Centennial – The National Business Aviation Association and the board that governs Centennial Airport hope to stop a residential community of more than 1,600 proposed for just beyond the airport’s borders.
The Centennial City Council on Monday will discuss the developers’ proposal for homes and stores in a now-restricted area on 380 acres just east of the airport.
The association is officially urging users of the nation’s busiest private airport to tell city leaders to block the development, Tanterra at Centennial.
“Clearly, the land in close proximity to the airport is restricted for good reason and should remain so,” Steve Brown, the association’s senior vice president, said in a statement.
The hearing is at 7 p.m. at City Hall, 12503 E. Euclid Drive.
The airport has an average of 944 daily takeoffs and landings, and as the area has grown around the airport, noise complaints have soared from 134 in 1985 to 6,625 in 2005.
Centennial Airport has logged 69 plane crashes in its vicinity during the past 15 years.
