Long Beach flights over Costa Mesa create discussion

I have noticed an increase in flights going into Long Beach

(“Costa Mesa delves into flights issue,” Sept. 26). My husband’s a

pilot, and when they come over our community of Newport Crest, it’s

apparent that they’re landing at Long Beach airport. So let’s do

something to stop it.

JUDY BROWN

Newport Beach

These aircrafts fly directly over my house and I have never found

that the sounds of these jets are offensive in nature. The most

offensive sounds come from private, propeller-driven aircraft, police

helicopters and John Wayne Airport takeoff flights.

These flights into Long Beach, the aircraft or not under power,

they’re more than 4,000 feet up and the noise that they make is not

offensive. This is a phantom issue in Costa Mesa and you have

apparently cooks somewhere in this city that are trying to make an

issue out of something that is a nonissue.

JOE GRISHAM

Costa Mesa

I feel that we should act upon it immediately because the noise

level is increasing, not diminishing. It’s been my experience, from

our home, we’re unable to hold conversation on the telephone at times

and also to listen to our TV, so I think it should be something, not

only for us but for the community, to act upon immediately.

HELYN M. ELITZAK

Costa Mesa

There is only one pressing issue, the airport, and we are probably

already doomed to become another Playa del Rey. But if John Wayne’s

expansion isn’t stopped what difference does Greenlight, the ficus

trees or growth mean? There won’t be a Newport Beach. It will be

definitely another Playa del Rey, with empty beaches, deserted and

condemned homes, few citizens left, city council candidates arguing

over whether two or three cars should be on the road and screaming

planes overhead drowning out what is called “the quality of life.”

JEAN WEGENER

Newport Beach

Long Beach is saying, this spokeswoman, that the airport is too

small to cause such a noticeable increase. Well that’s wrong.

If you look at a sectional flight map of Orange County, it will

show arrows telling aircraft which way to fly to go into Long Beach

and all those planes that fly over Costa Mesa are actually flying

into Long Beach and that airport is big enough to accommodate a heck

of lot of big airplanes. I’ve been flying for 27 years.

RENE SCHARFE

Costa Mesa

I don’t think the city should be wasting its money at this time to

further investigate this thing. I don’t see that these flights are

anything that are terribly obnoxious. The airplanes are way up in the

sky and I don’t see why we should get upset about it.

PAUL KELLY

Costa Mesa

I realize planes have to fly, but they are not at 4,000 feet. One

time, at night, I don’t know how many of them came by. One came by

and we could even see the blue -- and you know who that is. I guess

they have about 40 flights out of there or something now.

So all I care about is that they do not fly that low. I think it’s

very dangerous and, also, in reading your article about flights, it

seems like they don’t have to.

So, take an action now or later? I’d say now if we have any rights

to it, but I think all I’d care about is that they’re 4,000 feet up.

I don’t know how they’re going to land when they get over to Seal

Beach or Huntington, they’re going to even be lower and, of course,

we’re right up here next to the Santa Ana River.

GARY KEMPINSKY

Costa Mesa