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〕 }} Long Beach Airport is a city-owned public airport three miles northeast of downtown City of Long Beach, in Los Angeles County, California.〔 It was formerly called Daugherty Field. This airport is included in the National Plan of Integrated Airport Systems for 2011–2015, which categorized it as a ''primary commercial service'' airport.〔 〕 Federal Aviation Administration records say the airport had 1,413,251 passenger boardings in calendar year 2008,〔 〕 1,401,903 in 2009 and 1,451,404 in 2010.〔 〕 ==Overview== Long Beach Airport has few passenger flights compared with Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) 18 miles (29 km) to the northwest, and will always be a small airport because of ordinances adopted to minimize noise. The airport is under one of the strictest ordinances in the United States on airport noise and the number of airline flights. Rules now allow 41 commercial flights and 25 commuter flights daily. Community groups and activists have been vocal about any changes at the airport. The arrival of low-cost carrier JetBlue Airways at Long Beach Airport in 2001, and that airline's decision to establish a West Coast hub at LGB, has increased air traffic and has cemented LGB's standing as an alternative to LAX for flights to the East Coast. JetBlue used the noise ordinance to make Long Beach Airport a miniature fortress hub, but it quickly reached capacity and has since had to rework flight schedules and direct growth to other Los Angeles area airports. JetBlue calls LGB a focus city and now uses 31 of the 41 slots. Air cargo carriers, including FedEx and UPS, also use LGB. 57,000 tons of goods are carried each year. The Boeing Company (formerly McDonnell Douglas) maintains production of the C-17 military transport jet; maintenance facilities for other Boeing and McDonnell Douglas/Douglas aircraft (including the historic DC-9 and DC-10 aircraft) are also at Long Beach. Gulfstream Aerospace has a completion/service center. Commercial flights are restricted, but there are still many charters, private aviation, flight schools, law enforcement flights, helicopters, advertising blimps, planes towing advertising banners, etc. Long Beach airport is one of the busiest general aviation airports in the world, with 398,433 aircraft movements in 2007.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 Traffic Movements 2007 PRELIMINARY )〕 The Long Beach Airport has an aggressive noise abatement program which includes three full-time noise specialists. Under Long Beach municipal law, the city can criminally prosecute the aircraft’s owner and the pilots for breaking the noise ordinance. As the airport continues to grow and air traffic over the region increases, so do the complaints about loud and low flying aircraft. The airport produces a monthly noise and complaint report.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Monthly Noise and Activity Reports )〕 Analysis indicates that complaints about flyover traffic in Long Beach and its neighboring cities have increased by 678% from February 2013 to February 2014. Long Beach Airport has one terminal in Streamline Moderne style that is a historical landmark and was renovated in early 2013. Long Beach Transit Routes 111, 104, 102, and 176 serve the airport. Wardlow Road runs from the airport to the Los Angeles County/Orange County border, where it becomes Ball Road and crosses the north edge of the Disneyland Resort; Long Beach Airport is the second closest airport to Disneyland, after John Wayne Airport. In January 2015, Bryant L. Francis was appointed Long Beach Airport Director. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Long Beach Airport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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