentioned the meetings,...

The city of Newport Beach invites public participation for comments on the John Wayne Airport draft Environmental Impact Report. The County of Orange has prepared a Draft EIR for a proposed update of general aviation facilities at John Wayne Airport. The draft EIR is out for a...

By Christopher Trela and Sara Hall At least three people died as the result of a helicopter crashing into a Newport Beach home Tuesday afternoon, according to officials. Joseph Anthony Tena, 60, of Newport Beach, Kimberly Lynne Watzman, 45, of Santa Monica, and Brian R. Reichelt,...

The city reached a tentative agreement with the Federal Aviation Administration regarding flight paths from Orange County’s John Wayne Airport, Newport Beach officials reported this week. Mayor Marshall “Duffy” Duffield, Mayor Pro Tem Will O’Neill, and their City Council...

In a message on Tuesday, Newport Beach officials invited the public to two upcoming meetings focused on the recent changes in flight departure patterns from John Wayne Airport. The changes are the result of the Federal Aviation Administration’s Next Generation Air Transportation...

Small unmanned aircraft systems, better known as drones, have gotten quite the buzz lately. Flying the toy-like machines is a hobby to some, but those concerned about privacy and safety have been vocal about regulating the use of drones. Newport Beach City Council was briefed on...

Ideas for drone regulations have been hovering in Newport Beach for some time, and Tuesday they landed on the City Council’s dais. Newport Beach Police Department support services commander, Lieutenant Damon Psaros, gave a presentation about various approaches for regulation...

The city of Newport Beach reaffirmed its commitment to fighting the Federal Aviation Administration’s newly mandated flight regulations at John Wayne Airport during Wednesday’s SpeakUp! Newport event, held at the Civic Center community room. Tom Edwards, past councilman, mayor,...

At an open house hosted by the Federal Aviation Administration at El Modena High School in Orange, few details were offered on how flight paths for planes departing John Wayne Airport will change as the agency implements a new satellite-based guidance system in the coming months....

John Wayne Airport officials, who were scheduled to report on their investigation of noise generated by departures at this week’s Aviation Committee meeting, claimed that they needed another two to three weeks to analyze the data they’ve collected. Newport Beach residents have...

The future of flight paths at John Wayne Airport is still up in the air, as the Newport Beach City Council learned this week. City manager Dave Kiff discussed two main issues at Tuesday’s study session: MagVar, which involves the magnetic pole variation, and NextGen, the Federal...

John Wayne Airport and the proposed “Metroplex” were the main topics at this week’s Speak Up Newport meeting featured Orange County Supervisor Michelle Steel as the guest speaker. Nearly 150 people crowded into the Community Room at the Civic Center Wednesday night to learn...