![]() Some other concerned residents were from sites east and west of the airport, along the main flightpaths, and concerned about noise almost as much as safety. Most of those opposed are from the Apollo Drive neighborhood near the airport, where two small planes have crashed since 2001. People for and against the proposal were in attendance. She wants more information, especially about safety, noise and whether aircraft coming and going harm the environment, especially air quality.Ībout 40 people attended the airport authority meeting last week where the project was given a green light.Īlthough residents "understand the airport is an important economic engine, they don't want to be ignored," said Supervisor Shelly Aldean, who represents Ward 2, where the airport is located. "I don't care what it's called," said Jan Moritz, who lives near the airport. Many residents aren't sold on the plan, which was approved by the Airport Authority last week and will be in front of the planning commission at 3:30 p.m. I'm looking forward to it because it will be a great way to introduce people to Carson City," Romine said. "It's going to be a large hangar, but a beautiful one. Gonzalez would use the airport only occasionally, so the effect wouldn't be that significant, said Chris Romine, president of the Experimental Aircraft Association's local chapter. Those aircraft would increase air traffic up to an estimated 10 percent. ![]() ![]() The project would add up to 17 aircraft to the airport, and they may not all be jets. "It's a place to store them," Hansen said of the project. There are roughly 175 hangars at the airport now. Gonzales intends to keep a large hangar for himself and rent out a dozen smaller ones. Part of the building would stand about 60 feet high. To some people, especially those living near the airport, "it sounds like a place with a lot of planes flying in and out," said Matt Hansen, of Licata Hansen, the Reno-based firm designing the 3.3 acre hangar project for industrialist Tom Gonzales. ![]() In hindsight, "Jet Ranch" was probably not the best name for a hangar development being planned for the Carson City Airport, say its supporters. ![]()
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