81Horse
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FlyingToIST said:I did a 4 week long gig down in CRQ at an office facility that is right by the departure end of 24. There is elevation difference but it amazes me that they are putting buildings like mushrooms around that airport.
At the time their website had nothing but NIMBY information.. Airports, regardless of their prime real estate locations have to have some protected zone around them.. But of course, the locals are too greedy because of the real estate taxes.
But this is irrelevant to this crash -- the plane hit an ILS equipment shack (presumably the localizer). And they're probably putting commercial/industrial buildings up all around Palomar because it's a great airport with a decent runway, a full ILS, and it's convenient to the I5 corridor (advantages none of the other GA airports in San Diego have). Plus, it's very handy for all the poobahs in Rancho Santa Fe.