VNY in the 1970s was the busiest general aviation airport in the nation. It had more than 618,000 annual operations in 1976. By comparison, LAX was about half that number. There were numerous reasons for banning scheduled flights: noise abatement, safety, runway capacity, neighborhood opposition, political opposition, and more.
Now, it appears there are some heavyweights pushing for a change at VNY so some rich or privileged folks can fly out of VNY under a pseudo moniker of flying on "non-scheduled charter" flights because of some apparently new FAA regulation definition. Mental gymnastics aside, the proposed operations are scheduled when the operator/carrier is advertising to the public for the sale of individual seats with published flight times with a specific advertised schedule of departures and arrivals. Hopefully the FAA does not ignore the right of LAWA to continue enforcing its ban on scheduled operations at VNY. But then again, the FAA has been known to ignore things like the midnight destruction of Chicago's downtown airport by Mayor Daly. Yes, some money was paid as a penalty, but it showed the FAA was selective in its enforcement policies. BKL On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 4:35 PM David Wardell via Mifnet < mifnet@lists.mifnet.com> wrote: > Yes; the whole idea of VNY service doesn't make sense. I've read LAWA's > rationale (absent the neighbors) and it's not unreasonable. VNY is a very > busy airport, and it's a good thing to keep that traffic separate from LAX, > BUR, and other area commercial airports. > > *David Wardell* > +1.757.561.0582 > da...@wardell.org > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Revised: 20250507 > > You are receiving The Mifnet because you requested to join this list. > > The Mifnet is largely a labor of love, however the infrastructure isn't > exactly cost-free. If you'd care to make a small contribution to the > effort, please know that it would be greatly appreciated: > https://wardell.us/url/mifbit > > All posts sent to the list should abide by these policies: > > 1) List members acknowledge that participation in Mifnet is a > privilege--not a right. > 2) Posts are always off the record, absent specific permission from the > author. > 3) The tone of discussions is collegial. > 4) Posts are expected to be in reasonably good taste. > 5) We discuss ideas and not personalities, and we don't speak ill of other > Mifnet members. > > * The Mifnet WEB SITE is: > https://www.mifnet.com/ > > * To UNSUBSCRIBE from this list at any time please visit: > https://lists.mifnet.com/ > OR: SEND THIS MESSAGE via email: > mifnet-requ...@lists.mifnet.com?subject=leave > > * Send Mifnet mailing list POSTS/SUBMISSIONS to: > mifnet@lists.mifnet.com > > * You may reach the person managing The Mifnet at: > mifnet-ow...@lists.mifnet.com > > * Please consider the DIGEST version of The Mifnet, which consolidates all > list traffic into 1-3 > messages daily. See instructions at: > https://lists.mifnet.com/ > > * Manage your personal Mifnet SUBSCRIPTION at: > https://lists.mifnet.com/ > > * For a list of all available Mifnet commands, SEND THIS MESSAGE via email: > mifnet-requ...@lists.mifnet.com?subject=help > > * View The Mifnet LIST POLICIES and PRIVACY POLICY at: > https://mifnet.com/index.php/policies > > * View instructions for Mifnet DELIVERY PROBLEMS at: > https://mifnet.com/index.php/delivery-problems > > * View The Mifnet LIST ARCHIVE at: > https://lists.mifnet.com/hyperkitty/list/mifnet@lists.mifnet.com/ >
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