Local News in Brief : Study of Airport Flight Plan Ordered
The Los Angeles City Council on Tuesday ordered a six-month study of a proposed ban on all night takeoffs at Van Nuys Airport except for military and official emergency flights.
Since 1981, the council has banned departures between 11 p.m. and 7 a.m. at the city-owned airport by planes classified as producing more than 74 decibels of noise on takeoff. The ceiling covers some business-class jet aircraft, but many propeller-driven planes, and some newer small jets, are exempt.
The proposed ban does not include police, fire department or other official emergency flights, and the city cannot regulate military flights.
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