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Airport Commission seeks county sign-off on updated work plan; urges earlier master-plan review and eVTOL readiness
Summary
The Airports Commission presented a revised 2025-26 work plan to Hewlett Committee members, urged earlier engagement on a San Martin/Reid-Hillview master planning process and flagged near-term issues including eVTOL infrastructure and possible damage claims tied to a new unleaded aviation fuel.
The Santa Clara County Airports Commission asked the Hewlett Committee on Aug. 21 to approve its revised 2025-26 work plan and emphasized the need for earlier planning work at the county'owned general aviation airports.
Commission Chair Dan Connolly highlighted several near-term priorities: community outreach, infrastructure planning for emerging electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft (eVTOL), and an investigation into potential aircraft damage tied to the 100UL unleaded aviation fuel now in use at some general-aviation fields.
Why it matters: The commission said the county's last airport master plan is more than 20 years old and that a delay in starting an updated plan could leave the airport system unprepared if a later decision requires aircraft or operations to shift countywide. The commission also…
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