It's not "their" airport, it's all of ours airport.
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Anonymous
7 months ago
You must fix the problem hot spots immediately before adding big planes into the equation!!
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Anonymous
7 months ago
We were not allowed to vote on this addition of jet noise starting at 6 AM. Will ruin property values.
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Monica Arango
7 months ago
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I have lived near the airport for 10 years and the airplane noise is significantly worse. We are awaken before 6 am by large airplanes and the noise goes on till well after 10. It’s unacceptable that the impact on the community is being ignored!!!
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Tori Thompson
7 months ago
Lived next to Shadowridge Golf course since 1994.. Never thought I'd hear jets rumbling before 7am.. It's minor to me, but others have mentioned it.
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Anonymous
7 months ago
as of February 19, 2026, the FAA identifies TWO active hot spots at Palomar Airport:
Hot Spot 1 (HS1): The control tower has difficulty seeing small aircraft when large jets are parked nearby.
Hot Spot 2 (HS2): Pilots exiting Runway 24 at Taxiway A4.
Hot spots remain on FAA airport diagrams until they are fully mitigated. In other words, these are UNRESOLVED SAFETY concerns. The FAA's "Hot Spot" list is not a list any airport should be on.
Palomar Airport should be SAFE --
NO Flights in or out ...
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Anonymous
7 months ago
I am for a safe airport with quiet hours. Without big jets. This respects the right of all citizens for a safe home environment without add'l toxins, noise and concern for accidents.
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chris travers
7 months ago
Palomar Airport has gotten far too big. It was never intended for planes of this size and at all hours!
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Anonymous
7 months ago
Way too many planes! It wakes me up at night and early AM like 5AM!!! I’m sick of the Airport I lived in Carlsbad before this annoying nuisance and terrible loud jets and the pollution it’s creating in my beautiful South Carlsbad! We deserve to have quiet hours and not a major airport that’s waiting for the accident to happen!
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alyce oreilly
7 months ago
No more big jets!
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Ed Maher
7 months ago
I think the airport should be shut down. It is not safe for the current flights of commercial aircraft, the small planes are a risk, known for high frequency of crashes. Plus the airport is losing $1M per year our tax dollars to keep the airport operating
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Hossein Juybari
7 months ago
No expansion -- it is noisy already
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Patricia Thompson
7 months ago
I vehemently oppose the expansion of McClellan Palomar airport. The increase of capacity and safety are major factors particularly due to the adjacency to commercial and residential areas. I live directly under the flight path and consistently see many aircraft well below the FAA requirements for altitude on approach. I can see the undercarriage and landing gear when I’m at my community center pool. And they’re even lower as they fly over my property. This is not acceptable and should be treated as a gross violation. But with the county support because they don’t want to expand SAN or lose revenue from the airlines it seems like they will push it through and ask forgiveness when some bad pilot decisions plow into a house or warehouse en route. Especially in inclement conditions.
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Loretta Ross
7 months ago
Live in Lacosta Green. No to more air traffic in our community. 40 year Carlsbad resident..
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Connie Townsend
7 months ago
Stop the expansion NOW!
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P Niggebrugge
7 months ago
Airport should remain small! City of Carlsbad needs to get involved and stop this NOW. Allowing more commercial flights gets SD County one step closer to their endgame, an extended runway. Extended runway = another John Wayne airport. We don’t want another John Wayne airport here!
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Henry Hawthorn
7 months ago
I SUPPORT NO big commercial jets, NO low-flying noisy and polluting planes over homes and schools, and NO all-night air freight!
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joanne stout
7 months ago
The County is trying to force a commercial airport here thereby destroying our beach town atmosphere that our economy depends on.
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Doug Osterholt
7 months ago
No to expansion of Palomar airport
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Lilly Shleifer
7 months ago
No airport expansion. Stop terrorizing residents of Carlsbad and surrounding areas. The airports should never be in the middle of hundreds of of neighborhoods
It's not "their" airport, it's all of ours airport.
You must fix the problem hot spots immediately before adding big planes into the equation!!
We were not allowed to vote on this addition of jet noise starting at 6 AM. Will ruin property values.
I have lived near the airport for 10 years and the airplane noise is significantly worse. We are awaken before 6 am by large airplanes and the noise goes on till well after 10. It’s unacceptable that the impact on the community is being ignored!!!
Lived next to Shadowridge Golf course since 1994.. Never thought I'd hear jets rumbling before 7am.. It's minor to me, but others have mentioned it.
as of February 19, 2026, the FAA identifies TWO active hot spots at Palomar Airport: Hot Spot 1 (HS1): The control tower has difficulty seeing small aircraft when large jets are parked nearby. Hot Spot 2 (HS2): Pilots exiting Runway 24 at Taxiway A4. Hot spots remain on FAA airport diagrams until they are fully mitigated. In other words, these are UNRESOLVED SAFETY concerns. The FAA's "Hot Spot" list is not a list any airport should be on. Palomar Airport should be SAFE -- NO Flights in or out ...
I am for a safe airport with quiet hours. Without big jets. This respects the right of all citizens for a safe home environment without add'l toxins, noise and concern for accidents.
Palomar Airport has gotten far too big. It was never intended for planes of this size and at all hours!
Way too many planes! It wakes me up at night and early AM like 5AM!!! I’m sick of the Airport I lived in Carlsbad before this annoying nuisance and terrible loud jets and the pollution it’s creating in my beautiful South Carlsbad! We deserve to have quiet hours and not a major airport that’s waiting for the accident to happen!
No more big jets!
I think the airport should be shut down. It is not safe for the current flights of commercial aircraft, the small planes are a risk, known for high frequency of crashes. Plus the airport is losing $1M per year our tax dollars to keep the airport operating
No expansion -- it is noisy already
I vehemently oppose the expansion of McClellan Palomar airport. The increase of capacity and safety are major factors particularly due to the adjacency to commercial and residential areas. I live directly under the flight path and consistently see many aircraft well below the FAA requirements for altitude on approach. I can see the undercarriage and landing gear when I’m at my community center pool. And they’re even lower as they fly over my property. This is not acceptable and should be treated as a gross violation. But with the county support because they don’t want to expand SAN or lose revenue from the airlines it seems like they will push it through and ask forgiveness when some bad pilot decisions plow into a house or warehouse en route. Especially in inclement conditions.
Live in Lacosta Green. No to more air traffic in our community. 40 year Carlsbad resident..
Stop the expansion NOW!
Airport should remain small! City of Carlsbad needs to get involved and stop this NOW. Allowing more commercial flights gets SD County one step closer to their endgame, an extended runway. Extended runway = another John Wayne airport. We don’t want another John Wayne airport here!
I SUPPORT NO big commercial jets, NO low-flying noisy and polluting planes over homes and schools, and NO all-night air freight!
The County is trying to force a commercial airport here thereby destroying our beach town atmosphere that our economy depends on.
No to expansion of Palomar airport
No airport expansion. Stop terrorizing residents of Carlsbad and surrounding areas. The airports should never be in the middle of hundreds of of neighborhoods