by Alan Armstrong | Jun 16, 2021 | Airports, Civil Liberties, FAA, Hot Topics, Law, Legal
After five years of litigation and losing four times, Palm Beach County has sought a stay of the FAA’s order directing that jets be permitted to land at Lantana airport Introduction and Overview On May 3, 2021, Palm Beach County (“PBC”) submitted a letter to the FAA...
by Alan Armstrong | Mar 5, 2020 | Airport Vulnerability, Airports, FAA, Hot Topics, Law, Legal, Stop Airports Near Windfarms, Windfarms
Today, the Tuscola Area Airport Authority, the Friends of Tuscola Airport Authority, Inc., and other concerned governmental entities and private citizens caused to be filed with the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia the Initial Brief of...
by Alan Armstrong | Oct 17, 2019 | Aircraft, Airport Vulnerability, Airports, Companies, Corporations, Law, Legal, Politics, Stop Airports Near Windfarms, Windfarms
The explosion of wind turbine developments across the United States does not bode well for the continued viability of many public use airports. Overview of the Problem Increasingly, wind farms with wind turbine generators (WTGs) nearly 500 feet above ground level...
by Alan Armstrong | Sep 1, 2016 | Airports, FAA, Legal
It is the FAA public policy to maintain public airports as part of a national transportation system. In conflict with this policy, many local governments fail to enact or enforce airport zoning ordinances. As a result, public airports throughout the United...
