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Residents, advocates urge Carlsbad to defend local control of Palomar Airport as county signs commercial contracts
Summary
Residents and advocacy groups told the City Council they filed additional litigation and urged the city to enforce local-control rulings after San Diego County signed new commercial-airline contracts at Palomar Airport; speakers requested the city pursue legal remedies and document flight-path impacts on neighborhoods.
Vicky Syed, president of Citizens for Friendly Airport, told the Carlsbad City Council that her group and others have filed a second lawsuit challenging the county’s contracts that bring major commercial airlines to Palomar Airport, arguing the contracts violate a 2021 court judgment affirming Carlsbad’s local control over airport use. “When the county agreed to annexation, it gave up control of airport use,” Syed said, and she described the county’s deals with American and United Airlines as inconsistent with Palomar’s general-aviation status.
Resident Frank Sung said residents…
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