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Residents urge Carlsbad to press county and continue legal action over Palomar Airport jet service

Carlsbad City Council · March 24, 2026
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Summary

Multiple residents told the Carlsbad City Council that recent commercial jet service at Palomar Airport is producing intrusive early-morning noise, elevated decibel readings and safety risks, and they urged the city to continue litigation and press for enforceable quiet hours and FAA noise-abatement compliance.

Dozens of Carlsbad residents told the City Council on March 25 that the county’s expansion of commercial jet service at Palomar Airport is disrupting sleep, threatening public health and creating safety risks, and they urged the city to press for enforceable limits or pursue further legal action.

“Palomar is still a general aviation airport, and yet the county is rapidly transforming it into something else,” Cynthia Trevino told the council. “I’m being awakened at 3 a.m. and 4 a.m. by intrusive, sleep-disrupting jets… I’m asking you to continue to stand firm, continue the lawsuit, enforce your land use authority, speak more forcefully on behalf of…

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