San Jose residents want Reid-Hillview Airport shut down years earlier than planned

[@russellhobbs4945]

Imagine moving next to an airport and then being mad that there’s an airport next to you🤦

[@MrBollywood1020]

Logic! Thank you!!! 🙏🏼

[@sidepass]

Always the same response. Seen the same with horse barns.

[@celebrityrog]

The airport was there long before they were, long before Lake Cunningham was a park, long before Eastridge was built. I remember when ALL 4 SIDES of Reid Hillview were empty spaces.

[@russellhobbs4945]

@@celebrityrog My father had a Cessna 172 at Reid airport; he kept the plane in a hangar there. I have fond memories killing black widows in the hangar and flying was so much fun. You’re right about nobody being around when the airport was built, hardly anyone in the 80’s.

[@MrBollywood1020]

@@russellhobbs4945 the black widows ain’t going nowhere lol I’ve lost count how many times I’ve been called out to clear em.

[@gem2niki]

born and raised in this area. have no problem with the airport. hope it stays! open space? you have lake cunningham park across the street!

[@protow5041]

This is like people moving into an entertainment district and complaining about the noise

[@nancychace8619]

Exactly!

[@MrsDhanyaPrem]

I wish this little airport stays open. It was hypocritical to say that SJC airport with bigger planes and leaded fuel is fine

[@craighanson-rc1md]

It's a democrat town in a democrat state it's always about money & especially in Tech san jose the thought they can build priceless mansions with big tax revenue nevermind that no one wants to live in California anymore let alone cesspool cities like San Jose. It will be years before they build the homes let alone have the demand to actually sell them any time soon even without the cesspool & democrat failing of soaring crime & lawlessness from the zombies.

[@craighanson-rc1md]

@@markdavis7397 LOL either way the land won't be fit for anything for many years due to the pollutions & other things in the ground. Be it an airport a military base or a gas station there's enviromential clean up required before it can be repurposed.

[@debbiehunt5940]

Airports like this this exist all over, why should SJ get rid of it?

[@johnsonrj74]

Nimbys

[@highlymedicated2438]

Planes are bad for the environment they are not electric that's why they need to get rid of it and all airports for that matter

[@sergiitk]

I just love how hypocritical that politician got when asked about Mineta. If this is truly about lead, why not introduce legislation that bans it at all SJ/Santa Clara airports?

[@Matthew-uy6lc]

That guy was so full of it. There are many houses right outside the tarmac at SJC. This is nimby crap which is even more ridiculous because it's been there for 80 years.

[@DTilt305]

My grandma lived just off of Capitol Expressway and growing up my fondest memories were watching and hearing the planes fly over. I’m a military pilot now and I owe it all to Reid Hillview Airport. What a shame

[@visibletoa11userz]

No you don't liar

[@brianp5205]

"The neighbors would like to see a park with swimming pools". Raging Waters, the greatest swimming pool in the state, across the street just closed because no one came.

[@pcpunisher]

Probably cost way to much for families to afford to get in is why.

[@eyepatch3769]

There gonna build dense housing and then the neighbors are going to complain about traffic and such. I grew up in this neighborhood and didnt have any adverse affects from the airport. Remember you chose to live here next to an airport.

[@visibletoa11userz]

Your grammar says otherwise.

[@eyepatch3769]

@@visibletoa11userz What?

[@MrBollywood1020]

@@visibletoa11userzseriously? That’s all you have to say?

[@tomclancy-j4n]

Amelia Earhart also was a pilot at this airport. I believe this is where she first got he pilot's license! It is not about lead it is about adding high density housing and all the revenue that will generate for the city and county in fees and taxes.

[@nancychace8619]

The hullaballoo about this airport is entirely misplaced. It's about politics and money. No one has taken a look to ascertain whether the testing data is tainted somehow b/c some people want to build housing there. It would be an epic nightmare for the area. To say "we're going to build a park" and imply everything will be roses and peach pie is the same as the ugly landgrabbers who are making excuses to install a "city" surrounding Travis Air Force Base. Are these screamers even aware of the potential national security threat around Travis that could impact the entire state and our country adversely if it goes through? I seriously doubt it. Was the testing done independently? How was it done? Who paid for it? Why aren't they testing around SJC? Also I believe the entire aviation industry is phasing out leaded fuel. They've come up with a new way to process fuel so it won't damage the airplanes. No one bothers to explain that. Reid Hillview has been of monumental importance with respect to disaster response and preparedness. It's literally been a lifesaver more than once when Loma Prieta hit and also our terrible fires up in the foothills. It's also an educational center for the aviation industry. The industry, and our country, are woefully short of pilots. The kind of training people can get at Reid-Hillview is indispensible and needed. Reid-Hillview airport is an irreplacable community resource that will continue to prove its mettle if given a chance. Think we aren't due for another Loma Prieta or worse? Think again.

[@Matt-xu3lb]

It has been proven allready the testing data is flawed and that the lead cited in the ground was from earlier industrial uses in the area. The city just wants to redevelop the airport to increase the tax base and allow developers to make a buck. It is very wrong. Soon electric airplanes will be common place, they are allready flying and Google, Microsoft and all of the other companies developing autonomous vehicles in that sector will want that airport. There simply is not emotion at Mineta for GA planes now.

[@rogerdogger6969]

Thank you at least somebody has some common sense

[@rogerdogger6969]

I would have thought that it was historically protected as it does have a legacy extending further than any housing in the area

[@nancychace8619]

@@rogerdogger6969 Right? RHV was there even before all of Eastridge mall, and the housing out there, but such is not the case.

[@lizagarcia2117]

This location is pivotal for safety and emergency The grass is NOt allays greener! wait until they rebuild raging waters and the golf coarse, that area will be a mess.

[@aeromtb2468]

someone wants the land. airport was there first.

[@rodneynoriel1528]

I doubt those protesters are neighbors.. more like political actors.

[@fokker4uify]

Yep, probably for land developers who "donated" big to the controlling political party in CA and SJ.

[@siennad587]

You bought land next to an airport…..

[@gordon3576]

Once an airport shuts down, they don't build another one. It's called politicians feeling the heat from wealthy land developers wanting to make money. Plain and simple.

[@paulbegley1464]

And I'll bet the airport was there way before the homes were built . People will always complain. I'll bet they would still complain long after it closes.

[@visibletoa11userz]

Colonizer spotted.

[@RaymondHng]

Reid-Hillview Airport was built in 1937. The area south of the runway across the street, Tully Road, was originally orchard land. I stayed there during the summer of 1970.

[@missdly9481]

Which neighbors want it closed?! Vote Pete Ortiz out of office!

[@davidclark3304]

Mineta Airport (SJC) is primarily turbine-powered air carriers and charters and it is the primary airport for San Jose. Closing it would be a major inconvenience because passengers would have to go to SFO, which is most of an hour drive from SJ, and longer at certain times of day (the light rail will help). Closing SJC would not make sense in the way these protesters talk because there are relatively few gasoline powered airplanes that operate regularly out of San Jose but some do certainly purchase fuel there. That one interviewee is right that many aircraft are required by certification laws to operate on leaded fuel for the sake of safety, but this report does not mention, and the reporter and the politicians may not know or are not admitting, that unleaded fuel has been in development for some years and will likely be on the market before RHV closes.

[@jbobruleful]

Yea get rid of it. We need more high rise apartments that price out people from their neighbirhoods. 100 rooms and only 10 occupants and 2 are low income so they can say they are helping.💸💸💸

[@SoloPilot6]

I wonder how much Ortiz is being paid to turn this into development land?

[@pcpunisher]

Bring back San Jose Speedway that was at that location decades ago.

[@pcpunisher]

Well since they use unleaded gas, right? Those cars won't be a problem then. Just the noise. :( I was there only once as a teen in the 70's But, it was a fun experience.

[@manuelortiz5164]

What proof do they have to claim kids are being harmed.

[@A_Degenerate_with_Glasses]

Oh what? I live in that neighborhood, I love watching the planes, but the area is ghetto, fix that instead!

[@HydroWorldOutlookPrimary5769]

Why not just ban lead-burning aircraft from operating at the airport, then? Sounds like a simple solution to me.

[@4b11t9]

Folks living around the airport are low income folks. Prob only bought there because it’s the only place they could afford. The airport should have worked more proactively with the low income residents than to maintain their elitist attitudes. After all, most of all flight activity from RHV is leisure activities from flight schools. The touch and go from 9am-9pm none stop is a little excessive.

[@anitakristensen4679]

Lead is also probably coming from old water lines.

[@MrBollywood1020]

And the paint

[@danasmith858]

Ridiculous,

[@er70nie]

No we don't. We know what's coming to the area if it gets shut down.

[@leunam3434]

A beautiful area for section 8 housing.

[@erich84502a]

Uh oh SJC has lead?😊

[@craighanson-rc1md]

It's an airport it will take years to clean it up so they can build houses on it. It will need decontamination & other HAZmat treatment before it can be built on for anything even a park.

[@zacharyfair6738]

RHV is like top 5 busiest small airports in the country. san jose international better get ready lol

[@manuelortiz5164]

Hypocritical. The kids a Manetta are fine. This area in danger.😅

[@billthacet]

Plenty of Air Traffic Controllers would like to see RHV turned into housing or a park. It was always a pain in the butt to deal with because of it's proximity to OAK and SFO.

[@rogerdogger6969]

That may be said by people but that can't be true because all they have to do is not work there so it's not like it's encroaching on any of their lives

[@billthacet]

@@rogerdogger6969 Speaking here as a retired controller, who worked Oakland arrivals, and is very familiar with the situation there. In the FAA you usually will end up working where you want, but moving to a different facility is neither easy nor quick. I'm just pointing out that many of the other controllers I worked with, who worked SFO and OAK arrivals, and were responsible for Reid Hillview departures (As well as San Carlos Airport) would have been overjoyed to see either or both of those airports closed down. Trying to mix mostly light slow aircraft that departed north from them, and had to cross the finals for both SFO and OAK, which were loaded with large commercial aircraft, was pretty much never a fun time.

[@GetTheFOutOfMyWay]

🤣

[@visibletoa11userz]

Give the land back to the people.

[@johnprudencio8226]

Keep the. Airport they all hypocrite. The move out if you do t like it😊

[@munkeescrotum]

Build housing there instead.

[@MrBollywood1020]

Gee I wonder what traffic and crime will look like then…